Sentences with phrase «better than poverty»

In that case Ormrod LJ had held that, in the light of his lack of contribution to the wife's household, the fact that the husband's capital had come to him by inheritance long after the separation was no ground for exempting it from partial redistribution to the wife and that the award gave her «an opportunity of perhaps living in something a little bit better than the poverty which she has been living in all these years» (para [35]-RRB-.

It is true that so far as wealth gives time for ideal ends and exercise to ideal energies, wealth is better than poverty and ought to be chosen.

One school of economists suggests that nothing much better than poverty for the masses of men is conceivable within the economy of nature as we know it.

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Still, many economists and public policy advocates argue that in states where minimum wage is higher than the federal mandate, the economies fare better than in states where businesses stick to the federal minimum wage, which is currently not indexed to inflation and hence forces some workers to live below poverty level.

Additionally, only 49 % of Americans believe that free enterprise is better at lifting people out of poverty than the government, compared with 39 % of Britons and 40 % of Germans.

A better policy focus on those areas has a better chance to dramatically alter poverty than the new math being peddled as scientific fact.

With that in mind, the site compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 29 key metrics including unemployment, poverty, foreclosure rates, income volatility and savings habits to see where people are in the best and worst financial shape.

Diverse data: In a briefing with reporters, NIH officials said they are focusing on gathering health and genetic data from diverse and historically underrepresented groups — including ethnic and sexual minorities, as well as people with disabilities, with less than a high school education, and with income below the poverty level.

More than 40 % of Puerto Ricans live below the poverty line, and the unemployment rate is well into the double digits, according to the New York Times.

Misery, sorrow, poverty, loneliness, helplessness, and guilt mean something different in the eyes of God than according to human judgment; that God turns toward the very places from which humans turn away; that Christ was born in a stable because there was no room for him in the inn — a prisoner grasps this better than others.

Several decades of this sort of inquiry explain why poverty and dependency are better understood in the U.S. than in any other country.

In their eagerness to avoid «blaming the victim» (a valuable concept when William Ryan first promulgated it in 1971, but increasingly a cant phrase used to shut off inquiry), many advocates for the poor are refusing to face the issues that must be addressed if poverty policy is to do more good than harm.

I think the writers of the bible understood, better than we sometimes do, that there are too many factors involved in someone's poverty or prosperity to simply chalk it up to effort or the...

It is important to know that in developing nations, where many women are living on less than $ 1 or $ 2 per day, the systemic challenges of extreme poverty create obstacles for good health, especially among women and children.

On the basis of my working with poor people over many years and of my study of the relevant literature, I believe that «consumption» is a better indicator of poverty than «income,» much of which is unreported, and undetectable except as evidenced in consumption.

(Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib) No one better than this page I found to defines the true deep meanings of the word poverty: http://imamshirazi.com/combatingpoverty.html

Following Bonhoeffer's exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, he gives an exposition of Matthew 9:35 - 10:42.39 Short vignettes are drawn of the harvest (the people are without a shepherd, without relief, deliverance, and forgiveness) for which one must pray for laborers; the call of the apostles (who are given power stronger than Satan's and are bound together only by their choice and call); the work (fulfilling their commission to preach, traveling as messengers of the King, living in «royal poverty,» warning men of the urgency of the times); the suffering of the messengers (as Jesus was persecuted so the messengers will be, but they are forewarned; because Christ will return the disciples are not to fear man, or to be gullible in thinking that «there is good in every man «40); the decision (man's eternal destiny is determined by his decision on earth for the devil or for Christ); and the fruit (the disciples are fellow workers having as their goal the «salvation of the Church»).41

Working on the principle that it is better to teach a man to fish than give him a fish or a sandwich, people, like the local council, can criticise us for encouraging the poor rather than helping them to escape poverty.

Say: «Come, let me convey unto you what G - D has [really] forbidden to you: «Do not ascribe divinity, in any way, to anything (or anyone) beside HIM; and [do not offend against but, rather,] do good unto your parents; and do not kill your children (born or unborn) for fear of poverty --[for] it is WE who shall provide sustenance for you as well as for them; and do not commit any shameful deeds, be they open or secret; and do not take any human being's life -[the life] which G - D has declared to be sacred - otherwise than in [the pursuit of] justice: this has HE enjoined upon you so that you might use your reason; and do not touch the substance of an orphan — except to improve it - before he comes of age.»

Thus she went away wholly delivered from the heavy burthen of the cares and good things of this world, and found her soul so satisfied that she no longer wished for anything upon earth, resting entirely upon God, with this only fear lest she should be discovered and be obliged to return home; for she felt already more content in this poverty than she had done for all her life in all the delights of the world.»

