John Thune: “Because clearly in this country, and we have seen the statistics of late that the tax burden in America is higher as a…”

“Because clearly in this country, and we have seen the statistics of late that the tax burden in America is higher as a total than it ever has been since 1945, and secondly, each individual family pays higher taxes today than they ever have. To suggest for a moment that Washington has gotten spending habits under control would be a misnomer. We have some huge problems looming out there in the future. I think the approach that the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Neumann) and his legislation has taken on that is an important step forward in addressing not only the $5.5 trillion debt that we have already piled up out there and what is going to happen when the Social Security bills start coming due.”