31.   Not surprising, this low rate of employment has led to an income gap that shows no signs of narrowing.

32.   Politicians from liberals like Kennedy to conservative populists like Patrick Buchanan have cited the income gap as perhaps the most alarming economic trend of the last generation.

33.   Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Philadelphia, pushes legislation to close the growing income gap among Americans by rewarding companies that provide workers with solid profit sharing plans.

34.   Recently, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the income gap between men and women had in fact widened.

35.   Some economists say including capital gains income would greatly widen the income gap between the affluent and the poor.

36.   Sweeney praised the Clinton-Gore team for pressing for legislation that would reduce the income gap, both pre-tax and after-tax.

37.   The data suggest that neither a robust economy nor policies that try to push people through college can significantly narrow the income gap.

38.   The income gap between rich and poor keeps growing wider in the United States, according to a study issued last week.

39.   The income gap between working people and owners has grown with the Dow Jones Index.

40.   The income gap has never been wider.