Sentences with phrase «middle class enjoys»

For the most part, the lower middle class enjoys a reasonable standard of living, but there is the constant threat of job loss (since most rely on the two incomes to support their family), as well as taxes and inflation.

Not exact matches

On the other hand, members of the middle class take jobs they don't enjoy «because they need the money, and they've been trained in school and conditioned by society to live in a linear thinking world that equates earning money with physical or mental effort.»
Looking ahead to 2030, China is expected to have a mind - boggling 1 billion people — more than three times the current U.S. population — enjoying a middle class lifestyle filled with middle class things, from cars to designer clothes to electronics and appliances.
In short, the middle class is having a hard time staying in place, while the companies they work for, and their executives, enjoy outsize yearly gains.
If he played by the rules, they said, he could enjoy everyone else's version of middle class success.
«All families in my upper middle - class neighborhood regularly enjoy a living standard better than that achieved by John D. Rockefeller Sr. at the time of my birth.
It would take away one of the few tax advantages working - and middle - class employees can enjoy.
The woman would enjoy certain luxuries and entitlements simply for being upper middle class.
The poor are simply requesting the parental choice that middle - class Americans already enjoy.
Blue collar workers were able to enjoy a middle class lifestyle.
The only reason the republicans still have any support from the middle class is that they lie to them, all the while enjoying the benefits they claim to hate.
How do we live comfortably — by which I mean no more than enjoying a lifestyle typical of the American middle class, which compared to most of the world is very comfortable indeed — and also take seriously the needs of our neighbors?
Determined to enjoy (but not too much) the fruits of their labors, the growing middle class of Dutch burghers, merchants, traders and manufacturers filled their tidy town - houses with art that celebrated their personal dignity and accomplishments, the humid sweep of their lowland countryside, and the miraculous bounty of Indonesian spices, Chinese porcelains, tropical fruits, Persian carpets, Venetian glass and other luxuries made available through the expertise of their merchant fleets.
The vices of the middle - aged and the middle class of middle America have been scored repeatedly, while the suburbanite is routinely pictured as one who cowardly flees from the tumult of the inner city to enjoy his affluence in the privacy of his background with its green grass and ubiquitous charcoal grill.
(*** Disclaimer: I am a white, middle - class, cis - gendered male who enjoys and can take advantage of these privileges I'm about to describe.
Let's assume he's right» at the least, we know that the upper and middle class are more likely to eventually get married and to enjoy stable marriages.
Syrians who once enjoyed a middle - class lifestyle in a fertile land, now live in tents in the Jordanian desert.
But notwithstanding their rhetoric, black Baptists or Methodists — who enjoy the largest following and are the most middle class of all black churches — have no incentive for uniting intradenominationally, let alone interdenominationally.
As a white, Western, middle - class woman, I enjoy some privileges that others do not, and I am often blinded by my own cultural assumptions and biases.
Phrases derived from the contextual («urban, middle class»), mechanist («$ 100,000 annual budget»), and organicist («enjoy occasional fights») approaches seem more analytical and precise.
Note: I enjoyed this book in spite of the narration on audible - the narrator's tone sounded like a high class 40 year old rather than a middle school / high school kid.
A student struggling with algebra in high school or middle school needs some gentle guidance in the right direction to avoid failing the class, bring up their grade, and maybe even actually enjoy math.
The economic argument is debatable and opinions differ, but do you think the large numbers of struggling upstaters enjoy the high taxes, ever increasing fees (example: the cost to have your vehicle inspected DOUBLED from 2010 to 2011 and is now one of the highest in the nation) and endless financial burdens they as lower and middle class people endure while the rich bankers and CEOs downstate laugh at them?
The middle class will enjoy relief as the threshold for the 40p tax band rises.
In this weekend's poll, the Tories enjoy a seven point lead among middle - class voters, while Labour is nine points ahead among working class voters
Until the party and its leadership can admit to the mistakes made in government, or to the lack of courage shown in not tackling the clear problems that prevent ordinary people from enjoying the sort of life that the middle classes take for granted, then I fear a whole swathe of Labour supporters will simply choose not to vote Labour, whatever promises are made at the next election (this is essentially ditching the last vestiges of New Labour I suppose).
