The Washington Post published an article today on Page A6, which stated, “Under Bush's original proposal, households with $ 40,000 to $ 50,000 in taxable income would receive an average tax cut of $ 482 and a boost of 1.2 percent to their total after-tax income. For households earning more than $ 1 million, the average tax cut would be more than $ 89,500, with an increase in their after-tax income of 4.2 percent, according to the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center.”

The article continued, “The $ 550 billion version that passed the House last week is even more skewed. Those same middle-income households would receive a tax cut of $ 452 and an income boost of 1.1 percent, while millionaires would receive a cut of $ 93,537, enough to increase their after-tax income by 4.4 percent. The more modest $ 350 billion tax cut that passed the Senate Finance Committee last week would trim the average millionaire's tax cut a bit, to $ 64,431. But it would also trim the middle class cut to $ 415.”

Democrats have offered a plan to grow the economy and create one million jobs.  The plan would assist working families, extend unemployment insurance, and help states facing a fiscal crisis meet growing needs in health care and homeland security.