Sentences with phrase «new wealthy class»

From the mid-19th century to the 1920s and beyond it always sought to cater to the new wealthy class, not the old aristocrats.»

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So even as Tesla woos middle - class buyers in the U.S. (the Model 3, due to arrive this fall, will start at about $ 35,000) buyers in China have mostly resembled Vanessa Zhu: wealthy drivers who view Teslas as luxury vehicles, or at least as the coolest new piece of tech since the iPhone.

New Jersey — a wealthy, educated state with ready access to world - class health care in Philadelphia and New York City — has «better access to higher - quality information that lets us be more complete» in screening, Walter Zahorodny, a New Jersey Medical School professor and director of the New Jersey Autism Study, said in a conference call about the findings.

There are challenges to this new system though: Moving to more advanced technology is great for middle class and wealthy people, but it threatens to further disadvantage the poor and homeless people trying to get around New York's already overpriced transit netwonew system though: Moving to more advanced technology is great for middle class and wealthy people, but it threatens to further disadvantage the poor and homeless people trying to get around New York's already overpriced transit netwoNew York's already overpriced transit network.

All told, though, the plan is, like its House counterpart, a proposal to dramatically slash corporate tax rates, open up a big new loophole for wealthy individuals, and pay for the cuts by dramatically expanding the national debt and ending a number of tax deductions that could leave a substantial share of middle - and upper - middle - class people paying more.

In a classic rhetorical formulation, a New York Times editorial in February said, «Republicans designed the law to principally benefit wealthy families while offering crumbs to low - income and middle class families.»

In all reality is unfair to remove important services to all New Yorkers and in the same token stop a tax that supplements those same services to benefit the most wealthy who don't have to suffer the unfortunate woes of the poor and middle class families.

You also fail to remember that the Assembly one house bill was much more favorable to low income and working class New Yorkers, but John Boy — in his drunken stupor held out for bigger decrease for wealthy Pub donors.

The Campaign Finance Institute found in New York City, the system multiplied the number of donors, and expanded diversity beyond the traditional white, upper middle class and wealthy who normally give money.

Born in New York City to wealthy upper - middle class English parents, Johnson was educated at the European School of Brussels, Ashdown House School, and Eton College.

A coalition of the NAACP and other groups is filing a class - action lawsuit arguing that the New York City property tax system is biased to make poorer, homeowners of color pay more than wealthier, whiter homeowners.

Also, isn't it fun that our new anonymous poster, who I believe used to rage against the «coward» who criticized him, doesn't note that most of the tax «increases» he's talking about only affect the top 1 %, whereas the new Democratic Congress is working to reduce middle class taxes by fixing the AMT so it stops applying to groups other than the uber - wealthy?

«When Poor and Working Class New Yorkers are struggling to attend SUNY schools because of rising tuition, I find it insulting that Governor Cuomo would propose a plan that gives tax breaks to wealthy corporations simply for their proximity to a SUNY campus.

While middle and working class Americans have been devastated by Great Recession, the wealthiest have done just fine, while their tax burden remains the lowest it's been in over 40 years.The last few months have seen the emergence of a counter-narrative which focuses attention on economic inequality and a tax system in New York State out of kilter with notions of fairness and equality.

«We would be forced to raise state income taxes — either by increasing taxes on all New Yorkers by 10 percent, or if Collins and Faso have their way in protecting only the wealthy, on the middle class by 26 percent.»

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.

«It is unfathomable that the Senate GOP wants to ask middle - class and low - income workers to pay more money for less coverage, all to cut taxes for insurance companies and the wealthiest among us,» the New York Democrat said in a statement.

No. 2, interestingly, is the middle - class tax cut achieved through the extraordinary session tax code reform deal passed earlier this month — a move that also resulted in a higher than pre-millionaire's tax rate for the state's wealthiest residents, causing some on the right to accuse the governor of breaking his no - new - taxes pledge.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo blasted Reps. Chris Collins and Tom Reed as modern - day «Benedict Arnolds» for casting crucial votes needed for a controversial tax overhaul he contends will harm middle - class New Yorkers while enriching the wealthy.

With Fair Share Tax Reform, which would raise taxes on only the wealthiest New Yorkers making more than $ 250,000 a year, we can ensure all New Yorkers share in the sacrifice while preventing the need to make the most severe cuts that would disproportionately hurt working and middle - class families.»

(In fact, the poorest working New Yorkers were mostly exempted from tax entirely under Pataki and middle class and wealthy New Yorkers had substantial cuts in income tax.)

His claim that he's just a normal «middle - class guy» from Queens was blasted by Citizen Action New York, which said the governor's idea of what a middle class person is «would explain why he's consistently given tax cuts to the wealthiest households in New York — like his own — while neglecting the true middle and working class families of our state.»

Instead, Cuomo worked out a deal with the Senate Republicans that continued only a modified version of the millionaire's tax on the state's wealthiest residents and gave middle - class New Yorkers a tax cut.

