Sentences with phrase «class taxpayers in»

«The House Republican tax reform plan abandons middle - class taxpayers in favor of high - income Americans and wealthy corporations,» said Granger MacDonald, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), in a statement.

«The House Republican tax reform plan abandons middle - class taxpayers in favor of high - income Americans and wealthy corporations.

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He truly needs to enter a high school class with his calculator to see that 37 + Students is the new 27 class size that was suggested in the million dollar commission taxpayers paid for!

The other major pillar of the reform is the cuts that have been enacted for individual income earners, with middle - class taxpayers earning between $ 19,050 and $ 77,400 per year receiving a cut in tax from 15 to 12 percent.

Most middle - class taxpayers would land in the 12 percent bracket; upper - middle - class households go from the 25 percent bracket to 22 percent, or from 33 percent to 24 percent, or from 39.6 percent to 35 percent.

Parochial schools are supported by church funds in addition to tuition, not tax dollars, providing in many areas a reasonable alternative for working class and middle class parishioners and removing these millions of students from the public education system paid for by taxpayers.

In plain English: The abortion license saved the taxpayers $ 1.6 billion a year because those terminated before birth were from social classes most likely to be welfare clients.

I agree it is Wholefoods disciples pushing for excessively expensive school foods be served to all students (much of which they only toss in the garbage) to be paid for with increasing tax dollars from middle and lower class taxpayers.

The Shoreham - Wading River Central School District is facing backlash after taxpayers learned at a recent meeting that the district contributed nearly $ 153,000 toward the high school senior class trip in March to Disney World, picking up most of the tab including airfare and hotel rooms.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D - N.Y.) said the Senate plan, like the House bill, would harm middle and upper middle - class taxpayers on Long Island and in suburbs across the country — and warned House Republicans voting for their bills they could face defeat next year.

Give Cuomo and the Democrats credit for winning the battle over keeping a millionaire's tax that protects $ 3.4 billion in revenue from fewer than 50,000 taxpayers who can afford it most, while implementing modest middle - class tax relief.

In a statement, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said that middle - class taxpayers are «struggling under the crushing weight» of various taxes, as well as the «skyrocketing» costs of higher education.

Unshackle Upstate's Brian Sampson says in a TU OpEd that state taxpayer dollars slated for a public campaign finance system would be better spent on repairing aging infrastructure, expediting ongoing storm recovery efforts, restoring the Gap Elimination Adjustment, or providing tax relief for struggling middle - class families.

«We're all focused on how we make sure the middle - class taxpayers are better off after tax reform and that we recognize the burden of those taxes in those high - tax states,» Brady said.

«We have a versatile and vibrant world - class defence industry in the UK and it makes absolute economic sense for the government to spend UK taxpayers» money buying equipment made here for our armed forces.

This article states that the governor fought unsuccessfully to reverse the elimination of the deduction for state and local taxes, which harms some middle - class and wealthy taxpayers in the state.

«This budget caps spending under 2 percent for the seventh year in a row and includes a tax cut that will save 6 million middle - class taxpayers an average of $ 250 this year,» he said.

«The plan will pull thousands and thousands of dollars from middle class taxpayers and put in the pockets of the wealthiest,» Schumer said.

The public aren't exactly enamoured with the political class at the best of times, and proposing to extend it at taxpayers» expense in the middle of a recession and the Eurozone crisis is a decision that Sir Humphrey, were he still with us, would describe as «courageous».

«That's good news for taxpayers, businesses and middle - class families, who have seen a dramatic and positive shift in the way business is being done in Albany since Governor Cuomo and Senate Republicans began working together to turn New York around.»

The adjusted base proportions are used to determine the taxable assessed value for each of the individual classes, therefore, shifts in these amounts could cause larger than normal tax increases, which would result in uncertainty for the taxpayer.

Senate Republicans say their version of the state budget will include a nine - year phase - in of tax cuts that would eventually total a 25 percent reduction for middle class taxpayers.

Heastie and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Herman «Denny» Farrell (D - Manhattan) estimated the Assembly's tax plan — which also includes the middle class tax cuts — would generate $ 5.6 billion in additional revenue and impact 66,134 taxpayers.

All we are trying to do is ensure that taxpayer investment is going to subsidize jobs that pay a reasonable wage... New York City will only remain the greatest city in the world by providing a high quality of life, attracting the best talent, and protecting our middle class.

Senate Republicans say their version of the state budget will include a 9 - year phase - in of tax cuts that would eventually total a 25 percent reduction for middle class taxpayers.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer on Wednesday urged all of New York's 27 House members to unite against the Republican tax reform plan, warning it would disproportionately harm middle - class taxpayers and homeowners in their state.

Preston Niblack, NYC Deputy Comptroller for Budget, told the panel that Comptroller Scott Stringer's analysis shows about 475,000 mostly middle - class federal taxpayers in the city would face higher tax liabilities under the TCJA.

