Sentences with phrase «for upper middle class»

The American Scholar — Upper Middle Brow — William Deresiewicz — Somewhere between the content of a fireside chat and a mathematics paper lies middle brow, the purpose of which «is to make consciousness safe for the upper middle class.»

As a former Fellow in the Society of Actuaries, I was in the vanguard of those trying to apply actuarial principles to risk management, both when I managed risks for insurance companies, worked for non-insurance organizations, and manage money for upper middle class individuals and small institutions.

I manage stock and bond portfolios for upper middle class people, and for small institutions.

I manage separately managed stock and bond accounts for upper middle class individuals and small institutions.

Murray emphasizes in particular the degree to which the better educated and professional have concentrated in certain neighborhoods, and how opportunities for the upper middle class of college - goers to interact with and know neighbors of lower classes have declined.

But things are going to get more painful for the upper middle class in 2018 with the proposed elimination of state income taxes, capping mortgage interest deduction, and limiting property tax deduction to $ 10,000.

Not exact matches

We focus on income differences, since that is how lower -, middle - and upper - income classes are defined for tax purposes.

Amazon's moves should help Whole Foods, long derided as «Whole Paycheck» for its high prices, to woo customers beyond its upper middle class clientele, as well as counter the discount chains such as Walmart and even Aldi as they vie for more of the organic and natural foods markets.

Stereotyped for appealing to a niche of upper middle class men, golf is a sport that engages a diversity of backgrounds.

Respondents to the Palo Alto Weekly's survey cited the area's chronic housing crisis and high cost of living as reasons for identifying as middle - class instead of upper - class.

The assumptions of cutthroat libertarianism were so embedded in the worldview of these lucky newcomers that they spoke as though the victims of tech - fueled displacement and gentrification had chosen to live in poverty and squalor, just as they themselves chose to learn to code, chose a management - track job at a major corporation, and chose to set themselves up for a comfortable upper - middle - class suburban life.

Abolishing the Alternative Minimum Tax, which increases taxes for certain affluent or upper - middle - class households.

The alternative minimum tax, which increases taxes for certain affluent or upper - middle - class households, is repealed.

German's excessive debt burden after the Great War, for example, was «forgiven», unwillingly, mainly by middle - and upper - middle - class households and civil servants, whose fixed income portfolios withered to nothing in the hyperinflation that began in mid 1921 and ended in early 1924.

All told, though, the plan is, like its House counterpart, a proposal to dramatically slash corporate tax rates, open up a big new loophole for wealthy individuals, and pay for the cuts by dramatically expanding the national debt and ending a number of tax deductions that could leave a substantial share of middle - and upper - middle - class people paying more.

I recently saw a «for sale» in an upper - middle class neighborhood in Denver which advertised, «no money down, lender on site.»

If you want much bigger government, you have to pay for it with broadly based taxes, even if the rich and upper middle class bear the biggest burdens.

Chang — who said upper - middle - class investors are buying smaller apartments for themselves or their children — said that his Beijing contacts expect investment to pick up now that the Communist Party's 19th Congress is in the rearview mirror.

The woman would enjoy certain luxuries and entitlements simply for being upper middle class.

It is not uncommon for middle - and upper - class Americans to seek out diverse neighborhoods and to worry aloud that their children are not encountering enough people from other races.

Middle and upper class couples limit their families, oftentimes because BOTH parents have careers they don't want to be derailed from for too long.

The middle - and upper - class male peer group is also a milieu for sexist development.

There is this tendency within certain sectors of Christianity to assume that if our theology «works» for relatively privileged (often for white, upper - middle - class American men), then it should work well enough for everyone else, and everyone else should conform to it.

What happens to middle and upper class women who travel abroad for an abortion?

My own experience in teaching religion and theology to middle - and upper - middle - class undergraduates and graduate students in America for the past decade or so certainly suggests that this way of thinking about religion fits neatly with a strong tendency toward the kind of knee - jerk relativism that is also widespread among those in the same social strata.

