Sentences with phrase «lot of the middle class»

«No matter what his motive is, he's sticking it to a lot of middle class people.»

However, you'd certainly find a lot of middle class and wealthy mature men here that are looking to get into a mutually beneficial relationship with younger women.

«One thing I don't think people realize — charter schools are keeping a lot of the middle class in cities,» he said.

He added: «There is clearly a lot of middle class investment in coaching but I don't think it always works.»

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In fact, the company that has played a staring role in the Dow's outperformance does not actually employ a lot of traditional middle - class Americans: Goldman Sachs (gs).

Either way, the policy change will adversely affect the middle class, Trudeau contends: «They're raising costs on everyday items for an awful lot of people.»

«If you don't raise taxes you'll have to get rid of a lot of federal programs very important to the middle class,» h e said.

When I look at the Phnom Penh Post, I see lots of stories about the middle class buying properties.»

It's a lot of hardworking, blue - collar - type people and they were just sick, it seems like, anything that was done to help was never to the middle class or the slightly lower than middle class.

But as these middle and upper classes have a lot of expendable, disposable income, they are turning to golf just as a friendly pursuit,» Dreyer said.

«At the same time as they have these massive tax cuts for the richest people in the country they actually increase taxes for a lot of working and middle class people, and so I think they see the child tax credit as a way to try to address that,» Marr said.

This is not fair to the working middle class because the Federal Government uses the tax system to encourage a lot of corporate behavior.

Their work didn't get a whole lot of publicity, at least not until recently, when it was mentioned in an Atlantic magazine cover article, «The Secret Shame of Middle - Class Americans,» about relatively affluent families living paycheck to paycheck.

Well it is almost election time Obama seems to be doing a lot of things for the first time like acting like he cares about eh middle class, acting like he supports business and acting like he wants to be bipartisan.

We've heard a lot about the economic decline of the middle class.

But the hungry need food and the sick need medical care and the homeless need shelter, and all of these cost money — money that a faithful and sharing middle class could provide a good measure of, certainly enough to do a lot of concrete good.

All goes to show that if Romney becomes President, we'll be a country lead by the rich, for the rich, with lots of advice from Salt Lake City, with the shrinking middle class taking in the shorts and paying all the bills.

Unless, that is, our essentially middle - class life style is challenged by the poverty and oppression which is the lot of most of humankind, and we confront the hard truth that the issue is not reform of the welfare system, no matter how much that is needed, but the end of a capitalist economic order which increasingly divides the world into those who have and those who have not.

This means that if a Republican could come up with a message to address the concerns of middle - class voters, «amazingly enough, he'll win a lot more Hispanic votes in the process.

«The demand for good proteins by way of meat and milk tends to be pretty high, which has a lot to do with the increase in the middle class around the world,» he said.

Our rundown of the best of the second - tier free agents includes a Super Bowl MVP, a couple of first - round quarterbacks and lots of the kind of steady middle - class talent that makes up the bulk of NFL rosters

And while the Science authors found instruction to be basic and repetitive even in American schools with a mostly middle - class or upper - middle - class student population, they found that the situation was considerably worse in schools that enrolled a lot of low - income children.

Listening to music — as I still get pangs of middle class mum guilt from too much screen time, we listen to a lot of music which bridges the gap.

It seems to me that a lot of the excitement around noncognitive skills comes from middle class and upper - middle class parents who want to know how their children can be as successful as possible in an ever more competitive world.

We could say that this is a typical white, middle class concern — something that the author shares with a lot of worried middle class parents.

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

To clarify: I would define «largely cut taxes for the rich» as meaning the taxes of the top 1 % were in some way shape or form lowered a lot more than the taxes of the middle class or their wealth was significantly increased via corporate tax code changes

When you factor in that the people most affected by the rise in commuting fares (especially season tickets) are middle - class and often located in marginal constituencies, rail fares get a lot of political attention.