«The middle class will have to pay more and get less while the wealthiest New Yorkers slide by under the Governor's proposal,» said CSEA President Danny Donohue, «There is no sharing of the sacrifice here — it's working people getting stuck with the bill.»

But the Liberal Democrats have attacked the Tory proposals, saying they would allow middle - class parents to create a new generation of grammar schools in wealthy areas.

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.

The mayor electrified liberals with his campaign promise to provide prekindergarten classes in New York City by raising taxes on wealthy residents.

If New York loses these wealthy citizens to other states, it will have a bigger direct impact on the state revenues than if middle class or low - income citizens left the state.

Cuomo's budget office estimates that the provision will hurt 1.7 million middle class to wealthy homeowners in New York who pay much more than $ 10,000 annually — 46 percent of all homeowners statewide itemize deductions — as well as reduce property values because of the eroded tax shelter of homeownership.

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.

McMahon said New York's upper middle class and wealthiest could potentially be the biggest losers under the income tax part of the proposal, because they pay relatively high state and local taxes.

«One of the reasons for us even bringing this up is we know this is looming, coming up next year, and we would like to see the tax rates go down for middle - class families, and coupled with asking wealthy New Yorkers who can give a little more to give a little more,» Heastie said.

Residents made clear that the existing Key Food — known for wide aisles, parking and lower prices compared to new stores such as Whole Foods — is an essential part of the daily routines of thousands of locals, from longtime working class residents to newer, wealthier arrivals.

WASHINGTON — Central New York voters oppose the Republican tax plan making its way through Congress, and believe the plan benefits the wealthiest Americans more than the middle class, according to a new poNew York voters oppose the Republican tax plan making its way through Congress, and believe the plan benefits the wealthiest Americans more than the middle class, according to a new ponew poll.

But that agenda clashes with the aims of the Working Families Party, which has advocated for an energetic, expansive public sector and for middle - class property tax relief financed by higher taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers.

Cuomo is asking lawmakers to put the needs of Wall Street and the wealthy ahead of the needs of our students, the poor and the middle class,» said Mark Dunlea of Hunger Action New York.

New Jersey's working class are forgotten as federal government funds fixes for wealthier neighbors

Goodwill Hunting very much stands at the intersection of the Bay State, in between its gritty old town feel and working class folks — and the more educated, often more phony, newer, wealthier types and hipper, Brahman locations.

But then, out of the blue he was offered the role of a lifetime, playing a supporting role to Meryl Streep's lead in the eponymous Florence Foster Jenkins, the biographical story of a tone - deaf but wealthy New York socialite with a dream to be a world class soprano.

The new setting revivifies the harsh forces of class and gender at work in the story, as the sweet but inscrutable title character (Freida Pinto) falls under the spell of a wealthy young man (Riz Ahmed) and leaves her family in dusty Rajasthan for better wages in Mumbai and glamor at the margins of the film industry.

Moreover, like vouchers, online learning is theoretically egalitarian but could further stratify society, as the wealthy and educated exploit new technology before low - income and working - class students do.

The elimination of these deductions, along with new incentives for wealthier parents to consider private schools, could be detrimental to the public schooling system as it could trigger the flight of wealth and upper - middle class families.

Many parents, teachers, and students in wealthy school districts think nothing of throwing the terms «failing school,» «low - performing», etc. at anyone from Windham, Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven — any child from these districts is deemed to be inferior and second - class... it is very hard for the targeted students to overcome these prejudices and for students in wealthy districts to let go of their pre-conceptions.

Jackson's Letter to the Editor was written in response to another Letter published last week, in which Judith Kafka, a professor at City University of New York, argued for increased school integration for children from low - income, middle - class and wealthy families.

“ This is a very wealthy area,» said our Stuttgart - native photographer as we drove the new Mercedes - Benz S - Class through the Swabian Alps.

This new benefit will be geared to income, meaning that Canada's wealthiest families would no longer receive a benefit, while Canada's middle - class parents could see as much as $ 2,500 more, tax - free, every year (based on a typical family of four).

The wealthy emirate is looking to burnish its image with a new mixed - use development that will include Arabian outposts of several world - class museums, including the soon - to - open Louvre Abu Dhabi, designed by Jean Nouvel.

However, it's worth mentioning at this point that I never initially owned multiple consoles at the same time — we were an average, middle - class family, so my parents were neither wealthy nor poor, but they had the usual mindset of acknowledging my ownership of consoles X, Y, and Z, and that I didn't need the newest one, but were happy to surprise me when we had money to spare, primarily around the holidays.

Haacke turns his critical eye on real - estate transactions in lower Manhattan, chronicling exploitation of dire economic conditions by the wealthy to profit from the displacement of working - class New Yorkers.

In turn, this led to: more demand for urban architecture; more demand for applied art and design - see, for instance the Bauhaus School - and the emergence of a new class of wealthy entrepreneurs who became art collectors and patrons.