Sentences with phrase «average citizens of»

To read King Lear and Hamlet today, and understand that average citizens of Elizabethan London considered such plays entertainment, not daunting puzzles, is to understand what a downward slide we're on linguistically.

This means the average citizen of a US Territory is paying less in taxes then the average citizen of a US state (or DC citizen).

The bright side is that with effective modules, adaptive modification, and the will to succeed, the average citizen of the future will be learning something new every day, whether it's at school or on the job, for the rest of their lives.

The study was designed to show the estimated credit scores of an average citizen of that community rather than individual credit scores of all members of the community.

The table provided by the Quartz Media LLC shows that the average citizen of the USA hasn't gotten a raise since the 1970s, and the gap between those who get high and low salary has been growing wider and wider over the last decades.

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Rate of annual job growth: 0.17 % St. Louis citizens enjoy an average commute of just about 11 minutes and pay about 32 % of their income toward getting around town.

Kansas City citizens get to work fast with an average commute of just 10.5 minutes.

The African nation of Zambia, for instance, has only enough food available to provide its population with 1,870 calories on average, per day, according to a striking global map in the October issue of National Geographic — and in truth, in much of the world, such calorie counts offer an inflated view of what's actually accessible to most citizens, due to widespread poverty, civil unrest, natural disasters, corruption, government mismanagement, food - distribution failures, and other issues.

Periu says most of the 11 million citizens will welcome an influx of U.S. capital, products and services but notes that state workers earn an average of $ 20 per month.

That sentence set the facts straight, not so much for the average citizen, but for investors who feared the loss of a $ 4 billion contract.

Similarly, the average citizen does not see that a large proportion of the benefits they receive is via the $ 60 billion or so the sector pays each year to governments nationwide, without which that citizen would receive fewer services or pay higher taxes.

Similarly, some regulators and average citizens are losing patience with the largest banks, judging that the giants may just be irresponsible as a matter of character.

With all that money flying around, it's safe to assume that campaign contributors have an easier time getting their points of view across to representatives than your average citizen.

And it has the added benefit of currying favor among average citizens for The Boring Company before it dives fully into the sure - to - be-difficult struggle of earning permission to dig.

Benefits — Each family / real estate investor keeps average $ 600 / mo for 2 yrs, real estate in all major metropolitans will have a traded price, increase buying power of low income high credit citizens, stimulate real estate investment by making it easier for investors to cash flow a rental property, reduce home inventory, the increase home values and liquidity provides incentive to put the $ X trillion in capital currently on the sidelines back to work and mortgage prepayments will increase capital availability.

Namely, that our political institutions too often favor a small class of privileged elites, at the expense of average citizens.

This means average citizens can contribute capital to companies without those companies having to deal with the typical bureaucratic overhead of selling stock on typical stock exchanges.

The indicator is a per capita measure, because a country's total income may rise as its population increases, even though there may have been no improvement in the income level of the average citizen.

Who can volunteer: Participants must have an undergraduate degree from an accredited college by their first day of training; have a minimum grade point average of 2.5; and be a citizen, legal permanent resident, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient.

One of the major obstacles they must overcome is the seemingly negative perception the public has of Stéphane Dion; they're attempting to do this by asserting him as a decisive and strong political leader, and by showcasing him as an «average citizen,» rather than a politician who has been regarded as a somewhat - distant intellectual.

That it would be allowed to engage in QE4 in the next crisis is highly doubtful since QEs have proven to be financial bubble makers, income inequality makers and of little help to the average citizen.

This model left gaps in the growth - potential of early - stage companies, and it cut average citizens out of these investment opportunities.

Per U.S. citizen, there is an average of 23 sq ft o retail real estate.

Even if Trump's provocations reflected his true feelings or those of the average citizen, it is not the role of the statesman to give voice to feelings.

Trump has an almost preternatural ability to sense and to respond to the anxieties of the average citizen — or at least the average primary voter — rather than pandering to them reluctantly.

