Sentences with phrase «of middle class political»

The most comprehensive and viable options I still think are outlined in the recent «Middle Income Access to Justice» book, which takes tackles the problem of middle class political apathy for access to justice initiatives head on.

The protests could be seen as a revival of middle class political engagement after decades of self - aware silence.

Not exact matches

Trudeau and his ministers know the urban middle - and upper - middle - class Canadians that form the core of their political constituency are sensitive about housing.

Translated to a national stage, such policies could create a disconnect between Bush's stated long - term goals of helping the middle class and poorer workers while supporting business, political analysts say.

The Occupy movement may have failed to trigger a middle - class tax revolt against the rich, but the issue of tax fairness is gaining political traction.

There is also no question that profit sharing has a long and distinguished political pedigree in American history as the bipartisan idea to lift incomes of the working middle class.

Doug Mataconis, a political blogger, writes that Cain is «either blind or idiotic to ignore the impact that a combined federal and state sales tax would have in jurisdictions that already do have a sales tax, and the impact that a combined levy approaching 20 percent on the sale of goods would have on the middle class, and on small businesses.»

It's been my view since circa 2003 that «they» would hold up the system with printed money and credit creation until every last crumb of middle class wealth was swept off the table and into the pockets of those in position to do the sweeping: Corporate America, the very wealthy («wealthy» = enough disposable cash to buy a few politicians and Federal judges) and the political elite — the latter of which are compensated pawns for the first two cohorts.

«Eliminating or significantly modifying this deduction will lead to higher tax burdens for tens of millions of middle - class taxpayers of every political affiliation, an outcome contrary to the stated goal of providing meaningful relief to taxpayers,» said the letter co-signed by outgoing NCSL President Deb Peters, of South Dakota.

This profound alienation of the ghetto poor from mainstream American life has continued to grow worse in the years since the triumphs of the civil rights movement, even as the success of that movement has provided the basis for an impressive expansion of economic and political power for the black middle class.

But there the crusty pol and the personable young professor recently raised to political prominence were, going on and on about the minutiae of which health care plan will give more money and choice to the middle class and who voted for what and when in the fetid world of senatorial maneuverings.

Moreover, the period precipitated the deep polarization of the middle classes on social and moral issues that has defined subsequent religious and political debate.

There is little doubt that the concern for cultures and religions expresses the middle class social location of most process theologians, whereas the focus on political and economic issues and the concomitant demand for justice express the identification with the poor that is the glory of liberation theology.

Given the attitudes of middle - class people, the economic structures of society, the way political power is exercised, and the despair of the adults around them.

We can dismiss his socialism as an unworkable throwback, but he's doing something our political establishment can't or won't, which is to inspire the political imaginations of middle class voters.

Sanders also appeals to the capacity of middle class voters to exercise their political freedom, calling for them to join him in fundamentally remaking our political economy: If we really want to, we can overthrow the moral limitations of capitalism and usher in a more just future.

The middle classes, for their part, «are realizing that their dreams of upward mobility for themselves and their children will not be realized, and they find few if any political options which challenge them.

As a white, middle - class woman living in California, rarely have I faced real pain as a result of complex systems, and strongly held societal, cultural or political traditions and beliefs.

For Aristotle, the presence of a middle class was essential to political liberty.

As a result, when electoral politics enlarged the political community of India by bringing the groups other than the middle class into it, it produced popular leaders more inclined to the unrenewed traditions.

It represents the inevitable confusion of middle - class intellectualism which imagines that political changes are achieved by the united efforts of good people who bring pressure to bear upon traditional political parties.

As more and more commentators now recognize, our political crisis concerns the disintegration of the once expansive and solid middle class.

The principal effort in this area was the Sunday School Movement, founded in 1918 by Habib Jirjal, an educated layman of the middle class, who decided that the political and religious movements then current in Egypt did not serve Coptic interests.

The first half of Grand New Party is a retelling of twentieth - century American political history, all from the perspective of middle - class families.

Both kinds of critics argue that in comparison with the scandal of world hunger, with human rights violations and the plight of political prisoners, with oppressive regimes of the right or left, the real or imagined oppression of white, middle - class American women seems a secondary, even trivial, concern.

This evaluation explains many of the political successes of the new middle class, whose values and views continue to represent

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.

