Sentences with phrase «at middle class»

The new price tag is targeted at the middle class who may find it interesting.

The consumer products giant has noted that products targeted at middle class consumers are staying on the shelves as those consumers trade down to bargain - priced products.

Cap and Trade legislation is just another wack at the middle class.

So, if you are a bunch of friends travelling together and split the cost, it actually doesn't cost more to live in these stunning retreats than the price / night at a middle class hotel in a big city like London or New York!

This week's guest post comes to you from Aaron at the Middle Class Traveler who shares with us his experiences at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas.

Student loan borrowers worked hard to get an education and took on the personal responsibility to pay for it, they've earned a fair shot at the middle class instead of the shoddy treatment that they're getting from Ron Johnson.»

Because it is aimed at the middle class, the Sheridan plan calls for no changes in either benefits or contribution rates for employees on the first $ 25,500 or so of pensionable earnings.

«I read (Nick Clegg's interview) in the Guardian that we were going to look at middle class child benefit.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that he was considering a proposal that would alter the state's personal income tax brackets to raise additional revenue from the highest - earning New Yorkers while also providing new tax breaks, possibly aimed at the middle class.

Since becoming minority leader last year, Schumer has attempted to steer Democrats toward what he's termed a «sharp - edged» message aimed at the middle class — an unstated upbraid to the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign that focused on a diffuse laundry list of issues.

And, at the same time at a rally on Tuesday in New York City with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Cuomo touted his own record of success on issues he says are aimed at the middle class, such as reducing property taxes and providing free tuition at public colleges and universities.

After a legislative session in which he was able to secure a minimum wage increase, a sizable tax class aimed at the middle class and a paid - family leave program, Gov. Andrew Cuomo this summer has engaged in skirmishes with the Legislature over a variety of issues.

Under the governor's budget proposal, two of the top items on his wish list — covering state college tuition for hundreds of thousands of low - and middle - income New Yorkers, and a package of tax cuts aimed at the middle class — would be made possible in part by a three - year extension of a higher tax on people who make more than $ 1 million a year, another policy favored by liberals.

The higher rates would be packaged with tax breaks, possibly targeted at the middle class.

When he laid out his $ 152.3 billion budget plan this week, Governor Andrew Cuomo said the spending plan was aimed solely at the middle class in New York.

It's easy to sneer at middle class London Remainers, but their votes count as much as anyone else's - and the mood music from the Tories is that they can't be bothered to fight for them.

MyFinancialAdvice.com is another site aimed at the middle class.

A set of policies aimed at middle class growth does not require us to reject the widely accepted understanding that the supply side of the economy determines long - run growth.

Schumer is right to caution th at middle class tax breaks ma y be in jeopardy, said Clint Stretch, a former congressional staffer on budget issues a nd former top tax lobbyist.

Not exact matches

Canada's political class has doubled down on preserving middle - class house prices at any cost, but it's stranding a generation in the process

At the outset of the Republican push to overhaul the US tax code, GOP leaders said reform would boost economic growth, help the middle class, and — importantly for the fiscal future of the US — pay for itself.

At the other extreme, «there are several pockets in which only the upper - middle class and above can afford to own even the average home, most notably across the West and in the Northeast,» How Much notes.

So even as Tesla woos middle - class buyers in the U.S. (the Model 3, due to arrive this fall, will start at about $ 35,000) buyers in China have mostly resembled Vanessa Zhu: wealthy drivers who view Teslas as luxury vehicles, or at least as the coolest new piece of tech since the iPhone.

As Aaron Wherry noted over at Maclean's, 64.9 % of Canadians consider themselves either «upper middle class» or «lower middle class.»

The newly designed aircraft, built partially with lightweight composite materials and powered by Pratt & Whitney's fuel - saving engines, is targeted at established carriers looking to replace older, inefficient planes, and new airlines launching in developing countries, such as China, to service the growing middle class and airport expansion.

