His plan would also give more children access to health care by raising the income cutoff for Medicaid and state-run programs.

Of all persons in Westlock aged 15 years and older with income in 2005, 11.0% reported being below the low income cutoff before taxes.

Yet the income cutoff for poverty programs is the same in both places, $14,764 for a family of four.

The current income cutoff is $36,200 for a family of four; the governor wants to reduce that to $24,073.

Since then, the original income cutoff has been adjusted for inflation but not for the radical changes in society and household expenses.

It would also raise the income cutoff for Medicaid and state-run health programs.

Later, the income cutoff would rise to $20,000, taking in a third or more of the nation's households.

The income cutoff is adjusted yearly for inflation and other factors.

His salary thus exceeded the income cutoff for receiving Social Security benefits.

Each parent can give a child up to $55,000 over a five-year period without incurring a gift tax, and there is no income cutoff for eligibility.