In the broadest of human terms it is no unique indictment that the average American citizen finds it hard to care very much about what the CIA has done.

We are now confronted with a form of capitalism which concentrates economic power in vast, impersonal institutions, with the result that decisions vitally affecting the livelihood of average citizens are made in places far removed from their capacity to have any influence at all.

For me, one of the most interesting things is that our elected political officials consistently received lowers scores than the average citizen.

These religious groups have to much power, interfere with govenrment, and as a result, they eclipse the power of the average citizen who is not religious.

What can the average citizen do to insist on public responsibility of those in positions of power in television?

To make a long story short, the «Hitler's Pope» campaign was highly successful, with the result that the calumny against Pius is now almost universally accepted by the opinion - making elites and by plenty of average citizens as well.

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

It now must become central to the curriculum in our kindergartens, schools and colleges, if we hope to live in a society where the average citizens can cope with the barrage of images which daily comes into their lives, and where what they do know will help them survive.

In Venezuela, the conflation of politician and messiah have saturated the popular culture, as not only are the leftist political actors making statements exalting the deceased Chávez as Christ, the average citizens venerate the former president.

We know that television informs us, a genuine window on the world, but also that its commercial demand for profit severely limits the amount of diversity of opinion that is aired, that it tends to trivialize issues and to represent the views of the rich, so that through TV the average citizen simply can not get the information needed to make intelligent decisions about living in our democracy.

He told me that in the course of some recent public - opinion survey nine out of ten average American citizens, when asked whether they believed that the Nazis commit atrocities, answered that it was all propaganda lies, and that they don't believe a word of it.

Should the average citizen approve of government support for the SST just so an affluent New York businessman can save a few hours flying to London?

Not just members of the bar association — average sitting - at - home citizens wonder what you base your claims on.

As they become aware of food waste and recovery issues, average citizens can play a huge role in achieving solutions.

Walter Bowers brings to that judgment of Mike's prowess a bit more insight than the average Yates Center citizen might be able to muster.

Mr. Rogers was talking about the traditional model of helpers — people who are EMTs, firefighters, or just average citizens who assist strangers in a crisis.

The rate of breastfeeding mothers was higher among foreign citizens (89.4 % vs. 84.6 % of Italian mothers), as well as the duration of breastfeeding, which was 9.2 months on average among foreign mothers and 8.1 among Italian mothers.

And whilst that is thoroughly depressing if you happen to be a politico, it is probably a sign that historically speaking, the lot of the average UK citizen is not so bad.

People in countries that provide citizens with a high level of economic security have a higher level of happiness on average, as measured by surveys of national levels of life - satisfaction and happiness... The most important determinant of national happiness is not income level — there is a positive association, but rising income seems to have little effect as wealthy countries grow more wealthier.

So, an average citizen bases their favorable view of him on the fact that unless they are involved with the drug trade, they are 13x times less likely to be a victim of a rogue crime that's part of war drugs; than a non-victim of a crime that war on drugs is percieved to have prevented.

Many oil or mineral rich monarchies or authoritarian regimes use nationalized / royalty owned oil and / or mineral wealth to dramatically limit domestic taxation and to fund a welfare state for average citizens, sometimes with straight cash dispersals, sometimes with heavily subsidized prices for certain essentials of life, and sometimes by heavily subsidizing services like health care and education.

Therefore, any other idea of how to convince the average citizen?

Though we have no way of knowing whether average Iranian citizens regard state - run media as truthful or just a Persian Pravda, for now the government's control over television, radio and newspapers has allowed it to portray the protests in the worst possible light.

Yet the data in the 2008 E-Voter Institute study show that online social networks SHOULD be fertile ground for political organizers: by just about any measure, users of websites such as MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn are more likely to be politically active than average citizens.

Not that I'm predicting a Paul presidency; the same factors I talked about back in June still apply (for instance, I can't see the majority of Americans voting for a guy who'd do his best to get rid of Social Security, Medicare and most of the rest of the government benefits and protections average citizens enjoy).