Sentences with phrase «of middle class»

In a recent study, 49 percent of middle class children reported downloading an app, 80 percent of which were educational, while only 30 percent of low - income children downloaded an app, 57 percent of which were educational.

President Barack Obama's sixth State of the Union address, his first before a Republican - led legislature, was studded this evening with references to science and technology amidst talk of middle class tax cuts, thawing U.S.

Certainly everybody that I saw in my short time was extremely interested in purchasing a car and if they happen to be from the more upwardly mobile kind of middle class, they were very interested in buying not a fuel - efficient car but a hummer even, you know, pretty much following the exact same model as the American aspiration or, you know, the «American dream» model and certainly the suburbs seem to be a growing trend and if you noticed that, Philip, you know, I visited a suburb called Orange County outside of Beijing and it really looked like Orange County and they even had like the palm trees and everything and I saw these in all the cities I visited Chongqing, Chengdu, various other cities that I visited, they were ringed by suburbs and the folks who live there, you know, the privileged few were using cars to commute into the cities for work.

«No matter what his motive is, he's sticking it to a lot of middle class people.»

Democrats criticized the provisions phasing - out the inheritance tax and repeal of the alternative minimum tax on the highest earners, the Associated Press reported, and said the cuts come at the expense of the middle class.

Some are related, like new tax breaks for the middle class, including an increase in the child tax credit, and the extension of middle class tax reductions and a tax increase on millionaires.

And, I think these amendments are in the best interest of the middle class,» said Loughran.

«New York knows that our progressive principles of acceptance and diversity are not the enemy of our middle class and we know that the middle - class success is not the enemy of our progressive beliefs,» he said.

He acknowledged fears of the middle class that helped propel Trump to office, but insisted their needs can be addressed without pitting people against each other.

There's probably no area in the country more representative of the middle class than Erie County.

«President Obama didn't point any fingers, and without any anger or negativity, he simply said «let's come together for the good of America and the good of the middle class.

Worse still suicide amongst Nigerian professionals (including bankers, lawyers and doctors) and members of the middle class as a consequence of the harsh and intoleralble economic conditions that they are facing has reached alarming and epidemic proportions.

«New York knows that our progressive principles of acceptance and diversity are not the enemy of our middle class and we know that the middle class success is not the enemy of our progressive beliefs,» Cuomo said during his speech at One World Trade Center.

During 13 years in office, Gordon Brown quietly but skilfully enmeshed large sections of the middle class in a gladiator's net of state dependency.

Other candidates who expressed interest in the Democratic Party's nomination for the race are former Congressman Michael McMahon, Brooklyn Assemblyman William Colton and Robert Holst, an electrician and co-founder of the Middle Class Action Project.

Kolawole said the forum would also be organising a public lecture on Electoral Participation of youth with the topic — «Politics of Sustainable Development in Nigeria, Exploring the Inclusion of the Middle Class in the Dominant Discourse».

Councilman Vincent Gentile, Robert Holst, co-founder of the Middle Class Action Project, Assemblyman William Colton, and Robert McKenna, a retired NYPD lieutenant, have all expressed interest in a future run for former Rep. Michael Grimm's congressional seat.

I look forward to bringing real change and real leadership to Washington and bringing the voice of the middle class back to Congress.»

Democrats need 17 seats to regain control of the House this November and entered the race this spring with email blasts painting both GOP candidates as enemies of the middle class, women and senior citizens, hinging them to the Ryan Budget, a blueprint would seek to erase the deficit with deep cuts in domestic spending.

«I know the struggle of the middle class.

His inaugural tweet was simply a link to his 20 - page booklet that lays out his «64 ideas to keep New York the capital of the middle class,» which he released earlier this month.

«At a time when Queens residents feel like they are being squeezed out of the middle class, we need a person with great integrity who will put the needs of working New Yorkers first,» Mr. Flake said in a statement to the Observer.

«State and local deductibility is a dagger aimed at the heart of New York and particularly of so many of our middle class residents,» Schumer said during a press conference with Cuomo on the front lawn of a home in the suburbs of Albany.

More than 35,000 people, including many teachers and public service workers, rallied outside the statehouse in Trenton on May 22 to tell Republican Gov. Chris Christie that «he can not balance the state's budget on the backs of the middle class.»

This overstuffed corporate suit, friend of the Middle Class wannabe just wants anoter four years to continue raping us and shoving his corporate agenda down our throats.

He grew up in Park Slope as the son of middle class Jewish parents — his father a lawyer and mother a public school teacher.

In reality a key would involve the cutting back of middle class benefits but much of the right - wing press fiercely defends those benefits.

of course that's what's wrong with NYS, we have too large of a middle class that's mucking things up for Wall Street and the upper 1 percent..

In the interview with POLITICO's Glenn Thrush, de Blasio defended Bill Clinton's legacy, saying he «was very powerful and ahead of his time on the decline of the middle class and the change of the economy in the late»80s, early»90s.»

Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins declared Gov. Andrew Cuomo's deal with the Working Families Party a «quid pro Cuomo» that will help the state's wealthiest residents at the expense of the middle class and poor.

Every time there is a budget crisis, the government decides to balance the budget on the backs of the middle class.»

In 2010, these folks stayed home or voted for the Republicans / Tea Party types and in the wake of that election, we've seen assaults of middle class workers rights.

Cuomo's plan to extend the tax rate on millionaires is part of his larger goal to alleviate the tax burden of the middle class.

McMurray says he plans to fight of the middle class, working on issues that impact everyday life.

Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins said the state's economic development strategy benefits the wealthy, instead of middle class and lower income workers who need the help.

While hard - pressed localities will see no relief in the short term from Tier 6, they will be affected by loss of state services, downsizing and consolidation of vital facilities, along with other aid reductions and a further erosion of their middle class as workers get squeezed or have their jobs eliminated.

«By providing tuition - free college to thousands of middle class New Yorkers, we are restoring the promise of the American Dream for the next generation and forging a bold path forward of access and opportunity for the rest of the nation to follow,» Cuomo said in a press release.

He is a one - term President, destined to go down in the record books as the man who presided over a second Great Depression, the destruction of the middle class, and the loss of America's Triple A credit rating.

I for one won't support a tax plan that finances a tax cut for Roy Moore's Alabama on the back of middle class New Yorkers.»

Republicans are so devoted to providing tax giveaways to the wealthy and big corporations, that they go searching for pay fors in the pockets of the middle class.

Here in New York, we are ready, we are organized, and we are making sure our members, the general public, and all elected officials understand that the labor movement is the backbone of the middle class.

During that decade, the proportion of middle class women going to university nearly tripled, from six per cent to 15 %.

«Ironically, the very funding that New York and many others fought for in Congress as part of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act is not available to New York,» they wrote.

«This is a Republican Tax Scam and the victims of Rep. Collins» vote are the millions of middle class families who will see their taxes go up, while corporations and the wealthy laugh all the way to the bank.»

Address the problems of the middle class.»

«This money grab demonstrates how out of touch the county is with the needs of middle class families.»

Dunham also discussed the plight of the middle class in New York, noting that some New Yorkers might be squeezed out of the city and even forced to move to Florida.

«New York knows that our progressive principles of acceptance and diversity are not the enemy of our middle class and we know that the middle class success is not the enemy of our progressive beliefs,» Cuomo said.

The proposed budget would defer most business tax credits between 2018 and 2020 while moving ahead with the phase - in of a middle class tax cut enacted previously.

Let's be clear about what the Congressional Republican tax plan really is: It is Washington's culture of soft - corruption at its worst - nothing more than paying back wealthy donors and lobbyists through corporate welfare, at the expense of the middle class.