One of the things I have respected most in Aida Rosa, principal of the elementary school P.S. 30, and the teachers that I talk with on her staff is that they look at children here as children, not as «distorted children,» not as «morally disabled children,» not as «quasi-children» who require a peculiar arsenal of reconstructive strategies and stick - and - carrot ideologies that wouldn't be accepted for one hour by the parents or the teachers of the upper middle class.

For those of upper - middle class sensibilities, the neoliberal order predicted by the 1990s remains inevitable.

Through movies, magazines and advertising the upper middle class has become «our reference point for what the American good life is supposed to look like and contain.»

Kids well socialized by upper middle class parents are sensitive to these risks, and for the most part they keep their distance.

I believe that when people espouse the values of a mother or wife exclusively being a homemaker, they are longing for a perceived simpler and easier time as opposed to truth, elevating a nostalgic look at motherhood from the standpoint of the post-war American dream of the white, upper - middle - class rather than Scripture.

The schools are good there, they said, which is true, and also a euphemism for an incalculable range of social and cultural benefits that flow from being raised in the upper middle class.

I am upper - middle class now, but I survived on Ramen Noodle soup and tuna for a long time.

Middle or upper class Americans who feel depressed can be doubly assaulted, first by their emotional condition and second by their knowledge that, compared to those in the developing world, they still have so much to be thankful for even if they can find no thanks to give.

There is this tendency within certain sectors of Christianity to assume that if our theology «works» for relatively privileged (often for straight, upper - middle - class, Western men), then it should work well enough for everyone else, and the rest of the world should conform to it.

Almost everybody felt themselves at home in the «middle,» as the euphemism for the well - off, «upper middle class,» indicates.

While the administration was drastically reducing subsidies for the poor, it supported the continuation of this economically and socially dysfunctional subsidy for the upper and upper - middle classes.

99 Ranch Market looks for middle - and upper - class suburbs that have a sizeable Asian population, he says.

I know I can't speak for all women in all situations / socio - economic backgrounds, but the pressure on educated middle - and upper - class women to breastfeed is intense.

It certainly did not have the cachet it has now for middle and upper class white women.

From 1983 to 1992, I collected data on the pregnancy and childbirth experiences of 100 middle and upper - middle class mainstream pregnant women and mothers, and on the health professionals (physicians, nurses, midwives, childbirth educators) who care for them, through observation and interviews in hospitals, offices, and homes.

I had been raised in an upper middle class family in the Chicago suburbs and, for the most part, had a great childhood.

There are a lot of upper middle class women who will ask indignantly, «Isn't this just for wealthy women?»

It's implicit in the price tag that these dolls are for middle to upper middle class girls only.

2) the movements in Africa were mainly run by upper middle classes, this is also true for india untill they slashed the cost of joining the INC indian congress to become affordable m allowing to poor to have a say in the running of the party.Africa on the other hand had a more tribal approuch in that there were opinions and they were voiced, but the popularity of the «chief» was not often challenged

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.

The two main parties have done a fair job of splitting up the remaining classes, with one side having the appearance of caring for lower more, and the other for upper, but in reality, that only really matters if they aren't getting the larger share of «the middle class».

While many Democrats are just coming to the realization that they need to hammer the economy in this mid-term election season, the veteran Brooklyn lawmaker, who took a pass in 2006 on running for governor and instead rose to become third - highest ranked senator in the upper house, has been talking about the need for his party to talk about endangered middle class for some time now.

UPPER WEST SIDE — With three of his potential rivals seated in the front row, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer positioned himself as the candidate who will «reclaim» the city for the middle class during his annual State of the Borough address Thursday night.

As Chingos said, the concessions to middle - class (and upper - class) families «raise the concern that the drift is in helping politically vocal middle - and - upper - middle - class families as opposed to doing more for lower - income families.»

For many upper - middle - class residents of high - tax states, Tuesday will be the last time we can file to receive a full tax deduction for our state and local income and property taxFor many upper - middle - class residents of high - tax states, Tuesday will be the last time we can file to receive a full tax deduction for our state and local income and property taxfor our state and local income and property taxes.