Instead of ensuring cuts to all New York taxpayers, the federal tax plan will create a scenario in which 3.3 million New Yorkers - the vast majority of whom are middle class - will be double taxed.

'' The agreement includes support for a comprehensive New York Works Agenda that will create thousands of jobs with new investments in New York's infrastructure; passing a fair tax reform plan that achieves the first major restructuring of the tax code in decades, resulting in a tax cut for 4.4 million middle - class New York taxpayers; approving $ 50 million in additional relief for areas devastated by recent floods; and reducing the MTA payroll tax to provide relief for small businesses.»

The tax cut for middle - class wage earners amounts to a fraction of 1 percentage point and will be funded by an increase in the rate for married taxpayers making more than $ 2 million a year and single taxpayers whose yearly income exceeds $ 1 million.

Instead of ensuring cuts to all New York taxpayers, the federal tax plan will create a scenario in which 3.3 million New Yorkers — the vast majority of whom are middle class — will be double taxed.

The agreement includes support for a comprehensive New York Works Agenda that will create thousands of jobs with new investments in New York's infrastructure, passing a fair tax reform plan that achieves the first major restructuring of the tax code in decades resulting in a tax cut for 4.4 million middle class New Yorkers taxpayers, approving $ 50 million in additional relief for areas devastated by recent floods, and reducing the MTA payroll tax to provide relief for small businesses.

The priorities enumerated in the document are a clear indication of the type of independence that Johnson has promised since taking office, with a focus on «strengthening the social safety net, fighting for the middle class and handling taxpayers» money responsibly,» as Johnson put it at a news conference at City Hall.

In a statement, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said, that middle - class taxpayers are «struggling under the crushing weight» of various taxes, as well as «skyrocketing» costs of higher education.

«I don't want middle - class taxpayers to see a huge rate increase, so this has to be done in a careful, thoughtful way.»

«Each of these proposals would result in a massive windfall for the wealthiest Americans and provide almost no relief to middle - class taxpayers who need it most,» Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D - N.Y., said at the Capitol.

Those taxpayer - funded college classes were defunded in the 1990s.

Reduction of class size in Tennessee cost roughly $ 12,000 per student, whereas the SCSF voucher intervention cost the foundation about $ 4,200 per student, but reduced costs to the taxpayer by lowering the number of students who required instruction in public schools.

Holding out an olive branch to the new Republican majority in the legislature and to the middle class, Gov. James J. Florio of New Jersey last week laid out plans to help stimulate the state economy and ease the burden on taxpayers.

Examples of the schools students can «choose» include: a Milwaukee school that accepted $ 2.3 million of taxpayer funded vouchers but abruptly closed in the middle of the school year; a school in Florida where classes were held in public parks once the school was declared unfit by the fire marshall; or hundreds of schools that teach creationism in science classrooms.

Teachers across the nation report being pressured to fudge grades, pass students who don't deserve it, and accept students into classes they can't keep up in, all because of school evaluation models that use these metrics to keep up appearances for taxpayers.

Using voucher money to reduce class size in the public schools would be a good use of taxpayer money.

At this point, the easy process of picking and choosing which laws to follow via the innovation district mechanism means that the taxpayers and parents in your district won't necessarily have certified teachers to instruct their children, won't necessarily be informed if they don't, won't know if their class sizes exceed 22:1 in early grades, and won't have information about much of anything affecting their children's education.

Senate District) said, «The GEA has meant less funding for schools, fewer teachers in the classroom, students lumped in larger classes, and a bigger burden for local taxpayers.

After federal income tax deductions, Connecticut's wealthiest taxpayers pay an average of 5.5 percent for their income in state and local taxes, compared to 10.5 percent for middle - class families and more than 11.0 percent for the state's poor.

Meanwhile, about 1 in 5 students never graduates from high school; 2 out of 3 who do graduate are not ready for college; among those who go to college, 1 in 4 needs to retake high school classes at their own expense; and 40 percent of college students do not finish within six years, costing parents, students and taxpayers billions.

She argues that school reformers assume that schools can do more to address poverty than is realistic, that accountability policies encourage narrowing of the curriculum and teaching to the test, that vouchers have accumulated no significant evidence of effectiveness, that «virtual charter schools» are a ripoff of taxpayers, and that there are more effective policy solutions that are far from test - based accountability and «school choice» policies: social services for poor families, early childhood education, protecting the autonomy of teachers and elected school boards, reducing class sizes, eliminating for - profit companies and chains from operating charter schools, and aggressively fighting racial and socioeconomic segregation in schools.

However, over time, more and more middle class taxpayers were caught in the AMT tax net.

Still right for a family in which each member has maximized RRSP room, or in cases where taxpayers are no longer age - eligible, the selection of corporate class funds meets several criteria of tax - efficient investing:

But even middle - class taxpayers can benefit, as long as they have enough time to reap the benefits of tax deferral and a similar or preferably lower forecast tax bracket in retirement.