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.

For, «political systems incapable of counter-balancing unusually swollen middle class, myriads of white collar jobs, non-local means of subsistence, irresistible passion for consumer goods and a social life making sense only in the idiom of science and technology hardly grant an easy walk - over for anti-development movements.

This being the case, he continues, «young Catholic women have quite sensibly decided that, if they wish to do good works or be political activists while dressing like middle - class professionals and living in apartments, there is little reason to bind themselves, even in an attenuated way, to the classic vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience - each of which has undergone a radical reinterpretation in the LCWR congregations.

White middle - class folk especially value community for the personal nurture it promises us, while we ignore its challenge of political and economic justice.

Whether called Protestant, middle class, or bourgeois, therefore, the civility that becomes the civil religion is a set of ground rules permitting civil harmony in the midst of political diversity, religious peace in the midst of ecclesiastical pluralism.

This means that middle - class theologians (including black and feminist and Third World theologians) can learn how to uncover and deal with the dominant ideological component of theology, but the strategy for doing so must be a political - social strategy commensurate with the nature of class itself.

Gambling in the U.S. extends from the cellars of the underworld to the penthouses of the wealthy, touching on its way the tenement, the middle - class home, the police precinct, legislative halls and political clubs.

The Jordans epitomize the blue - collar, white, middle - class, so - called «average Americans» who now find their political affiliation with the Republican fringe of the Tea Party.

There are good political and social reasons behind making pre-K available to everyone, including the benefits to all children of socioeconomic integration and the fact that middle - class voters are more likely to be invested in programs that aren't narrowly targeted at the poor.

Going by what is happening at the global stage, there is again, a telling proof that «for democracy to succeed, a relative level of literacy, a growing middle class, and political institutions that support free speech and human rights is desirable.

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.

What I am criticising, and will continue to criticise, is the escalating inability of the middle - class left to talk to or about anyone who is NOT middle class and middle - aged as if they are human beings, to really listen to their needs and thoughts and strategies and accept that they too have political ideas which are just as important as yours.

By singling out only certain groups of employees the Governor has made ordinary, middle class New Yorkers a pawn in his political operation, meanwhile we've learned that at the same time he is giving raises to members of his staff,» said Hoyt.

When you factor in that the people most affected by the rise in commuting fares (especially season tickets) are middle - class and often located in marginal constituencies, rail fares get a lot of political attention.

After a week of criticism from the left and the right of the political spectrum, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget director is among those defending the state's new free public college tuition program for some middle - class students.

However, in US political speech, I can hardly hear a politician speak without their espousing their love of the middle class.

(1) Your question is based on the ridiculous assumption that economy and politics is a zero sum game and that somehow being «for» middle class means you're «against» (or «don't care about») poor; (2) Leaving that aside, championing the case of 75 % of population over 25 % seems like a lot less of a political suicide than championing the case of 25 % over the 75 %, unless I don't quite understand how voting works in a democracy.

[7] The theses have variously included postulations of selfishness (both through arguments of relative unwillingness to self - sacrifice for a political cause as well as selfishness along rural / urban and class divides, most notably the disinterest of middle class Africans to engage in political demonstration), nationalism (manifested through the fear of being called an imperialist), illiteracy and lack of access to technology, and forgetfulness of «Black Africa.»

«They are coming at the union movement piece by piece,» he said to the assembled union leaders and members, because of labor's political clout and «because you built and protect the middle class.»

So they're attempting to muzzle us, at a time when Middle class Americans are in need of some relief... For the President and his political pals, it must feel like Mission Accomplished.»

The public aren't exactly enamoured with the political class at the best of times, and proposing to extend it at taxpayers» expense in the middle of a recession and the Eurozone crisis is a decision that Sir Humphrey, were he still with us, would describe as «courageous».

Since the new breed of political corruption takes the form of corporate money smothering our democracy, our club is staying true to its roots by supporting Howie Hawkins: a genuine friend of the working and middle classes,» said long time club member John Bredin.

It's not a good look: the evasive tactics, the actions which require decoding by political journalists to find their meaning, the use of managerial terms like «stakeholder» — this all reflects the problems Labour had in the past, where professional middle - class politicians conducted themselves in a way which alienated the party's supporters.