Sentences with phrase «poor working families»

«Our system of taxes and benefits takes money away from the poorest working families almost as fast as they earn it, but allows the richest 1 % to keep the majority of the money they earn.The new system will be even worse.

With many poorer working families hurting from welfare changes, Nick Clegg is apparently trying to skew any new support towards those on low and middle incomes.

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His hotel may be synonymous with Hollywood glitz and glamour, but Rosenthal grew up dirt poor 3,000 miles away in Medford, Mass. «I was born during the Depression — my dad was a plumber, and he worked 24/7 just trying to keep the family in the house,» he recalls.

Before Obamacare, Medicaid was largely a program that helped poor, working families with children.

Before Obamacare, Medicaid programs were primarily geared towards working poor families with children, leaving many poor childless adults without an affordable public health plan.

Her backstory of growing up in an African - American family of 10 children in inner - city Detroit is remarkably aligned with the foundation's mission of helping kids and families succeed in some of the poorest corners of the U.S. Among other things, under Tabron's leadership at Kellogg, the foundation has doubled down on its prescient — and bold — racial equity work.

In addition to the Child Tax Benefit, the Government of Canada introduced the Working Income Supplement, which was provided to working poor faWorking Income Supplement, which was provided to working poor faworking poor families.

Corporations, the energy industry, hedge funds and large farmers would also pay higher taxes while families with annual incomes under $ 200,000 and especially the working poor would get government checks.

Pope Francis» main economic message is exactly in line with Pope Benedict and Pope JPII — all have stated in various ways that unbalanced Corporate Financial interests, and the idolatry of money negatively impacts families and takes advantage of the poor and also the working class.

but it does happens mostly in rural area areas or at very poor communities where girls have no education but just work at their homes or farm fields or when families are poor and needed the marriage money to support the rest of kids they have..

Safety - net programs that help low and moderate - income working families, as well as those among us who are elderly, poor, disabled and neglected, account for only 13 % of the total 2011 federal budget.

Long - term poverty among the working - aged, the most controversial kind, is due largely to the fact that parents in poor families seldom work regularly.

I have went the last several years working in ministry to the very poor in an urban inner city, and have owned a small business to support myself and my family.

Can people in bad, poor areas break out of the cycle of family instability that puts children at risk academically, economically, socially, and emotionally — a cycle currently working its way through the working class?

But, as Vale shows, this success and popularity rested on sustaining the projects as the home to a very narrow spectrum of the Boston poor, those deemed both deserving and respectable: two - parent, mostly white, single - earner, low - income, working - class families of good character in need of a temporary leg up — a stratum «below the bulk of blue - collar employees but above that of the unemployed, the irregularly employed, and the welfare - dependent.»

1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (Death penalty for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women, children as spoils of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (Death penalty for a rebellious son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (Death for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women / children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God creates light, night and day, plants grow, before creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who believes in Jesus is saved, he that doesn't is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (Jesus references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure for animal sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (Death for cursing father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (Death for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (Death for gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly people, lame, dwarfs, not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (Strangers can be bought as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and give to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family and yourself to follow Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse for another is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions and give to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next to impossible for rich to get into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the gospel and don't believe go to hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (Jesus says he has come to enforce the laws of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast for Lent in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (Jesus comes with sword, turns families against each other, those that love family more than him are not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you're not with Jesus, you're against him) Matthew 15:4 (Death for not honouring your father and mother) Matthew 22:29 (Jesus references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (Jesus references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed for the sins of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence against children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (Unbelievers, among others, go to hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide for your family, you are an infidel)

You can't pick out what you want... and it deffinetly condems gays, the bible says also, if you don't work you don't eat... and its a shame for someone not to take care of their familys... and yes we are to feed the poor... but the poor need to be taught how to take care of themselves... Your not poor if you have a big screen tv, car, extra jewlery, free cell phone, etc.... So there is no new kind of Christianity...!

The New Yorker Book of Kids» Cartoons (2001) features only three cartoons with families of more than two children — one a family of fish, another of cats, and a third an obviously poor, white, working - class family.

It is more likely today than it was seven years ago, as the Census Bureau tracks trends, that poor households have a working family member.

The Census Bureau information shows us that it is more likely today than it was seven years ago that poor households have a working family member.

«Our reforms are improving the lives of some of the poorest families by promoting work and helping people to lift themselves out of poverty.»

