Sentences with phrase «middle class security»

Simply put, the Tier VI provisions would be onerous on working people and undermine middle class security and the governor ought to be more concerned about that.

«Labor Day is a day we celebrate the great American work ethic and those hardworking men and women who struggled to provide us with workers» rights and deliver us today's landmarks of middle class security, including the 40 - hour work week, child labor laws, pensions, a minimum wage, Social Security and Medicare.

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Tyler Law, a spokesman, said in a statement that Ryan «sees what is coming in November and is calling it quits rather than standing behind a House Republican agenda to increase healthcare costs for middle - class families while slashing Social Security and Medicare to pay for his handouts to the richest and largest corporations.»

If you're a typical middle - class Canadian couple, a retirement nest egg of between $ 250,000 and $ 750,000 should be enough, at least after you add in the government help you get from the Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security.

During a time of rising income inequality, the American left is increasingly invoking Scandinavian countries as models for how to maintain the economic growth that capitalist competition allows, while achieving more security and stability for the middle and lower classes.

It is about whether we create enough security for middle - class consumers and workers to participate in the economy.

Though college has traditionally been painted as a ticket to middle - class security, economists like Steinbaum argue higher education can also be a kind of trap.

Hill proposes a Social Security program that would be adequate by itself to support a middle - class retirement.»

Kenneth Bentsen Jr., president and CEO of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, said that «while we can not comment on a proposal we have not yet seen, we have ongoing concerns that the DOL regulation could adversely affect retirement savers, particularly middle - class workers.»

«Our United States population and the volume of people that we're having entering the United States while we have impoverished veterans and veterans that aren't being served and middle - class Americans who have had stagnated wages is a very serious both national security issue and an economic issue and its one that we can not afford to ignore when we have $ 23 trillion in debt,» Hagan told Breitbart News.

Social Security, in my opinion is the scourge of the middle class — imagine how much more wealth the middle class would have if all of those withholdings had gone into tax - free 401ks invested in mutual funds.

Mr. Obama can help revive the middle class by paying Social Security and medical care out of the general budget, not as user fees borne by the lowest wealth brackets as at present.

Now the Republicans what to put the lower and middle classes EVEN FURTHER down the economic ladder be driving Social Security and Medicare «off the road».

They created greater freedom for the middle class but on the whole, at least initially, undercut the social structures that gave some security to the poor.

As a middle - class male, I frequently become overidentified with my work and with striving for material security and «success.»

We need to buttress the economic security of middle - class Americans in ways that encourage portable benefits appropriate to a fluid marketplace that emphasizes choice.

All too often, their character is implicitly diminished in efforts to account for their situation in the first place: they represent the opposite of character traits thought to be the basis of middle - class success and security.

The sharp leap in social - security taxes to be levied above the former limit of $ 92,000, for instance, will add another dozen or so percentage points on current tax rates for the middle class earning above that limit.

The best friends that capitalism has in this country today are the antitrust laws, the graduated income tax, the inheritance taxes, the social security program, and all the other legislation that has tempered the capitalist system, spread the wealth, provided for adequate public services, and created the great middle class that makes the American economy strong.

From cloister to world means from church, from place of protection and security, of order and beauty, to the bustling middle - class world of the new university, of politics, princes and peasants.

There are those in our world today who would like to be a little closer to the securities of middle - class existence so they too might become free to criticize them, and who must indeed be granted political, economic, and psychological admission to that world.

Besides being «very rich», MItt Romney has said again, that he does have a problem with the middle - class, baby - bommers, senior citizens, veterans, disabled, AARP members, Social Security and benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps and the poor, and homeless in America.

Even faithful missionaries, like the rest of us, live at times by double standards, giving voice to the oppressed and poor, but requiring middle - class standards of shelter in order to maintain a sense of security.

With the impact of climate change and more diversified diets across the growing global middle class, temperate rice production is becoming increasingly important to ensure global food security.

Remember if you aren't at the head of the class when it comes to the development of young talent, which means eyes on the ground everywhere, a vast array of connections with soccer associations throughout Europe and beyond and a manager willing to properly train and play said blue chippers, (like the 90s Arsenal or clubs like the modern day Monaco and Dortmund) you need to spend to win... anything in between is highly problematic... failure to make the necessary changes leaves you in the proverbial «no man's land» and that is currently where we reside... it's difficult to get out of this rut... just ask either of the Milan teams... next step after that is being known as a «seller», which could be us already if and when Sanchez leaves... there are only two teams that have worn this moniker in recent times and had some decent success and that is Athletico Madrid and Dortmond, which only occurred when they both brought in new, charismatic leaders in Simmone & Klopp... the odds that Wenger could conjure up the magic to repeat the performances of a bygone era are incredibly low, so why prolong the agony... he's not willing to create the hierarchy necessary to go the youth route and he's unwilling to put his team's potential success ahead of his job security by laying it on the line with Moustache, so it's time to place all your chips in the middle or go gently into that good night

If Mike Long considers Wendy Long «more decisive on the issues,» then Ms. Long must be anti-choice, anti-marriage equality, pro-cutting taxes for the rich and raising them on the middle and working classes, anti-Medicare and Social Security, etc..

