Sentences with phrase «half of a middle class»

While former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders are expected to duke it out in an intensifying battle for the party nomination, themes of the weak economy and the struggles of the middle class are likely to take center stage.

Instead of stocks, «owning a house is now the investment of choice for most of the middle class.»

The plight of the middle class was a major theme of his launch speech and the subject of his first position statement, published as a column in the Toronto Star entitled: «Canadian middle class left out of the growth equation.»

Doing so would please the people Castaldo and McIntyre wrote about, and surely would be welcomed by those seeking the trappings of the middle class.

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

In the 1950s and 1960s, the manufacturing sector provided a growing share of middle class job opportunities, thanks to strong unions.

A growing number of the clients we see have all the trappings of a middle class lifestyle — they're gainfully employed, own a home and from the outside seem fiscally responsible — but it's built on a foundation of debt and bad financial decisions.

At the core of the middle class is some idea that they can somehow find this place of comfort, which becomes a compromise for any possibility of financial freedom.

On the other hand, members of the middle class take jobs they don't enjoy «because they need the money, and they've been trained in school and conditioned by society to live in a linear thinking world that equates earning money with physical or mental effort.»

Obviously this isn't the majority - the median wealth of people in the 55 - 64 cohort is something like $ 200,000 - but a non-trivial percentage of middle class workers ultimately reach this milestone.

To win that night, Romney was forced to veer sharply to his left, to fight on the centrist Republican turf — mildly Keynesian, protective of entitlements, defensive of the middle class — that Obama had made his own.

While entrepreneurship rose, manufacturing — a strong source of middle class jobs for decades — has slowed, the draft plan found.

A large majority, 82 %, believe themselves to be part of the middle class, suggesting that the problem isn't so much the pay as the perception.

«However, by all accounts, they have found a way to cut out the government middleman and pick the pockets of middle class families directly.»

What should excite investors the most is the growing size of the middle class in China and India.

Similarly, she'll need to prove that she's attuned to the needs of the middle class — a feat sure to be difficult, as critics point to her ties to Wall Street and other big business interests.

By 1919, the self - taught pioneer with an eighth - grade education was producing more than half the cars in the U.S.. By lowering the cost of the automobile — eventually to $ 350 — he made cars part of the fabric of middle class America.

But it has also contributed to growing income inequality and the decline of the middle class.

Nike (NKE)-- Phil Knight's shoe company stands to benefit from the explosion of the middle class in emerging markets like China and Mexico.

Demand for commodities is expected to stay relatively strong over the coming 20 years, reflecting the growth of the middle class in emerging markets, especially China.

These shifts help explain why homeownership, long a source of middle class identity and economic opportunity, has started to decline.

And Philip Slayton, a former University of Western Ontario dean of law who recently authored Lawyers Gone Bad: Money, Sex and Madness in Canada's Legal Profession (2007), is critical of the profession's disregard for the inability of the middle class to access the courts.

Democrats call the Republican proposal a giveaway to corporations at the expense of the middle class, issuing dire warnings about the $ 1 trillion or more it is projected to add to federal budget deficits over a decade.

«One of the big causes for the stagnation of middle class wages is essentially because of clever computer programs,» said David Siegel, co-chairman of Two Sigma.

If he played by the rules, they said, he could enjoy everyone else's version of middle class success.

At a time when more and more people are slipping out of the middle class into poverty, more people are becoming rich.

We keep talking about income inequality and improving the lives of the middle class while at the same time the gap between the haves and have - nots keeps growing.

Well, if you are among those few who have thrived, here is why you should care about the diminished fortunes of the middle class.

We're in the last week of a federal election campaign, and every party wants you to believe they're there for the hardworking families of a middle class under enormous pressure.

Wei said that during the past year the company has strived to meet «demand for high - end and healthy products of the middle class,» with its premium soup series containing less additives to cater to health - conscious consumers.

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These cost estimations seem pretty high for middle class, but it really depends on your definition of middle class.

Good data on the exact size of the middle class are hard to come by, but it remains small across most parts of the continent.

Those ridings decided the election, and the NDP needs to look very closely at every aspect of its strategy in connecting with three geographically and culturally distinctive sets of middle class voters.

He mocked them individually and as a group for portraying themselves as champions of the middle class while opposing labor unions.

Today, Asia is the core engine of global economic growth, thanks primarily to urbanization and the expansion of its middle class.

The rapid growth of the middle class in developing markets globally, and particularly in Asia, has catalyzed rapid changes in consumer demand.

Craig, I concluded in 2003 that the elitists would hold up the system with printed money and credit creation until they had swept every last crumb of middle class wealth off the table and into their own pockets.

Moreover, many people are inclined to believe that they are members of the middle class, even when they're not.

It's almost a cliché to note that the interests of the middle classes play a disproportionate role in politics.

There are reports that the Department of Finance has put together some research documenting the problems of the middle class.

Each paper dives into one aspect of middle class prosperity — such as inequality, education, retirement, achievement, or the safety net.

But the other side of the coin is the devastating hollowing out of the middle class in the western industrial democracies.

This has happened «even as concern was rising about the plight of the middle class and the growing economic inequality in America.»

Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada have been preparing the ground for a policy agenda focused on the problems of the middle class.

If so, what will happen if growth drops more sharply than Xi and Premier Li Keqiang plan and if the aspirations of the second generation of the middle class reach beyond money?

Hey guys, I'm retired now after selling my biz, and I had no problems paying myself as much as possible, but what we are seeing today is the continual lowering of the middle class that came about because of Henry Ford ($ 5.00 per day).

It's been my view since circa 2003 that «they» would hold up the system with printed money and credit creation until every last crumb of middle class wealth was swept off the table and into the pockets of those in position to do the sweeping: Corporate America, the very wealthy («wealthy» = enough disposable cash to buy a few politicians and Federal judges) and the political elite — the latter of which are compensated pawns for the first two cohorts.

But even in Davos, which is favored by champions of globalization, there is vocal opposition to trade from critics who say it has benefited the elites at the expense of the middle class in many parts of the world.

by We wholeheartedly endorse peaceful revolution, but unfortunately, history tells us that when tyrannies force the majority of the middle class into poverty in any country, violent revolution will result.