Accurate description of the plight of the middle class---though I prefer to call them (and myself) working Americans. How can anyone, anyone justify persistent tax relief to individuals who make >20 times the average American family while at the same time denying unemployment benefits to people out of work when there is not work for them in their communities. The tax relief to the wealthy will not create jobs. That is recognized by anyone who got past Eco 101. Instead, that money (borrowed from China, et al.) that will drive up the deficit will be invested in exactly those companies that shipped to jobs overseas that created the unemployment problem in the first place. Bottom line, how long can we continue as a civilized society when we distribute the wealth of our labor 90% of the $ to 1% of the population--not long I'm afraid. WAKE the H*LL UP Americal!