Sentences with phrase «poorest citizens as»

So when world wheat prices soared by 50 per cent in 2010, Egypt massively increased spending on the cereal to sell to its poorest citizens as subsidised bread.

Not exact matches

The more progressive line argues, as Wolman does, that reliance on cash transactions «perpetuates [poor] peoples» exclusion from banking and the formal economy» and makes it hard for governments, especially in developing countries, to efficiently serve their citizens.

But emphasis on the personal responsibility of blacks takes the political pressure off those outside the black community, who also have a responsibility, as citizens of this republic, to be actively engaged in trying to change the structures that constrain the black poor in such a way that they can more effectively assume responsibility for themselves and exercise their inherent and morally required capacity to choose.

But don't they all have to do with how we relate to each other and to Jesus Christ — whether we relate vertically as child to parent, as serf to free person, as baron to king, as alien to citizen, as tribal member to colonial usurper, as subject - wife to master - husband, as Third World country to powerful nation, as sharecropper to landed gentry, as migrant laborer to union or employer, as novice nun to mother superior, as female to male, as poor parishioner to monsignor - pastor, and on and on; or whether we relate horizontally as the grown - up heir now equal to his father, as world citizen to world citizen, as worker to worker, as minister to minister, as partner wife to partner husband, as sister to sister, and sister to brother?

Liberals are right when they insist that regarding the poor as the equals of all other citizens is essential to the incorporation of a viable welfare state within a robust democracy.

Not only are more people classified as «poor» than ever before, but the underclass, composed largely of blacks and Hispanics, is locked into an intergenerational pattern of «dependency» that makes it almost certain that millions of people will never become self - supporting and law - abiding citizens.

Whenever the concept of equality is used this usually pertains to the Lockean interpretation of «one rule for rich and poor» or to the Kantian interpretation of non-discrimination: the law should treat all citizens as equals.

health care should be for all especially the poor, the weak, the elderly, and as a great nation, it will be shameful to see that we can not provide health care for our citizen.

A lot of the Citizens» problems stemmed from poor defending, and as a result their defenders will have been blamed a lot by Twitter users.

The Citizens have made several targets of a new goalkeeper this summer after Claudio Bravo was criticised for his poor form having replaced Joe Hart as the City's number one upon Guardiola's arrival.

In fact, because of citizen science efforts at Mass Audubon, the eastern whip - poor - will, one of the inaugural Birds to Watch, was recently listed as a Species of Special Concern in Massachusetts, affording it more protection.

Based in large part on data provided by Mass Audubon's citizen scientists, the Eastern Whip - poor - will was recently listed as a Species of Special Concern in Massachusetts.

`... as regards wealth,... no citizen should be rich enough to be able to buy another, and none so poor that he has to sell himself...» — Jean - Jacques Rousseau, Social Contract

Government passes on responsibility for its own citizens - but the left needs to stop treating poor people as entirely passive

If Boobby Jindal expects 48 % of his state's citizens be poor enough to qualify for Medicaid when they «come out of the woodwork,» he isn't doing a very good job as governor, now is he?

That top five list reflects two characteristics of New York counties with older age profiles: most, such as Delaware and Essex, are both sparsely populated and poor, but some, like Columbia and Warren, have also become retirement havens for relatively affluent senior citizens.

«The Democratic field for Mayor this year was comprised of candidates who are passionate about improving the quality of life for workers, the middle class, and New York's most vulnerable, such as the poor and senior citizens,» said UAW Region 9A Director Julie Kushner.

You don't suggest to gut a program that serves many poor people who would not receive the necessary health care they deserve as citizens of the greatest nation in the world, because you can't root out and eliminate fraud.

I strongly believe if we rise up as Citizens to speak against it, it will save the poor farmer in Asonafo another burden of 9million dollars debt.

Labour accused Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, of «sociologically cleansing» poorer citizens out of London through the policy, which was announced last week as part of the spending review.

For example, providing education to foreign citizens from poorer countries can also be regarded as a form of development aid.

Lamenting the plight of the people of the State, he said, «the poverty level in Enugu State is debilitating with 57 percent of the citizens of Enugu State rated as poor.

Cuomo continued with phrase upon devastating phrase, asking the president to consider those left behind, pleading with the American people to see the poor and the disenfranchised not as failures and losers, but fellow citizens of the same city, of one city and a single nation.

I admit my hope wanes as I watch my own country's leaders take away services for our senior citizens, the middle class, and poor and give to the wealthiest 1 percent, a group who already have 40 percent of the wealth.

The Capitol's news broadcasts recapping the day's victories and death toll feature the same music as and similar graphics to the daily reports on the annual Hunger Games, in which poor and oppressed citizens of the outlying districts would fight to death for the entertainment of the wealthy and powerful of the Capitol.

