Editing Senator Byrd (section)

== Speech Relevance ==
From '[[Encroaching Control]]':
<BLOCKQUOTE>''Today, with no one using the term socialism to describe encroaching control, we find one out of seven of the workforce on the public payroll. In 15 years, a 50% increase in public employees has been matched by a 170% increase in their payroll. One-fourth of our people now entitled to government-paid medical care, socialized medicine if you please. One-fifth of our industry owned and operated by government. Senator Byrd has estimated that today 40 million American citizens receive some form of direct cash payment from the federal government.''</BLOCKQUOTE>
It is impossible to say where or when exactly Senator Byrd made this claim, so it would be very difficult to substantiate the claim.