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Marsha Blackburn: “The tax burden on the average family, already they are turning over $21,992. The Federal Government is spending $24,106.…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2008
The tax burden on the average family, already they are turning over $21,992. The Federal Government is spending $24,106. So they have got this debt, this deficit in there, that is being passed on to their children and grandchildren. But you said that tax burden is getting ready to go up $3,000?
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Marsha Blackburn
Republican · Tennessee

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Discussing the tax burden on families and government spending.

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