A mother's sustained cry of anguish and anger at the Mexican government for how easily it writes off Juarez's poor as collateral damage in the drug war, and at the citizens themselves for displaying the kind of complacency Martin Niemoller knew something about.

In this context, the movement of mostly poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged people is today regarded as a threat to both a sovereignty of the nation and its citizens.

If individuals do not understand the global interdependencies that influence public affairs in every country, regarding trade for example, or environmental degradation, they are likely to make poor decisions as individual consumers, producers, or citizens.

Poor and minority citizens are just as informed: Although many have speculated that low - income and minority citizens are less informed about or interested in school quality than more advantaged groups, we found no evidence that this is the case.

The findings, available here, also reveal that poor, minority and less educated citizens are just as informed about school quality as the public as a whole.

However, as Reimers warned in an interview for Usable Knowledge, «If individuals do not understand the global interdependencies that influence public affairs in every country, regarding trade for example, or environmental degradation, they are likely to make poor decisions as individual consumers, producers, or citizens.»

In the 1960s and 1970s, government - supported child care was seen by its advocates as something that an America still economically dominant should be able to provide to its citizens, and particularly the poor.

The first international survey of adult literacy shows that Americans» reading skills — as poor as they may be — are on par with those of citizens of some of the world's other richest nations.

As previously noted, in Connecticut, the poor pay about 12 % of their income in state and local taxes, the Middle Class about 10 % and the state's wealthiest citizen's only pay about 5.5 % of their income in state and local taxes.

Increasingly disillusioned with American politics and the government's abandonment of its poorest citizens, Guthrie was compelled to speak out, tirelessly crisscrossing the nation to entertain and advocate for the nation's poorest people with his songs, eventually earning himself a permanent place as one of America's great folk heroes.

As the two doctors treat some of the city's poorest citizens, the era's stark divisions and the beginnings of social change are revealed.

Citizens of Nigeria might think that Mexico is rich, while French might perceive Mexico as poor.

Given the glaring yield gaps between rich and poor places, particularly, can campaigners and citizens passionate about environmental conservation (and «green» eating) learn to embrace the need, in many crops and situations, for intensification as a path to a greener, thriving world?

But given the glaring energy gap in poor regions (the 700 million sub-Saharan Africans outside of South Africa have access to the same amount of electricity as the 38 million citizens of Poland) every bit helps.

My point isn't that UK govt should spend trillion dollar on this idea, but rather don't spend that kind money to reduce co2 using foolish methods, as there are better ways of doing it, if you want waste a trillions of dollars - and actually have increased GDP - your citizens becoming more wealthy rather than more poorer.

«Are US senators pompous gits before they are elected, or do they become pompous gits afterwards» I can tell you that they normally enter he Senate as poor public servants and then join the ranks of the 1 % wealthiest citizens soon after.

Even if you just take a multiple of earnings (as most people who die from air pollution are much poorer than US citizens), society ought to be prepared to pay trillions a year for cleaner energy just to avoid the deaths.

In moments such as now I am a poor Diogenes — who when asked why he was punishing the tub he lived in by pushing it around the city explained that while the citizens were preparing for war it were best that he busied himself in some manner calculated to add to the martial air and general tumult.

In the UK, where heating costs rose 63 % between 2009 and 2014, 25 % of citizens over 60 are classified as «energy poor», leaving the elderly population especially vulnerable.

Future growth in population and GDP, for instance, will be constrained in surprising ways - by rapid fertility decline as result of increased urbanization, productivity decline as a result of social unrest, and continuing poverty among the poorest 2 billion world citizens.

As a starting point, given the significant Israeli Arab population, if Israel is engaged in ethnic cleansing, it's doing a damned poor job of it (and while I wouldn't deny that Israel's treatment of its Arab citizens has been anything to be proud of, it's worth noting that whatever understandable sympathy those Arab citizens may have for their kith and kin in the Palestinian territories, they have no particular desire to join them, much less be governed by them).

While that was my daily occupation, I spent every Monday evening giving free legal advice as what was quaintly called a «poor man's lawyer» — attached to the Citizens» Advice Bureau (CAB) in Hampstead.

As a global charity, A4ID delivers an unparalleled opportunity for law firms and companies internationally to make an outstanding contribution in meeting the needs of the world's poorest citizens.

In addition, in many countries, citizens generally view the government backed currency as unreliable for various reasons, such as corruption or a poor economy.

This presents a unique family situation for many citizens of Long Beach.2 Additionally, depression and anxiety rank as two of the most serious health issues facing the city's residents.3 With many uninsured, poor, and otherwise underserved families, the Long Beach mental health community has to fight an uphill battle in order to bring behavioral services to those who most need it.