Sentences with phrase «class living standards»

Working class living standards are set to face an onslaught with the deepest public service cuts since the Second World War and the weakening of pay and working conditions of millions of people.

The new coalition government in Britain has begun a process of attacking working class living standards through public spending cuts, slashing public services and reducing public sector pay, jobs and pensions.

It is true that middle - class living standards are not keeping pace with the extremely rich, but that is not justification to marginalise the plight of those that are (and always have been) even further behind.

If middle - class living standards were increasing at traditional rates, politics across the developed world would likely be far less surly and dysfunctional.

Not exact matches

Those concerned about poverty, inequality, or living standards of the middle class (every politician's favourite group) should oppose Canada's milk tax.

Unions are about establishing balance, about winning for the middle class, about winning opportunity and winning a reasonable standard of living with a reasonable work life.»

I got divorced about 5.5 years ago with a negative net worth, and through a combination of reasonable spending (middle class standard of living), investment returns (thank you great bull market!)

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Friday's currency turmoil and stock market plunge was a case of the chickens coming home to roost from the class - war policies being waged by European and Asian industry and banking squeezing their domestic consumer markets — that is, labor's living standards — in favor of export production to the United States.

«All families in my upper middle - class neighborhood regularly enjoy a living standard better than that achieved by John D. Rockefeller Sr. at the time of my birth.

Higher standards of living in emerging markets, urbanization and the rapid expansion of the world's middle class are driving big increases in demand for a wide variety of agri - food products, including dairy.

Company believes high standard of living should be accessible to everybody and specialize in stylish yet affordable spaces catered to young professionals and middle - class families in search of vibrant neighborhoods.

«The idea (promoted by politicians of both the left and the right) that Baby Boomers and Generation Xers are falling from the middle class in great bunches, even trailing behind the living standard of their parents, is, in aggregate, complete rubbish.

Making translated Bibles available in Europe lead to increased literacy, to the rise of the middle class and standards of living, and to the return of Christianity to its sacred mission.

In the U.K. during the nineteenth century, standards of living for the working class rose by 1,600 percent.

We can live as Christians in this world and therefore as members of a particular socio - economic class as long as we do not automatically accept its values and standards.

What we have had in British political life under British common law is a procrustean class system, one of the most fixed in the world, confirming aristocratic and plutocratic class rule, rigidly preventing the overwhelming numbers of the lower class from gaining equality, representation in government, decent working conditions, the right to union organization, suffrage, and acceptable living standards until the end of the nineteenth century.

This brief article will be my last on the subject — at least unless or until one word of gratitude for an unprecedented share of life's blessings, along with a promise to hold themselves to a standard worthy of respect, issues from the community of America's middle - class women.

Perhaps a much simpler, material life, simpler, that is, compared to present middle - class American standards, would result, but it would not be accompanied by an abandonment of free inquiry or free speech.

I know of many groups who are very exclusive, meaning they exclude anyone who does not meet their standards, such as you need to be at least upper middle class, white and live in a good neighborhood to be part of the group.

Even faithful missionaries, like the rest of us, live at times by double standards, giving voice to the oppressed and poor, but requiring middle - class standards of shelter in order to maintain a sense of security.

These helped conquer «the tyranny of distance,» as John C. Calhoun called it, and played a role in stimulating the great social changes of the time, including the advances in America's wealth and living standards, the spread of opportunity, the leveling of class distinctions, and the increase in popular suffrage.

If Carroll and Schneider are truly built for a college - style shelf life, as former «Legion of Boom» standard - bearer Richard Sherman surmised, Schneider desperately needs to find his next class of quality players.

Mothers who try to live up to the new parenting standards of the professional middle class seem to have few options: They can overwork themselves, or they can leave the workforce.

The average standard of living for middle class in USSR was far worse materially than all but 0.01 % of US poorest - and I experienced both those conditions.

My decision to vote «Leave» is based on my belief in democracy, socialism, and a political economy which protects the living standards of the British working class.

If the household income is below 60 % of the 2010/11 average — a standard set out in this year's Child Poverty Act — they are classed as living in absolute poverty.

