Sentences with phrase «low policy benefit»

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While President Obama has supported a few proposals that benefit high - growth, high - tech entrepreneurs (like the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, most of his policies have been hostile to the interests of Main Street business owners, particularly those running labor - intensive businesses with low - wage employees.

During Zappos's early years, Hsieh decided that customer service was the most important function of his company and proceeded to craft dozens of counterintuitive policies that lavished benefits on the low - wage workers who answered the phones.

«That is not only unfair, but it's a policy mistake in that those [low - income] kids would be the ones who would benefit the most,» Marr said, adding that a large body of research has found that extra income for poor families improves their kids» health, education, and career outcomes.

But Democrats and some tax policy experts say that while his proposal is a step in the right direction, it doesn't do enough to support low - income families who arguably benefit most from the extra income.

Her policies would also help the low - and middle - class since their tax bill would remain largely the same and they will benefit from increased government assistance.

Of course, the policy's cash value changes over time and is lower than the total sum of the death benefit it provides.

For example, while a number of communities are debating how to provide benefits to gig economy workers, without policies that ensure a baseline wage threshold or that grant workers a voice in determining their wages and benefits, low - road companies could respond to requirements to contribute to benefits with commensurate decreases in pay.

It was designed to encourage lending to households and businesses at a time when banks were facing increasing funding costs, which meant that borrowers weren't getting the full benefit of low policy rates.

«The new study cuts through the government's spin to show that few low - and middle - income Canadians stand to benefit significantly from this policy.

It trades some of the value growth benefits of a whole life insurance policy in exchange for more flexible payment plans and a lower price.

Because these policies don't require any medical exams and you're instantly approved, the premiums are very high and the death benefit is low.

This reference is to Janet Yellen's testimony in her Senate confirmation hearing as the chairman - to - be cited the benefits of the Fed's policy of über low rates for the average household.

They hope to found banks that operate with digital currencies that are not issued by the government and from there open a sea of possibilities for all those investors who want to settle in Puerto Rico to benefit from the low tax policy offered by the island.

If a partial benefit payment is claimed, the life insurance policy can continue with a reduced death benefit and lower premiums.

As the names imply, decreasing term policies pay a lower death benefit over time, while level term policies maintain the same death benefit for the term of the coverage.

According to research by economist David Macdonald of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, they also benefit well - off people far more than the middle class or low - income people.

Finally, the likelihood of accruing unambiguously positive benefits from an active population policy devoted to shaping the demographic composition of society seems extremely low.

Romney offered few policies that would have directly benefited the lower middle class.

Since the early 1990s, government policy on maternity care in England has moved towards policies designed to give women with straightforward pregnancies a choice of settings for birth.1 2 In this context, freestanding midwifery units, midwifery units located in the same building or on the same site as an obstetric unit (hereafter referred to as alongside midwifery units), and home birth services have increasingly become relevant to the configuration of maternity services under consideration in England.3 The relative benefits and risks of birth in these alternative settings have been widely debated in recent years.4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lower rates of obstetric interventions and other positive maternal outcomes have been consistently found in planned births at home and in midwifery units, but clear conclusions regarding perinatal outcome have been lacking.

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Brooke ensures that the policies and practices of Maryland state and local agencies and school districts are designed to allow low - income families and individuals maximum access to nutrition programs; and that the state, counties, school districts, and community - based providers take advantage of options in federal law to maximize access and benefits.

Trump will scrap subsidies to health insurance companies that help pay out - of - pocket costs of low - income people — a decision disclosed hours after he ordered potentially sweeping changes in the nation's insurance system, including sales of cheaper policies with fewer benefits and fewer protections for consumers.

Far from helping families children's groups said the policy will lead to parents taking low paid jobs and «cycling» from work to benefits, putting families in greater risk of falling into debt.

Since 1998 LITRG has been working to improve the policy and processes of the tax, tax credits and associated welfare systems for the benefit of those on low incomes.

Low wages and public policies are «making life even more miserable for millions of low to middle - income families through tax increases and cuts in benefits and tax credits,» O'Grady addLow wages and public policies are «making life even more miserable for millions of low to middle - income families through tax increases and cuts in benefits and tax credits,» O'Grady addlow to middle - income families through tax increases and cuts in benefits and tax credits,» O'Grady added.

It's possible that restricting the lower VAT to physical books only was done as part of this policy (since ebook sales would never benefit bookstores), but this is pure speculation on my part.

An interesting finding in this work is that through interaction with Universal Credit, childcare policy and automatic enrolment in workplace pensions, a higher personal allowance could well be of little benefit for many low earners — and indeed could damage future prospects in terms of their pensions.

Although most of the Eastern EU Member States have a relatively low level of public debt and their economies are back on the growth path, in Hungary and Poland the EU has become increasingly associated with unpopular immigration policies (which mostly benefit Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants).