«The issue is not that middle - class workers are doomed by automation and technology, but instead that human capital investment must be at the heart of any long - term strategy for producing skills that are complemented by rather than substituted for by technological change.»

I spoke to Henry Siu, a professor at the University of British Columbia who specializes in automation and the decline of middle - class jobs; he predicted that the trucking industry could automate within the span of one to two years.

As an example, a cap of $ 500,000 in tax - free capital gains on any principal residence means that a home sold for $ 1 million that was purchased for $ 100,000 in 1985 say, would have $ 400,000 taxed at the owner's tax rate at the time of the sale (about 35 % for the average middle class Canadian).

That shows you, even though they're at their infancy in terms of ecommerce, the middle class in China is set to explode, and the ramifications on global trade, companies here that produce products they want to buy, is absolutely monstrous.

At the core of the middle class is some idea that they can somehow find this place of comfort, which becomes a compromise for any possibility of financial freedom.

We look in awe at China's cities, with their shimmering skyscrapers, and the claim that another 10 New Yorks must be built over the next two decades to accommodate the country's surging middle class.

«Overall, we believe that growth is just simply not good enough, not good enough to reduce high unemployment still, not good enough to boost middle - class incomes, not good enough to drive poverty reduction,» Lagarde told reporters at the beginning of the semi-annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank.

Before you glance at the cover of Business Start - Ups and say «Duh,» consider the insight of author Robert Kiyosaki, a multimillionaire who penned Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not (Techpress, $ 15.95, 800-308-3585).

But while the middle class is being hollowed out, GDP continues to grow (if anemically) and those at the top of the business world are doing well.

When I look at the Phnom Penh Post, I see lots of stories about the middle class buying properties.»

The retailer wants to rebuild the middle class with good manufacturing jobs — and enlists Jeff Immelt and others to help at a high - profile confab.

«When you have that kind of manufacturing growth, what also happens is that you have rapid urbanization and growing middle classes at the lower end.

«Eliminating or nullifying the tax incentives for homeownership puts home values and middle - class homeowners at risk, and from a cursory examination, this legislation appears to do just that,» William E. Brown, president of the National Association of Realtors (NAR), said in a statement.

If you're a typical middle - class Canadian couple, a retirement nest egg of between $ 250,000 and $ 750,000 should be enough, at least after you add in the government help you get from the Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security.

«At that rate, the middle class can thrive again.»

In early 2015, Ford CEO Fields was preparing to deliver a «change the world» — style speech at CES, the annual consumer electronics trade show, spanning urbanization, the middle class, air quality, and millennials.

Growing up middle - class, well - educated at this point in history is pretty much the golden card of all golden cards in the history of human life on this planet.

When travelers visit places others haven't, they can derive «social cachet,» and that's become a trend among the middle class, according to Ben Cavender, a principal at consultancy China Market Research Group.

There was no better way to become a popular kid in school or to accomplish middle - class family peace and happiness than an afternoon at McDonald's.

«At the same time as they have these massive tax cuts for the richest people in the country they actually increase taxes for a lot of working and middle class people, and so I think they see the child tax credit as a way to try to address that,» Marr said.

Stagnant wage growth isn't just a problem for those at the bottom of the salary scales: middle - class family incomes are slightly lower now than they were in the 1970s.

«The vast majority of our hosts in Massachusetts, California, Hawaii and across the county are middle class people who depend on home sharing as a way to address economic inequality,» Chris Lehane, head of global policy and communications at Airbnb, said in a statement.

Cherny is now the co-founder and chief executive at Aspiration, an investment firm focused on the middle class.

It was before mutual and pension funds became leading players in colossal late - stage funding rounds, linking the retirement accounts of middle - class Americans to the fates of hot but unpredictable startups at a rate not seen since the dot - com crash of 2000.

Republican leaders have portrayed the drive for tax reform as a benefit for middle - class families, often at the expense of special interests.