The House bill makes the $500-per-child credit available to taxpayers with adjusted gross income of up to $200,000 per family.

Most households pay 30% of their adjusted income for Section 8 housing.

Their best year was 1997, when they declared $159,258 in adjusted gross income.

A married couple over 65 would pay no tax until their adjusted gross income exceeded $10,100.

A young married couple with two children is described as having an adjusted gross income of $100,000.

In 1992, just under a million tax returns showed adjusted gross income of more than $200,000.

"My adjusted gross income this year is negative," he said.

But it would not be available to families with adjusted gross incomes of more than $75,000.

For the Federal return, it is 7 1/2 percent of adjusted gross income.

Take your adjusted annual income and multiply it by 30 years.