Sentences with phrase «lower standard of living»

Getting Divorce Aside from the length and cost, getting a divorce may result in a permanent lower standard of living for both parents and the children.

We may have to lower our standards of living in the short and medium runs to get energy consumption down to sustainable levels.

They keep labor costs low by hiring in emerging markets with lower standards of living.

They also have a much lower standard of living.

This hurts humans including lowering their standard of living, which means they will do less to preserve the environment because their basic needs will be less adequately met.

While the pay varies between states, something to also consider is a potential lower standard of living.

Countries with high - wage economies will either figure out how to convert their mass education systems into systems that can educate virtually all their students to the standards formerly reserved for their elites or these nations will see their standard of living decline until it meets the now much lower standard of living of countries with much lower wage levels, countries that are producing high - school graduates better educated than ours.

«To the annals of global warming lunacy, add this gem from New Zealand: According to a parliamentary committee, Kiwis should accept lower standards of living to protect the national image abroad.

You need to have a rethink on any investment that can lower your standard of living if it turns otherwise.

If your investments lose significant value as you are preparing to tap them, you may have to work longer than you had planned or accept a drastically lowered standard of living in retirement — or both.

Central planning and the lack of incentive have produced agricultural shortfalls, industrial mismanagement, shoddy products, permanent shortages in housing and consumer goods, economic collapse staved off only by Western credit, and a shockingly low standard of living in what are supposed to be modern industrial nations.

Leaving aside both the desirability of your stated goal («to close the wealth gap» - but if you recall, every country that vigorously tried, ended up with near - universal low standard of living.

«You're essentially condemning a lot of unemployed people to a much lower standard of living since in these [coal - producing] regions there are no readily available jobs that can offer salaries that compete with a coal mine,» he added.

Life - changing event: This is defined as death, disability or a severe illness that is severe enough to affect your lifestyle or your ability to earn an income and so lowers your standard of living.

Some countries have very low standards of living, and their food and water may not be hygienic enough for consumption.

This is reflected in significantly lower standards of living and often, feelings of dislocation and disempowerment.

Retirement income security can be improved without drastically lowering the standard of living for a divorcing couple.

One can notice, for sure, that Russian women are demanding in moral plan as they have their needs to be satisfied and are not demanding at all in terms of material things, as they are used to live in the country with low standards of living.

Unaffordable housing causes tons of problem, and lowers the standard of living in many ways, for example: several children sharing small bedrooms, not being able to move to get a better job, or simply get a job at all, or study, losing hours in transportation everyday, etc..

You can only budget and cut spending so much before you hit a point where cutting more will lower your standard of living.

I've been well over the 20X income multiple for the past several years and I can assure you that I have no fear of running out of money or being forced to live a lower standard of living.

«The thought of my children growing up in an America with less freedom, less opportunity, and a lower standard of living is a long - term pain I can not and will not bear,» Hensarling declared on the House floor.

Author Charles Steindel explains that when the U.S. personal saving rate took a negative turn in second - quarter 2005, it raised concerns that Americans may have to curtail spending and accept a lower standard of living as they pay off rising debts.

China has a similar advantage in manufacturing due to its lower standard of living.

Talking heads were saying «This worldwide event could last for years; our children will have a lower standard of living than we have».

Since productivity is the critical variable for determining wages, this means a lower standard of living as households face annual inflation.

That lowers your standard of living because you'll pay more for imported fruits vegetables, and other groceries.

This leads to a lower standard of living in the U.S. in the long term as wages equalize.

As a result, they often have to make the hard choice to retire later, or to retire as planned but with less money and perhaps a lower standard of living.

No one seeks to lower their standard of living.

China needs this growth to raise its low standard of living.

3 states with the lowest standard of living - Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia.

The USA is broke and the lower the standard of living, the more religion you will see and the worst things will get.

Whether inflation rises or the Federal Reserve Bank uses its power over interest rates to limit the potential inflationary impact of the falling dollar, the ultimate outcome of our recent overdependence on foreign saving will be a lower standard of living (or slower increases in living standards), such that decent levels of retirement income (private and public) can not be maintained.

This will lead to a lower standard of living for average households, which are now net borrowers (with near zero overall savings rates).

Wherever ISLAM rears its ugly head, it creates for oppression, tyranny, and a lowered standard of living.

Religous states such as Iran and other mid east countries that are nuts over religion have the lowest standards of living and are the worst places on earth to live.

Put another way, higher SES families don't have the additional stress that a lower standard of living can cause, and may be able to use financial resources to free up more time to heal through rituals (e.g., Friday night movies and pizza), greater exposure to extended family, etc....

Joe Fox, a Vice President for the Public Employees Federation, one of the major state worker unions, says the Tier VI proposal is misnamed as a reform, and would actually mean a lower standard of living for future retirees.

Joining can increase trade and lower costs of conversion, so for nations with a lower standard of living joining can be helpful.

It wouldn't have as much trade, so it would lose jobs and the people would have a lower standard of living.

It would mean a lower standard of living for future retirees, reduce the ability to recruit individuals who see public service as a career and create a mercenary mentality where the commitment to public service no longer exists.

«A lot of ordinary people are losing their jobs, losing their houses and have a lower standard of living because of the irresponsible giddy acts of bankers,» he told a fringe event hosted by the centre - right thinktank Policy Exchange.

But the reality is that the Nigerian masses — the so - called voiceless — are suffering and complaining of hunger, high cost of living and low standard of living.

developing country A relatively poor nation with little industry and a lower standard of living than industrial countries, such as the United States, Germany and Japan.