Policy moves like these would strengthen the fragile financial foundations of many poor and working - class families.

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May I also suggest giving 10 % of your work week to the poor / homeless / those in prison / those sick (4 hours a week) to satisfy your conscience, and then setting aside that 10 % cash in savings for emergencies for your family?

These working - class Trump voters were not poor, and their own lives were not a mess, but they were the neighbors, siblings, parents, and grandparents of those who were struggling to form families.

FaithWorks Indiana is a late 1999 initiative to help the state's working poor families.

Poor performance in the School of Communion translates into failure in the classroom and trouble at work — places where the virtues gained in family life are essential for success.

She also supervised the sending of large numbers of parcels to poor families, initiating a massive work of charity - today Foyer members send parcels to, among others, people in prison, with gifts of chocolate, soap, Bibles, rosaries, and religious literature.

Can I just say I'm Irish I go rugby and international games and conor megregor fites we as fans are mental we just fight and argue over everything we're passionate our stadiums are rocking and make no mistake our footballers are poor but they fite for badge just like Northern Ireland, now my point is was at 2 arsenal game last season can't afford go a lot family work etr.

Her findings reveal that middle - class families have different parental styles than poor working - class families, regardless of race.

Kate: I am so pleased to announce that beginning today, Woolen Moss is partnering up with Heifer International to lend a helping hand to poor families working toward achieving a sustainable lifestyle.

I know lots of men who are doing lots of things — working to make the world safer from nuclear weapons, helping poor farmers in Africa and Sudan increase their crops so they can feed their families, investigating fraud, fighting for justice... Oh, wait — that's not what Regnerus means; he means try getting them to woo a woman properly and commit and marry.

Lack of knowledge about breastfeeding, unsupportive cultural and social norms, concerns about milk supply, poor family and social support, and unsupportive work and childcare environments make it difficult for many mothers to meet their breastfeeding goals (5).

Without help, many families can face the untenable choice of not working or leaving their children in unsafe, unstable, or poor quality child care arrangements.

Before I began Baby Basics, in depth research went into assessing community support for working poor families.

Given the poor employment opportunities, many black fathers in South Africa are forced to leave their family in order to find work.

One reason we are seeing more instability in the American family, and one reason more people are cohabiting, is that the economic foundations of marriage have eroded in working class and poor communities.

For working - class and poor families, the cultural logic of child rearing at home is out of synch with the standards of institutions.»

Pea Pod's income eligibility criteria is one household member higher than that of typical government assistance programs allowing us to the «working poor» and make a long - term difference in the lives of more Georgia families.

Wisconsin Atty. Gen. James Doyle said Wednesday that his office filed civil antitrust charges against the nation's two largest makers of infant formula, Abbott Laboratories and Bristol - Myers Squibb Co., accusing them of working together to reduce price competition in bidding on a state - federal program to provide infant formula to poor families.

Paul Tough's work reflects his enduring concern about the achievement gap in our society between children from the poorest and wealthiest families in the United States.

In the lead up to this weekend's New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus» conference in Albany, the Center for Working Families and Citizen Action of New York has released a study that found public financing of political campaigns helps candidates in poor and majority - minority districts.

From a poor, yet ambitious working - class family, education scholarships took Ellen to Manchester University.

The freeze will hit the poorest third in society the hardest and cause working families with children lose as much as # 490 a year in child benefit and tax credits.

The chancellor's move, which will cut # 3bn a year from the welfare budget, is designed to cement the Conservatives» reputation as the party willing to take tough long - term economic decisions, even at the cost of hitting more than 5 million families characterised as working poor.

The impact on the working poor, children and seniors would be devastating, effectively obliterating any opportunities for families to escape cyclical poverty and become self - sufficient.

Senator Charles Schumer joined with leading anti-poverty advocates today to insist that Congress not permanently extend business tax credits without first making permanent tax credits to working poor families.

He says students from poor and working - class families, whose tuition is already free, should be helped with other expenses..

[1] Blind since birth, and coming from a poor family in one of Sheffield's most deprived districts, he rose to become Education and Employment Secretary, Home Secretary and Work and Pensions Secretary in Tony Blair's Cabinet following Labour's victory in the 1997 general election.

This tax reform plan hurts the country's poor, working and middle - class families and will have a devastatingly negative economic impact on the twelve states targeted by Washington.»