Committee backers, including the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) and the Partnership for New York City, benefit from a range of policies continued, implemented, or proposed by the Cuomo administration, including low corporate tax rates, subsidies, pension reform, and real estate development plans.

«If the UK is to reap the huge financial benefits of developing a low - carbon economy, bold policies to achieve this must be at the forefront of government thinking, not consigned to the margins.»

This mismatch must partly be explained by the fact that many voters also think, according to Policy Exchange's YouGov polling, that the Conservative Party chiefly represents rich people, businesspeople and people on middle incomes, while they believe Labour represents those on low incomes, trade unionists and people on benefits.

It is baffling (albeit a relief) to me that David Cameron and George Osborne have not even tried to identify themselves with the Lib Dem - sponsored Coalition policy of increasing the income tax threshold to benefit the low - paid.

«This policy will responsibly incentivize appropriate developments and projects that benefit low income seniors, aiding in the diversification of our senior housing stock and also expanding the areas in which seniors live.

Altogether, these policies provided public - sector housing with its biggest - ever boost up until that point, while low - wage earners particularly benefited from these developments.

NEW YORK — As New York leaders work to finalize the state budget including Governor Cuomo's landmark tuition - free degree proposal for middle - class families, a policy brief released by The Education Trust — New York reveals that college remains out of reach for lower - income families who would likely not benefit from the Excelsior Scholarship proposal.

Ken Girardin, an analyst with the Empire Center for Public Policy, an Albany think tank that advocates for lower taxes and restrained government spending, said, «These higher pay figures reflect bad decisions by both local officials, who signed off on costly deals with the PBA, and state officials, who refuse to fix the state's binding arbitration system that's rigged» to benefit unions.

So the kinds of insurance policies they can buy tend to have lower premiums and less benefits.»

Lower rates of asthma and other health problems are frequently cited as benefits of policies aimed at cutting carbon emissions from sources like power plants and vehicles, because these policies also lead to reductions in other harmful types of air pollution.

«It can also help federal and local policy makers evaluate the benefits of new storm - water regulations that implement low - impact development techniques.»

Rates have already been low for several years, and there's much debate about the benefits and costs of the Fed's policies — including the message it sends that the economy's recovery is slower than expected.

Ed schools presently benefit from a lack of public accountability, low political visibility, public policy inertia, and iron triangle protectionism provided by self - interested coalitions of executive branch credentialing managers, teacher union officials attempting to restrain labor market entry, and a few aligned legislators.

As Elaine Maag at the Urban - Brookings Tax Policy Center puts it, the proposed increase in the Child Tax Credit under the Framework would «provide no additional benefit for very low - income families; roughly replace the Framework's proposal to repeal personal exemptions for most middle - income families; and slightly increase taxes for higher income families.»

If the United States could somehow guarantee poor people a fair shot at the American dream through shifting education policies alone, then perhaps we wouldn't have to feel so damn bad about inequality — about low tax rates and loopholes that benefit the superrich and prevent us from expanding access to childcare and food stamps; about private primary and secondary schools that cost as much annually as an Ivy League college, and provide similar benefits; about moving to a different neighborhood, or to the suburbs, to avoid sending our children to school with kids who are not like them.

In his briefing presentation, Jonathan Kaplan, senior policy analyst at the California Budget Project, which for decades has advocated on behalf of policies that benefit low - income Californians, described the reform plan as a «major step forward.»

The only individuals directly benefiting from targeted voucher policies are low - income parents and their children, who have the fewest resources to devote to political activity, and therefore have little political influence.

Research from the Economic Policy Institute shows that teachers» salaries were 17 percent lower than what comparable workers in other fields earned nationally in 2015.47 When benefits were included, teachers still earned 11 percent less than comparable workers.48 The data below suggest that declining compensation has likely contributed to that predicted effect.

But as the Century Foundation's 2012 report, Diverse Charter Schools, notes, smart policies can incentivize socioeconomically and racially integrated schools that provide civic, social, and cognitive benefits for all students, especially low - income and minority students.

Most scholars who have studied these issues such as Richard Ingersoll of the University of Pennsylvania and Linda Darling Hammond of the Learning Policy Institute, conclude that the shortages result from teacher attrition more than the underproduction of teachers, and that attrition is a consequence of low teacher compensation and benefits, poor induction and working conditions, as well the general blaming and shaming of teachers for the problems of society and the accountability systems that have been developed reflecting this view.

In a March 1st statement on the Hoover Institution's «Education Next» blog, Jason Bedrick of the Cato Institute offers his conclusion that policies he calls «scholarship tax credit (STC) programs» primarily benefit lower - income families.

Another recent report (January 2014) that helps summarize the research is from the Washington State Institute for Public Policy: Early Childhood Education for Low - Income Students: A Review of the Evidence and Benefit - Cost Analysis.