martha: we re making it our business to watch where your tax money is going and here s an eye-opening statistic, folks: this year, americans will shoulder the highest amount of federal spending ever, in the history of the country, more than $31,000 per household. that is what it will cost you. more than 18,000 will be collected in taxes, for households, and the rest more than 13,000 will be dumped into the laps of our children later on, an increase of $10,000 over the last decade and you know who is good at counting this up for sinus william lajeunesse, right here in our studio and he s usually outside in a beautiful location in california and he ll tell us where the money is going. reporter: i ll show you, with the cool tool we have, on how to get you there. but when it comes to big-ticket items the tv, the car, house, and you don t buy it without knowing the price, and, number 2, knowing the monthly payment, the only way to know if we can afford it and shouldn t