Sentences with phrase «middle class people take»

There are sets of expectations, habits, modes of behavior that middle class people take for granted, which are conducive to learning.

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Taken as a whole, the tax bill would not only increase taxes for millions of middle - class families but would also have disastrous effects on people's health care.

He establishes this point through ipse dixit («The middle - class nuclear family will not be restored to its former place, nor do most people want it to be»), the persuasive force of clichés about the sexual revolution (Had you heard that the 1960s gave us a pill that allowed women to take control of their bodies?)

The paralyzing effect of affluence takes its toll on middle - and upper - class people.

White middle class people often take the attitude that if only criminals, members of racial minorities, welfare recipients, Third World peoples, behaved like us and shared our values, they would not have the problems that they do.

In the light of this analysis, then, my own scenario is cautiously hopeful, depending on (1) whether a creative minority of dreamers and doers with visions of a new life - fulfilling social order really emerges in strength, (2) the alliances that can be worked out with blacks, the poor, and other minorities now excluded from major social benefits, (3) the extent to which the populist idealism of the lower middle classes and working people generally favoring the extension of rights and equality to the «little man» everywhere wins out over the reactionary fears and prejudices which establishment elites and opportunist politicians are all too willing to exploit, and (4) what takes place at the center of the political spectrum itself under the pressure of events and in response to challenges to the established system from militant seekers of change.

When I attend weddings, I'm not provided with the opportunity to talk about the really exciting ways that God's moving and using me — through my Master's degree classes, or the research project I'm wading through writing, or the middle school and high school girls Sunday school class I'm privileged to teach, or the fun trips I'm taking and the new people I'm meeting.

The political left has taken up this principle with enthusiasm - in fact, it often feels like there's an army of white middle class left - wingers looking for things to be offended by on other people's behalf.

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).

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.

@john penney.put up or shut up, if left futures want to give you my e mail to contact me, then I will take you on a tour of my working class council estate and meet people probably unlike you who are middle class swp types.the offer is there.will you have the guts take me up.i doubt it, trying the stella creasy treatment with me matey wont work, you come across as paranoid.

«New Yorkers do not support providing free college tuition to people who are here illegally while hardworking middle - class families scrimp and save, and take out massive college loans that will take them years to repay,» Skelos spokesman Scott Reif said in a statement.

AM, if you think that new labour caused damage to the working class, I take it you feel people who bought their council homes and consider themselves to be middle class, are actually middle class, fact is, they would still fit the demographics of working class, those are the people that Labour in the 80's list and new labour got back, but yes lebour did lose, the unskilled Borthern working class because labour were more interested in getting the lower middle class, and we'd never had won if we hadn't, so think if that before we criticise new lebour giving up on the lower working class, as we had to do it too win, unless you dint think winning is important.

But that was hard for middle - class people to carry that style; Now brands do take care and launch collections at very reasonable prices.

It's not a given that a middle - class family would take in a homeless bear, despite Paddington's aunt Lucy (voice of Imelda Staunton) assuring the young bear that the British people took in orphaned and homeless children and treated those children as their own during a great war many years ago.

The other big change is that it now takes two people busting their butts to keep a family in the middle class.

You could argue that the group was actually truly representative of the «industry» as the very nature of travel blogging means that the younger end of travel blogging especially is over represented by people from white, middle class backgrounds because people who aren't from that background simply can't afford to take time out to travel... despite what some blogs might say.

People in my constituency have benefited from foreign travel which, 40 years ago, the middle classes took for granted.»

It does a heck of a lot less than if that moeny was just given to all the poor people (who have to spend it all because they are poor and can't afford all the thinks the middle classes take for granted).

Hopefully, in an ABS - world, many people will find themselves newly able to take advantage of legal services, but still, payment will be required — and it is in this sense that ABS - led access to justice is about, mostly, the middle class.

Although the justification for the lower and lower lending standards was to make housing affordable for low and moderate income people, the boom really took off when middle class Americans started using subprime loans.

Good example is although Roseland has a notorious reputation, it's also home to a large amount of middle - class, college educated black people who take pride in ownership - and these areas have low crime rates.