31.   Bush has said the idea of matching funds for lower incomes should be considered.

32.   But critics of the legislation warn that it will hurt lower income workers by discouraging some employers from offering plans and by encouraging some others to cut future benefits.

33.   But he agrees that blacks are disproportionately affected because they have lower average incomes.

34.   But he pointed out that as a percentage of total taxes paid, the cuts are bigger at lower incomes.

35.   But it is clear that the county and many of its agencies will have to deal with lower income.

36.   But people with lower incomes spend proportionally more of their earnings at the cash register, where a sales tax is added to many of their purchases.

37.   But the data also suggested that more households were slowly pulling themselves up out of the lower income groups and more firmly into the middle class.

38.   But the cutbacks would be designed to hit the wealthy more than people with lower incomes.

39.   But the town also has higher poverty and lower incomes than its neighbors.

40.   Celesc said the falling in earnings was due to lower financial income and higher interest expenses.