Some of us do that better than others, and once he was appointed bishop and archbishop, he was released from his vow of poverty, but it is an essential goal in the life of a Jesuit, and most likely deeply embedded in his spiritual life.

Better is poverty in the hand of the god Than riches in a storehouse.

A better strategy for combating the number of abortions that happen in America is to address the root causes of abortion — like poverty and lack of health care — which I will more effectively address as president than John McCain.»

It is unclear that other socioeconomic arrangements do a better job at reducing alienation, curbing corruption, and promoting virtue than do markets, and yet, markets alleviate material poverty better than any other system of which we are aware.

«Mazna's father sent her to a large city to pursue a job as a home help, in the hope she would find better opportunities than he could offer and a release from economic poverty.

Paul Tough writes about education, parenting, poverty, and politics for various publications in the U.S.. His book How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, was translated into 27 languages and spent more than a year on the New York Times best - seller list.

To promote formula around the world claiming it will «protect» babies is the height of irresponsibility when it is well known that babies who are fed on formula rather than breastfed are more likely to become sick than breastfed babies and, in conditions of poverty, more likely to die.

I do think there are plenty of kids in poverty who have lots of grit — arguably more than the average well - off kid.

5The share of stay - at - home moms in poverty has doubled since 1970: While more stay - at - home moms are in poverty — 34 % in 2012, compared with 14 % in 1970 — those with working husbands generally are better off than those without.

«Universal credit will also provide clear incentives for people to get back into work — by ensuring they know they are better off in work than on benefits and will directly lift 900,000 people out of poverty.»

I would argue I understand poverty better than many people, for example, because I have first - hand experience living with total systemic failures, due to infrastructure, corruption, and ideological frameworks.

Children growing up in poverty are less likely than their peers to do well in their GCSEs.

At best, around a fifth of children still live below the poverty line before housing costs, and more than a quarter once housing costs are taken into account.

Governor Ambode said experience over the years has shown that societies with equal and unhindered access to justice have a better environment for economic growth and poverty alleviation than those that do not.

To lower the poverty rate, Perez Williams said she would support affordable housing initiatives that promote homeownership rather than renting and work training programs that lead to well - paying jobs.

Comic Relief, better known as Red Nose Day, has raised more than # 1bn for charities in 30 years but one MP said it has «tattooed images of poverty in Africa» onto people's minds.

«Who here is the small «c» conservative saying to people «stay stuck in your sink estates» - have nothing better than what Labour gave you after the war... that's the fact of politics today - a party on this side of the house that wants to give people life chances and a Labour opposition that says «say stuck in poverty».»

Child poverty was cut back at a scale and pace which was simply better than any other industrial nation during that period - even if Labour missed its 2010 interim target.

Is the living wage the answer to poverty and inequality - no, not at all, because it merely tinkers round the edges of servitude, and negotiates better terms rather than dealing with the fundamental problem.

At the time I wrote that this concentration was only possible because prejudice, poverty and locality are so closely linked — especially in London, where the richest tenth had become 271 times better off by wealth than the poorest tenth of the population.

By January 2019 the programme is expected to have helped more than 1,000 homes out of fuel poverty, keeping people warm and well.

«As I child I grew up in poverty, I have always tried to the best of my ability to help others less fortunate than me,» he told the judge.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

There are better ways of lifting people out of poverty than handing cheques to dictators.

In my own view, the Labour Party have actually managed in the last eleven years to create, in ascending order of wealth (i) a working underclass that is actually poverty - stricken (ii) a large benefit - sustained, inactive element that is now economically better off than most of those who work (iii) the working middle - classes, who are being hammered into submission by rising taxes and prices and over-regulation (iv) the rich who are either exempt from or indifferent to taxation or regulation.

Some characterize religion in this fashion already, and as we know those women who took vows of poverty — yet lived in Jersey where the cost - of - living is higher than a vow of poverty would accommodate — would have approved of the lobotomy to maintain the «particular level of poverty they enjoyed» (well at least in 1950 — we've cough cough cough cough come cough cough cough cough such a cough long way in the cough field since cough cough cough).

While Erie County's unemployment rate and levels of poverty are better than the state and national averages, not everyone is benefitting from our resurgent economy.

We're wealthier and healthier and better educated, with a global economy that has lifted up more than a billion people from extreme poverty.»

Hyperion CEO John Deal insists that micro nukes will drastically reduce misery, disease, and poverty throughout the developing world by powering water - treatment systems (as well as lights, sewing machines, and everything else electrical) at less cost than a diesel generator.

Daytime satellite images, like this one of the border between rich and poor neighborhoods in Nairobi, do a better job of predicting poverty than images taken at night.