Sentences with phrase «interests of the middle classes»

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

«I'm pleased that President Obama is focused on putting forth rules to ensure that financial advisers are required to act in the best interest of middle class families, retirees and those saving for retirement,» she said.

The national ethic became identified with the interest of the middle class promoting it; Edwardian artists and intellectuals delighted endlessly in exposing the powerlessness of conventional Victorian virtues; and even the phrase «Victorian virtues» became a synonym for hypocrisy.

There is one candidate in this race who represents the interests of middle class and working families, and his name is Matt Alexander.»

And, I think these amendments are in the best interest of the middle class,» said Loughran.

Rick Hess fingers the reformers» social justice agenda, which is at odds with the interests of middle class suburban parents.

Not exact matches

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.

Republican leaders have portrayed the drive for tax reform as a benefit for middle - class families, often at the expense of special interests.

«We are seeing that our focus on the middle class, by putting more money in the pockets of hard working families, and giving less advantages to the wealthiest, is growing the economy,» Trudeau said, as he also attempted to distract the media horde from his finance minister's loose interpretation of what constitutes a conflict of interest.

First, substantial direct or indirect wealth transfers from the state sector to Chinese households will unleash a surge in household consumption as household income rises (and because the interest on bank deposits is an important source of income for most middle and lower middle class households, if the authorities reduce interest rates, as struggling borrowers are demanding, China actually moves in the wrong direction).

And where others see little regard for Main Street, Obama sees a focus on how the government can do more to bolster the economic prospects of poor - and middle - class Americans, and someone who would carry those concerns to the Fed, which has vast powers over interest rates and the financial system.

As those exceptions indicate, the intent of the mortgage interest deduction (at least as it was amended in 1986) was to benefit the typical homeowner, and to encourage middle - class homeownership.

The longer Europe refuses to debate honestly about debt and the euro, and the the longer it suffers from stagnation and unemployment, the more credible the Front National becomes in denouncing centrist parties for sacrificing workers and the middle class to protect the interest of bankers.

Beginning the year at around $ 997, bitcoin experienced abrupt volatility in the last quarter as the currency witnessed immense buying interest in the wake of escalating tensions in the Middle East and East Asia, pushing investors to look at the virtual currency from the perspective of an alternate asset class with barely any accountability.

Conflicts of interest likely lead, on average, to 1 percentage point lower annual returns on the retirement savings of middle - class families, according to a recent report by the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).

In addition, conflicts of interest are cited as leading to $ 17 billion of losses every year for working and middle class families.

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.

But in so doing, Trump is championing corporations at the expense of middle - class Americans whose interests he claims to serve.

For all Dworkin's intellectual elegance and flashes of humanity, he ultimately offers the «autonomous» members of the middle class a comforting rationale for serving our own interests while continuing to feel that we are good people.

It will be interesting to watch your opinion change as you yourself become poor, along with the rest of the middle class.

The former rightly saw that the latter were mostly middle class, and they interpreted what was said from this middle - class perspective in terms of a theory of interest and ideology.

At the end of the day, the Elderly, the Middle Class, the Poor, the Hispanics, the Latinos, and the Gay and Lesbian Community understand one thing very clearly, the Republicans are interested in regaining power in Washington, and they will walk over anyone who gets in their way.

Those whom Noonan called «the protected,» which is to say the rich and powerful in the West, share with the rising middle class in the developing world a remarkable harmony of interests.

Today Manmohan and Rao have surrendered the state to the ideology of the free - market with the backing of the greedy middle class (which includes also a good part of the organized working class) who have coopted Indian Nationalism to serve their vested interests.

The principal effort in this area was the Sunday School Movement, founded in 1918 by Habib Jirjal, an educated layman of the middle class, who decided that the political and religious movements then current in Egypt did not serve Coptic interests.

Andre Beteille's study on caste, class and power conducted in 1965 is still relevant today: power has shifted from rich landlords and other traditionally rich groups not to the poor, but to a middle group, mostly politicians who with the support of the rich, continue to use the system to further their interests.

The public face of these churches will continue to be shaped by an officialdom that faithfully reflects the interests and the culture of the new middle class.

