Gas prices are up 400 percent, we're at war and going heavily into debt because of it, inflation is up and the dollar is worth less than it was 8 years ago, etc., but that's all secondary to the fact that you got 600 in the mail from W.
Most Americans are paying more than that 600 as an offshoot of all the failed policies people who promote tax cuts for the wealthy bring to the floor. Suddenly 600 doesn't feel like very much when it costs you $80 to fill your tank, your government-subsidized daycare for single mothers is eliminated, and your wages are stagnant but the value of the dollar is falling like a stone. I could go on.