«Mark will ensure the U.S. House of Representatives keeps its eye on what matters — putting Americans back to work, protecting Medicare and Social Security for senior citizens, and helping the nation's middle class regain lost ground.

The story that needs to be told, therefore, is not necessarily one of the super-wealthy stealing our rights and liberty, but rather one of the traditional middle - classes increasingly joining the ranks of the poor and discovering what it really means to live without the financial security that affords effective civic participation.

As important as public employment is to the black middle class, the pensions provided by public employment are perhaps even more crucial to the retirement security of black workers.

A faction of the Republican Party is pushing austerity budgets, including cuts to social programs that are popular with the middle class, such as Social Security (government - funded retirement pension) and Medicare (government - funded retirement health insurance).

«In Congress he'll stand up for middle class families and he'll fight to preserve Social Security and Medicare.

«We see what is going on in Washington and we know that we need to keep the progressive leadership we have here in New York that has enabled union members like me to have a middle class life and provide a bright future for our kids,» said 32BJ Executive Board member Sabrina Ladson, a security officer who works in the Bronx.

«After four years of needless delays, it is time for President Obama to stand up for middle - class jobs and energy security and approve the Keystone pipeline,» Boehner said.

She does not support raising the cap on Social Security taxes for high earners, calling it «a tax on the middle class» and «a bad plan.»

It said the coalition government sought to tackle «middle - class welfare» but suggested David Cameron's Tory majority administration should go further to ensure that «social security expenditure is spent on those in need».

This ad is half a hit on Gibson, slamming him on some traditional Democratic themes — Medicare, Social Security and tax breaks for companies that outsource jobs — and half a pitch for Schreibman, described as someone who will «fight for the middle class.»

B ut if you want a tough fighter for the middle class, someone who's going to protect social security and Medicare, Louise Slaughter's for you.»

He also said the U.S. should expand «economic security» entitlement programs to lift up the middle and working classes, such as social security and Medicare.

He centered his seventh run for office on strengthening the middle class through greater access to higher education and defending Social Security.

«What will matter most to Americans of all backgrounds boils down to this: the President is fighting every day to provide economic security for the middle class and to make the economy more fair, while the Republicans want to double down on policies that led to the challenges we face,» campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said in an e-mail.

Local leaders are joining with Congressman Paul Tonko to call on President Obama and the New York Congressional delegation to fight for a fair deal on the «fiscal cliff» that protects Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and ensures the wealthiest 2 % pay their fair share in taxes, while maintaining tax cuts for the middle class.

«Building on the innovative legacy of the New Deal, this report describes a far - reaching, two-fold agenda to tame the growth of wealth among the top one percent and establish rules and institutions that ensure security and opportunity for the middle class,» reads the document, which calls for the federal government to adopt several recommendations, including childcare subsidies and universal pre-K.

A class of North Carolina middle school students on a field trip began singing «The Star - Spangled Banner» in an outdoor area when one of the museum's security guards stopped them and said they needed a permit before they could sing in unison, an act that would be considered a public demonstration.

Local leaders joined with Congressman Paul Tonko to call on President Obama and the New York Congressional delegation to fight for a fair deal on the «fiscal cliff» that protects Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and ensures the wealthiest 2 % pay their fair share in taxes, while maintaining tax cuts for the middle class.

On his website, he had cited four main objectives — returning power and choice in education to parents, teachers and local districts; pursuing governmental ethics reform beginning with the Governor's office; making sure communities are safe without abridging Second Amendment Rights; and to stimulate economic growth and bolster middle - class financial security.

Looking to the future, U.S. oil security depends on development choices made in China, India and other Asian states where once impoverished masses are rising into the middle class, the authors said.

So it's disappointing that Weingarten did not use this opportunity to call for retirement security for all public school teachers, our largest group of college - educated, middle - class workers.

«Social Security and Medicare have done a lot for the most disadvantaged but at the same time they were embraced by the middle class because there was a sense that we were all in it together.

«It is the key to a vibrant middle class, strong national security and our global economic competitiveness.

Limiting discussions about student performance to African - American and Latino students gives the ruling class, white middle - class families, a false sense of security.