As Others Struggle (2 Letters)

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3DT=20 o the Editor:

Re "Our So-Called Boom," by Paul Krugman (column, Dec. = 30):

The worsening wealth disparity between the top and bottom = strata=20 of our society, as well as the evaporating myth of upward = mobility,=20 are troubling trends that are emblematic of the values held = by the=20 Bush administration.

Tax cuts that primarily benefit those in the highest tax=20 brackets, Medicare "reform" that is actually a generous = handout to=20 the health care industry and cuts in overtime pay are just = three=20 policies that clearly show which segment of American society = is=20 being served by the administration.

PETER ANDERSON
Joliet, Ill., Dec. 30, 2003

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To the Editor:

Not everyone in the United States suffered from minuscule = pay=20 raises while working harder and increasing productivity, as = cited by=20 Paul Krugman ("Our So-Called Boom," column, Dec. 30).

Congress voted itself a 2.2 percent raise in 2003. Raises = for=20 members of Congress have totaled some $18,000 in the last = four=20 years. Their salaries jumped from $136,673 in 1998 to = $154,700 in=20 2003.

CLAUDE GRUENER
Austin, Tex., Dec. 30, 2003

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