Standard of living refers to the level of wealth, comfort, material goods and necessities available to a certain socioeconomic class in a certain geographic area.

As such, mobility is an important factor for upward social mobility for middle class Americans, where they can increase their earnings and their life standards...

As such, mobility is an important factor for upward social mobility for middle class Americans, where they can increase their earnings and their life standards by moving to higher - earning jobs in dynamic regions.

The decisive issue in the class struggle over the next period of time will be the level of resistance to the assault on living standards due to be unleashed.

If this is not possible, then a Labour - led coalition with the Liberals would be preferable to a Tory government or a Tory - Lib coalition — for the same reason that this gives the working class a slightly better relationship of forces within which to resist the assault on its living standards which will be unleashed by any government arising from the current election.

This would obviously have to include expenses too - standard class rather than first class travel, living in areas such as Peckham, Newham, etc rather than in Westminster or Kensington.

Bell is a class act as a journalist and a consistent champion of higher standards in public life.

Warn the middle classes bluntly that you can not promise them any short - term gains in their living standards.

I say this with total sincerity and with the conviction that this man is meant for important things and one of those important missions is to make sure that down the road the Middle and Working Class families of our great State and Country have a better standard of living.

I want to let you all know that I'm committed to lower [ing] the class disparity, level of poverty in the country, and to increasing the standard of living.»

David Miliband has been applauded by sections of the liberal press — most notably Martin Kettle in The Guardian — essentially for acknowledging the bleeding obvious; that the parties of the European Left are losing three main groups of voters; working class voters in insecure jobs who are fearful of migrant labour; middle income voters, who are scared of losing their standard of living, and younger middle class graduates who are alienated by the compromises of power.

One of the reasons there has been a breakdown in trust is that we politicians appear to be a privileged class who live by different standards to everyone else.

They also expressed a clear need for Labour to learn lessons from the experience of the people of Greece and a desire to continue to build links with Syriza and other socialist parties in countries like Spain and Portugal in order to prevent further decline in the living standards of working class people.

For Labour to campaign for an austerity programme that massively attacks the living standards of working class people is a disgrace.

«Transparency, accountability, the truth and personal discipline are needed if we want to move Ghana into a higher level of performance and give our people the opportunity to enjoy a world - class standard of living in our lifetime,» he said.

When tai chi was combined with a standard depression treatment for a group of older people with depression, researchers found better improvement in the level of depression, as well as improved quality of life, better memory and cognition, and more overall energy, in comparison to another group in which the standard depression treatment was combined with a health education class.

Refine is the gold standard when I try other fitness classes around the city and no other class has lived up to it!

I Love my name Darcie I'll be 22 January 15th - Capricorn I Graduated with WMRHS Class of»09 I Graduated The Airline Academy»10 in Daytona Beach FL I was a Flight Attendant for GoJet / United Airlines for a year My highest goal in life is to travel the world full of exciting experiences I live life day by day with no regrets I have high standards / expectations in life meeting new people everyday is always exciting I have amazing friends, I love hanging out with really outgoing & & Love to have a good time.

The way she holds a spoon as she eats cereal with such white - knuckled intensity you'd think it was her last meal; the angle of her jaw when she steps onto the ice, facing judges she knows loathe the transparency of her working - class background; and the tender hurt in her eyes when she confronts a judge in the parking lot about her score, and learns that no matter her skill, her inability to live up to the proper, soft standard for women in figure skating would bar her from the adoration she yearned for.

Higher education is now the gatekeeper to a middle - class income and standard of living.

Schools need to be able to focus on delivering a first class education and therefore improving standards, results and ultimately career and life prospects for pupils.

The Common Core standards are designed so that all students — no matter where they come from or where they live — receive a world - class education that is consistent from school to school, and graduate ready to contribute to the future of the state and the country, the release said.

By setting world - class educational standards, establishing viable directives, creating a sustainable framework and organizing contemporary networks at the local, county and regional levels, the Georgia Vision Project endeavors to prepare every student for college career and life.