(1) Your question is based on the ridiculous assumption that economy and politics is a zero sum game and that somehow being «for» middle class means you're «against» (or «don't care about») poor; (2) Leaving that aside, championing the case of 75 % of population over 25 % seems like a lot less of a political suicide than championing the case of 25 % over the 75 %, unless I don't quite understand how voting works in a democracy.

A lot has been made of his middle class and «privileged» background by many commentators and opponents, but more significant was he came from an activist Labour family and his brother Piers is cut from the same cloth.

That could cost some typical middle - class families and upper middle - class families with high property taxes a lot of money.

Increasing the personal allowance will take lots more people out of tax and thankfully middle - class families aren't going to pay the price by being dragged into the higher rate as they were with earlier increases.

His small property management business, which he dubbed «Kasa Industries» saw a lot of his middle and working class clients cut back as they lost jobs and income.

all this talk of labour losing 4million working class votes since 97, well for a start a lot of those people who were working calss are now middle clas, and what of the 5.6 million working class votes laobur lost between 1951 and» 83

His address should be praised for bringing class — always a loaded word in this country — back into mainstream discussion, at a time John Prescott's claim that «we're all middle class now» looks increasingly hollow to a lot of voters.

«That's a lot of money out of the pockets of middle - class and upper - middle - class New Yorkers,» Schumer said.

There's a lot of things I'm obsessed with at the moment: An afternoon green smoothie followed by an energizing yoga class Everything fall and everything pumpkin Wine - colored lipstick Reading creepy thrillers (I'm in the middle of this one right now and I can't put it down) Afternoon naps on Sundays Making apple cider vinegar and homemade candles (tutorials...

Otherwise, O'Neill does a solid job in going over all aspects of a (middle to upper class) woman's personal life in the 19th century in England / America, with lots of fascinating tidbits thrown in.

Added to that, Firewall is yet another example of what I call a Business Class Thriller, tailor made to engross upper - middle - class dads who spend lots of time on airplClass Thriller, tailor made to engross upper - middle - class dads who spend lots of time on airplclass dads who spend lots of time on airplanes.

I spoke with this funny, sort of middle - class accent in a very working - class area, so I'd get bullied quite a lot.

But star Amy Adams» role calls on her to spend a lot of time staring thoughtfully in the distance after reading a passage from her ex's tome, all while Ford piles on mean - spirited observations about the heroine's crumbling upper - middle - class lifestyle.

by Walter Chaw Robert Zemeckis's The Polar Express seems to be the culmination of a lot of his weird obsessions: his celebration of middle - class Aryan heroes; his tendency towards the tense and anxious; his love of casting an actor in multiple roles; Tom Hanks; Eddie Deezen; and that subtle quality of nightmare that infects even the most innocuous of his movies.

Lots of research talks about what happens in the first few years of a kid's life and how poor children don't get the support and input — things as simple as language or as complicated as an outlook on life, self - esteem, and how you interact with institutions — that middle - class kids tend to get.

Yes, it will also upset a lot of middle - class families.

There are ideas upon which we could act immediately — tomorrow — in our schools and classrooms (and in our homes — lots of ideas for us middle class, educated parents).

«A lot of people see school [jobs] as an entry to the middle class.

Since Trump's election, there's been a lot of attention to the struggles of working - and middle - class Americans in places like West Virginia, Kentucky, and Oklahoma.

Another thing that ticks me off is the amount of prep time is not considered that the teacher had to do, and the money for the popsiclemsticks, snd tubs, and well, PBL needs lots of... TIME... somall teacher and unions will need to add 2 hours of in class teacher time fot the teachers to cover PBL and all common core standards... Why is it teachers do not speak out more about the pressure they must be under, all the while, knowing, that they are not effective teachers and learning is regressing...... How about some teachers, jus simple teachers, not spokespersons for them, just middle of the road teachers start posting on edsource the trials you went through in year 2014 - 2015....

KIPP explicitly teaches middle - class habits and norms, assigns lots of homework, and boasts a longer school day, week, and year.

Drawing lots gives everyone a chance, but it also undermines middle - class parents» chances of securing a place in a popular school by buying a home nearby.