In the 1970s and 1980s liberal Democrats were too closely (or maybe too exclusively) associated with the interests of the poor (however defined) and insufficiently interested in the interests of the middle - class (and most people thought of themselves as middle - class).

When Romney ran this combination of middle - class solidarity and lack of interest in the poor through his campaign's glitchy conservative - to - English translation program (the same one that produced formulations like «severely conservative») the result was «not very concerned about the poor.»

The interests of peasants and workers differed and both groups were suspicious of middle class environmentalists.

Hinduism is what we eat, what we do, not some interesting explanation for the vacuity of American middle - class lives!»

Whether in the classrooms on this campus or the lecture halls of other colleges, I have found that surprising numbers of white students (who are nothing if not middle class) are deeply interested in the study and application of religion.

If a businessman can convince voters that he will direct his talents toward advancing the interests of the middle - class and the struggling, he will find it easier to win the public's trust.

Wines of Australia attributed this «exceptional» growth to the China - Australia Free Trade Agreement, as well as the rising interest in wine among the growing Chinese middle classes, who are drinking imported wine more frequently.

Students in schools populated mostly by middle - class - and - above children were about equally likely to find themselves in a classroom with engaged and interesting instruction (47 percent of students) as in one with basic, repetitive instruction (53 percent of students).

Short, concrete, and reassuring talks with young children, more detailed talks with middle age children focusing on their concerns and questions, and digging deep with interested teenagers around issues of values, inequality, and class divisions.

For the Left, Thatcherism was a toxic composite of stifling nationalism, the engine of repression, poujadisme middle - class parochialism, traditional family values and the themes of a revived neo-liberalism: self - interest, selfishness, competitive individualism, anti-statism and a cult of greed.

We need U.S. Senators, members of Congress and state legislators who have the guts to take on the big money interests whose greed is destroying the American middle class.

It was this upbringing, and it's embrace of the shared and common struggles of Queens middle - class families, that inspired Grace to lead a life of public service as a public interest lawyer and now as a member of the New York State Assembly.

«Working collaboratively with the Broome County Promise Zone, those interested in serving as mentors will be matched with children in schools that are part of CCPA's University - assisted community school effort, which aims to level the playing field for students from low - income families who lack some of the supports for academic success from which children from middle - class families benefit,» Bronstein said.

The remnants of Scottish Labour are more New Labourite than ever: Dugdale, Murray and their «new generation to take the Scottish Labour Party forward» will likely continue their swing to the dismal centre, leaving the interests of «the vulnerable» to the SNP, and attempting to build Scottish Labour into the middle class unionist bastion of Jim Murphy's dreams.

«The schism between the progressive unions who founded the WFP and some of its member organization is unfortunate but in that divide the governor stands with the unions who have left the WFP and no longer feel it represents the interests of the middle - and working - class New Yorkers,» said a Cuomo rep.

Interesting question, but I think that if you're not satisfied by the answers given, it is because you already know the right answer: indeed in the US, «middle class» means «hard working» while «lower class» has a clear pejorative connotation of «people who don't want to work, who live off state's aid, food stamps, or petty criminality».

Anyone that supports getting rid of the state and local tax deduction does not have the true interests of New York at heart and should not be rewarded for their betrayal of New York's middle - class families.»

And finally, a key institutional change that advanced Repeal was the 1832 Reform Act, which enfranchised the middle class, thereby enhancing the representation of free trade interests in Parliament.

«The schism between the progressive unions who founded the WFP and some of its member organizations is unfortunate, but in that divide the governor stands with the unions who have left the WFP and no longer feel it represents the interests of middle - and working - class New Yorkers,» said Abbey Fashouer, the spokesperson.

The interests of a large middle class, in contrast, form a stable mass between them.

She said Cuomo «stands with the unions who have left the WFP and no longer feel it represents the interests of the middle - and working - class New Yorkers.»

Cuomo campaign spokeswoman Abbey Fashouer downplayed the endorsement and said the governor «stands with the unions who have left the WFP and no longer feel it represents the interests of middle - and working - class New Yorkers.»

Campaign spokeswoman Abbey Fashouer adds, «The schism between the progressive unions who founded the WFP and some of its member organizations is unfortunate, but in that divide the Governor stands with the unions who have left the WFP and no longer feel it represents the interests of middle - and working - class New Yorkers.»