Sentences with phrase «cost lower earners»

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Third, every dollar in extra CPP benefits costs lower - income earners $ 0.50 in the Guaranteed Income Supplement.

A Treasury spokesman told the BBC: «We are taking action to support families with the costs of living by cutting taxes for millions of working people, doubling free childcare for nearly 400,000 working parents and introducing the National Living Wage - a significant pay rise for the lowest earners.»

The utilities board is recommending the provincial government set up a program to help offset rising energy costs for low - income earners.

It phases out gradually to keep the cost of the program low without compromising an earner's incentives to work.

And when creditors turned their economic gains from this process into political power to shift the tax burden onto wage earners and industry, this raised the cost of living and doing business — by more than technology was able to lower prices.

The hugely - prospective Chinese market has been a strong export earner but will be a tough market for Australian beef producers as competition from low - cost South American suppliers like Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, intensifies, says Gleeson.

Adam's CentreForum investigation concludes that there are significant opportunity costs which must be accounted for — I would emphasise the further erosion of already - stretched public services, which could impact a great deal on millions of low earners.

Even Clegg's flagship raising of the income tax threshold was soon revealed by the Resolution Foundation to direct most of its huge # 10bn cost to the benefit of the upper half while low earners gained little.

The legislature's chair of the Black, Hispanic, Puerto Rican, and Asian Caucus, Assemblyman Karim Camara says it would help the lowest income earners cope with higher costs of living.

The key issue is that millions of no and low - income earners are paying full cost for prescription drugs, without financially - viable options for coverage or federal subsidies.

Despite most Indian buyers purchasing low - cost vehicle options, there are the plenty of high - earners wanting luxury vehicles.

So, if you are a high - income earner, a bankruptcy will cost more than if you're a low - income earner.»

Whether you are low or top income earner, there is nothing bad in saving costs whenever it is practicable, Buying life insurance does not mean that you should just pay whatever rates that insurance companies throw at you.

The changes would also cost about $ 260 million a year from the public treasury to help offset the additional financial burden that expansion would eventually place on low - income earners.

Since extra coverage for those with lower earnings is not needed (this group already gets the maximum CPP payout which when coupled with the OAS and GIS benefits is sufficient to cover basic costs in retirement, most would argue), Wolfson suggests keeping the replacement rate at 25 % for lower earners, then use a 40 % replacement rate for earnings above a certain threshold.

All this enables low - wage earners and folks with tight budgets to invest $ 10 or $ 25 or another nominal amount on a regular basis without worrying about the impact of trading costs.

The lower rung wage earners earn an amount closer to their actual costs than higher earners.

So important that it needs lobbies like CCL to keep harrassing politicians to do more... The truth is that CCL is just another semi-useless political organization lobbying for its own biased view, not telling us anything new or useful and peddling economic policies that would cause disruption, achieve little, but impose costs on industry and low income earners.

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) budget blueprint takes a similar approach to CAP, using carbon pricing to meet the Waxman - Markey targets with «half of the revenue from proposed carbon pricing earmarked for energy rebates and tax credits for low - and moderate - income populations» to «fully offset the higher cost of energy for the lowest 60 % of earners.»

Until that point auto - rickshaw drivers, who are still low - income earners, could not afford the conversion cost coupled with the pricey fuel.

Even if (and that is one hell of an «if») Rudd's scheme adequately compensates low - income earners, it will do so for only a limited time due to inflation, the rising cost of living et cetera, whereas his carbon reduction gimmick will become a permanent feature of all our lives (like the G.S.T.).

Given its low cost, 10 earnings for both earners is often possible.

Low - income earners can save on medical costs by taking advantage of Medicare, and Medicaid, if possible