Sentences with phrase «like middle class tax»

Just like the middle class tax cut, GEA only got done because Flannagan and the GOP led Senate pushed for it.

Across the aisle, Assemblyman Billy Jones (D - Chateaugay), who took office earlier this month, said he liked the middle class tax cut and increased education aid, and also hailed the governor's proposals to build on fighting the opiate epidemic, including the creation of drug recovery «high schools» and crisis treatment centers alongside deeper insurance reforms.

Not exact matches

Clinton's tax proposals, like many Democratic plans, emphasize relief for the middle class.

I'd like to eliminate FICA taxes in the next recession as a stimulus, but I doubt that happens cuz Dems will come in and say «morally wrong» cuz «equality» even though FICA hits the middle class the hardest, but okay.

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.

President Obama has been touting the Buffett Rule, which proposes that millionaires and billionaires like Buffett shouldn't pay a lower percentage of their income in federal taxes than middle - class households.

With the cancellation of the health care levy (which it should be pointed out was graduated and not a flat amount like the old premium), and the NDP tax increases kicking in at 130K and not 100K like the Prentice budget, the NDP has made sure the upper middle class (and some of the upper class) are paying less taxes than under Prentice's budget.

Are middle - class cuts from the budget framework (like doubling the standard deduction and expanded child tax credits) included?

When it became obvious that the third nine was a 9 % value added tax on top of the 9 % sales tax and the 9 % flat income tax, my thought was «This sounds like a middle - class tax increase.»

Of course, what Cain doesn't acknowledge is that a sales tax, especially one like his that has no exemptions for items like good such as many state sales taxes do, would disproportionally impact the poor and the middle class.

You must be someone like one of those CEO's that run the oil companies complaining that my taxes are going up because I make considerably more than a poor or middle class person, right?

He came out against middle - class tax increases, said he now supported the mid-1990s welfare reform, and he made an effort to seem like an abortion moderate who struggled with the moral complexity of the issue.

Sorry I'm not a believer of your alternate truths, like the Assembly Democrats leading the charge on middle class tax cuts of 2 years ago because that NEVER happened.

WFP evaluates the records of all the candidates and supports only those who stand up for working - class and middle - class families on issues like good jobs, affordable healthcare, fair taxes and quality schools.

Despite being described by Democratic leaders as an «economic missile,» the federal tax cuts are doing precisely what congress predicted they would do: giving middle class people, like our $ 79,500 earning state lawmakers, a financial break.

If those middle class home owners don't like their property taxes, then they should sell their houses and move elsewhere.

«Over the past two years we have cut middle class tax rates to their lowest rates in sixty years, cut taxes for small businesses, while at the same time investing like never before in our institutions of higher education,» Cuomo said.

The answer may depend on which «middle class» is being talked about: New York's higher - income, higher - taxed middle class or lower - income, lower - taxed counterparts in states like Mississippi and Texas.

Certainly not the middle or working classes and more like his super wealthy donor friends who have so much money they don't care about tax rates.

that's like sending a 42 person signed letter saying you want your party to continue it's reputation as a «tax and spend the middle class money» party.

«It all sounds like apple pie when you want to have a middle class tax cut and punishing the successful people, but really what you're doing is driving the successful people out of the state,» Long said.

Democratic state Executive Director Jim Rogers claimed, «Fischer wishes to hide that she signed the Grover Norquist (no tax increase) pledge to protect the tax breaks of her billionaire benefactors like Joe Ricketts and the Koch brothers and she stands against the middle class and favors tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy.»

«While Comptroller DiNapoli has been fighting for tax relief for working and middle - class people in New York State, Hedge Fund Harry Wilson has been focused on ensuring that his fellow Wall Street millionaires make out like bandits by opposing President Obama's Wall Street reform package,» Sumberg said.

Do you support a progressive tax code like the one in place during the Eisenhower years — one of the most prosperous times in our nations history — and a time when the American middle class grew and prospered?

Congress now has the responsibility to act quickly and give middle - class families like the Skowronskis some tax relief and peace of mind.»

His claim that he's just a normal «middle - class guy» from Queens was blasted by Citizen Action New York, which said the governor's idea of what a middle class person is «would explain why he's consistently given tax cuts to the wealthiest households in New York — like his own — while neglecting the true middle and working class families of our state.»

Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif argued the Republican conference has fought for and won «conservative - agenda items» like the property tax cap, middle class income tax cut, adherence to 2 percent spending cap in six consecutive budgets, and funding parity for upstate transportation projects.

there's already talk of Red - Kipers, where Paul Nuttal could appeal to the ex labour, on more than just Europe, but the ecomony if a Thatcherite party like Ukip could appeal to old labour who want bonds for the NHS or re distribution via tax, then labour will have ben destroyed, no tjust by Islington middle class students.

In addition to the gondola and State Fair announcements, Cuomo recapped his priorities for Upstate New York during the ongoing legislative session, including bringing ride - booking apps like Uber here, consolidating local government services to reduce property taxes and tax cuts for the middle class.

Asked why he wanted to run, Lyons said he'd like to stand up for middle class and working class families struggling right now against high taxes and government that doesn't work in their interest.

«One of the reasons for us even bringing this up is we know this is looming, coming up next year, and we would like to see the tax rates go down for middle - class families, and coupled with asking wealthy New Yorkers who can give a little more to give a little more,» Heastie said.

«Trump's return shows that he's pushing tax changes that benefit multimillionaire heirs like him, not the middle class,» said Lily Batchelder, a tax law professor at New York University and former majority chief tax counsel for the Senate Finance Committee.

The state senator, whose turf covers not Maspeth but neighborhoods like Bayside and Whitestone, read a scripted speech that sounded like a laundry list of middle - class outer borough complaints against the present administration: from de Blasio's «narrow - minded anti-motorist» Vision Zero program, to his opposition to bringing the city into line with the rest of the state's two percent property tax cap, to his allegedly insufficient support for co-ops and small senior centers, to the influence of high - power political consultants at City Hall, to the lack of public transit options in the deepest reaches of the city (which the state controls), to his purported failure to shield small businesses from rent hikes, to — yes — his scrapped plans to convert the Holiday Inn into a homeless shelter.

Some are related, like new tax breaks for the middle class, including an increase in the child tax credit, and the extension of middle class tax reductions and a tax increase on millionaires.

«The Senate GOP bill would raise taxes on three in five middle - class households nationally, according to the Tax Policy Center, with states like New York feeling the brunt of the costs.»

And while the plot about kings and noblemen socking it to the middle class and poor with higher taxes resonates today — for tea party loyalists, this «Robin Hood» could become a rallying point like «Fahrenheit 9/11» was for Iraq war protesters — the screenplay never really knows what it wants to say about it.

Of course, the problem is even where teachers have agreed to a wage freeze you have increasing costs — without additional state aid — those extra dollars will have to come from the local property tax which is much more unfair for the middle class than raising money through the income tax (assuming you don't let the millionaires off the hook like the Governor did).

In keeping with the principle of moving in $ 500 increments, I'd like to propose that the TFSA limit be moved to $ 8,500 and indexed to the middle class tax bracket (in $ 500 increments) going forward.

Worse, if you, like millions of middle class taxpayers, are subject to something called the «Alternative Minimum Tax,» you lose the ability to deduct any «Miscellaneous Deductions.»

Most middle - class people have a tough time maxing out their RRSPs and TFSAs, so even simple tax tools like these disproportionately benefit the wealthy.

Cross contends that across - the - board measures like tax cuts are rarely the best answer if governments are really striving to help those struggling to achieve or maintain middle - class status.

Some students just couldn't make it work (usually the mistakes were to be expected of middle - class middle - schoolers, like finding a job babysitting and stretching that out full - time, only working one job, buying everything new from clothes to furniture, thinking you absolutely need convenience items you can do without, and / or trying to buy the same upscale car your dad takes to work), though most students were able to provide at least a plausible before - tax budget.

Deals like Europe to the Middle East for $ 1,538.50 and the US to Tokyo for $ 2,172 are exceptionally good value when booked on airlines of the caliber of Etihad and JAL (even after you factor in taxes and fees) and even some of the American Airlines redemptions don't look too bad considering the good Business Class seats the airline offers.

Republicans are getting hit hard for increasing taxes on the Middle Class, reducing taxes for billionaires like Trump, being unable to show how any of this will support jobs growth as claimed, and basically pledging to blow another massive hole in the budget leading to further and worsening deficits.

(Bloomberg)-- President Donald Trump and Republican leaders inched closer to releasing their tax framework this week, as details leaked to lobbyists suggested it would dramatically cut taxes for corporations and the wealthy, provide a measure of middle - class tax relief and punish some households in Democratic - leaning states like New York and New Jersey.