First of all, the means test--and it is means tested as to who can participate in this, and I probably wouldn't have done it that way, but that is the politics of the day--is identical to the college account we have set, which means 70 percent of the benefits flow to people making $75,000 or less. It is the middle income and below who are the primary beneficiaries of the account.
Discussing the means testing of a financial account during Senate debate.
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