One of those who will cast a vote insists it's a gift for the very wealthy, while a Western New York Republican in the House says the data shows middle class families will enjoy tax relief.
Both Silver and Cuomo are looking to strengthen protections for tenants enjoying lower rent to help keep the middle class in the city.
«Working, middle and upper class communities should have the ability to enjoy this resource equally,» Rodriguez said at the meeting, according to AM New York.
Prices have eased since then, but the relief is probably temporary: Oil consumption is growing rapidly in China and India as their middle classes awaken to the taste for consumer spending that Americans have long enjoyed.
Sometimes, and especially on a crummy afternoon in the middle of March, it's nice to be able to switch off and settle down to enjoying the sight of middle - class families eating well and playing together in sprawling, bucolic gardens.
Amour's story focuses on married octogenarians Georges (Jean - Louis Trintignant) and Anna (Emmanuelle Riva), retired music teachers who are enjoying a comfortable middle - class existence.
This was done on purpose as Bobby has always enjoyed living a higher paid lifestyle than Jack's middle - class one.
Depending on the wording of the opinion, the decision could add a moral dimension to the pleas of poor parents who want educational choices similar to those enjoyed by the middle class.
The lesson was delivered successfully to a middle ability year 9 class who enjoyed the exploration of a different culture, consideration of African proverbs and development of key exam skills needed to gain confidence before tackling the more challenging questions later in the paper.
Another consideration: choice in education already exists (as any real - estate agent knows well), but is so highly correlated with socioeconomic status as to preclude low - income (and some middle - class) folks from availing themselves of the choice — and the resulting social and political capital — which others enjoy.
Through Choice, low - income parents now participate in some of the choices long enjoyed by middle and upper - class parents.
Whites and middle class folk have enjoyed choice through private and magnet schools for a long time.
All those who wrote such articles enjoy comfortable upper - middle class lives; do they want to reduce teachers to penury?
The middle and upper classes, she points out, have always enjoyed school choice.
I'm hopeful, though not optimistic, that Gov. Larry Hogan will clean up the bureaucratic and political morass around charter schools so that ordinary, middle - class families can enjoy more educational choices to Maryland.
Since they can't take on poverty itself, education policy makers should try to provide poor students with the social support and experiences that middle - class students enjoy as a matter of course.
High - quality tutoring can meet each student at his or her individual level, 22 a level of differentiation that is impossible for even the most dedicated of teachers to provide.23 Essentially, every student with an educated, engaged parent has access to one - on - one tutoring at home, which is perhaps one of the reasons why homework compounds the advantages enjoyed by middle - class children.24 For students who, for a variety of reasons, may not have access to that kind of academic assistance at home, receiving more tailored instruction from their schools can help to level the playing field and close achievement gaps.25
As Passive Guy points out, «[t] he exquisite moral balancing described seems to ignore one big reality — most bookstore employees are working at minimum wage with little hope of being able earn enough from their employment to live in a pleasant residence, support a family or enjoy the even the most modest trappings of a middle - class life.
If you think you'd enjoy a «comedy of manners» which fairly gently skewers the middle - classes then this might be one for you; but if you're anticipating a book that digs deep you might be disappointed.
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Are they the well - heeled, middle classes in the Home Counties who might enjoy their subscription to the Times or Telegraph; are they «heat seekers» looking for their next beach reads; are they urban types who want to be ahead of any new trend?
We've found that a couple retiring at 65 will need to save a combined $ 250,000 to $ 750,000 to enjoy a typical middle - class lifestyle (assuming no employer pensions).
Using other assumptions described below, that means you will need between $ 250,000 and $ 1 million to enjoy a retirement that is middle - class or a bit better.
There are millions of middle - class people who would have suffered failed retirements if I had not put forward that post who now will enjoy decent middle - class retirements instead.
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