Sentences with phrase «rather than middle class»

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She responded to criticism by doggedly sticking to Liberal talking points about growing the middle class rather than addressing the issue head - on.

«The issue is not that middle - class workers are doomed by automation and technology, but instead that human capital investment must be at the heart of any long - term strategy for producing skills that are complemented by rather than substituted for by technological change.»

The French president warned that trade wars, rather than trade deals, «destroy jobs» and raise prices for the middle class.

Tyler Law, a spokesman, said in a statement that Ryan «sees what is coming in November and is calling it quits rather than standing behind a House Republican agenda to increase healthcare costs for middle - class families while slashing Social Security and Medicare to pay for his handouts to the richest and largest corporations.»

«Turning highly sought - after entry level management careers into hourly jobs where employees punch a clock and are compensated for time spent rather than time well spent is hardly an improvement on the path from the working class to the middle class.»

«In those countries, by and large, government works for ordinary people and the middle class, rather than, as is the case right now in our country, for the billionaire class,» he told This Week's George Stephanopolous in May.

Speaking at Tmall's Super Kitchen event, an offline expo of home goods held by Alibaba Group's business - to - consumer site, Stewart said she saw an opportunity to expand her brand into the world's second largest economy as rising incomes in the middle class there were increasingly being spent on lifestyle and experiential purchases rather than staple goods.

While Madigan would have Illinoisans believe it would only be a tax increase on the rich, recent history and Illinois» spending problems dictate the middle class would face tax hikes under a progressive tax system — where income is taxed at increasingly higher rates, rather than the current flat rate of 4.95 percent.

Those of us who are privileged (e.g, are white, male, middle - class or higher, educated, able - bodied, heterosexual, and / or physically attractive, etc.) benefit from living in a society that accommodates rather than alienates us.

Both psychotherapy and middle - class marriage isolate women from each other; both emphasize individual rather than collective solutions to women's unhappiness; both are based on a woman's helplessness and dependence on a stronger male authority figure....

To this fact one must add that rather than making an «option for the poor,» many members of the former middle class — the mainstay of many non-Pentecostal Protestant churches in Latin America — have found that impoverishment has made an option for them.

The importance of this quest for middle - class respectability based on merit rather than politics can not be overestimated in the new black conservatism.

His candidacy would combine upfront social conservatism with an economic message targeted at the middle - class and struggling wage - earners rather than at the party's lobbyist and donor elites.

Supposedly the People's Republic, but obviously an oligarchy and we have business practice that basically would rather share wealth and power with Communist China than with the American middle class.

I believe that when people espouse the values of a mother or wife exclusively being a homemaker, they are longing for a perceived simpler and easier time as opposed to truth, elevating a nostalgic look at motherhood from the standpoint of the post-war American dream of the white, upper - middle - class rather than Scripture.

Of course, that was before far left «christians» began supporting enabling social welfare programs that required no responsibility from the recipients rather than empowering programs that closed the socioeconomicl advantage gap between the poor and the middle class.

Those who are on the upswing, who have cut their racial moorings and learned to live by mind rather than emotion, can find a resting place neither in lower - class religion, which offers only emotion, nor in middle - class religion, which offers neither mind nor emotion.

Note: I enjoyed this book in spite of the narration on audible - the narrator's tone sounded like a high class 40 year old rather than a middle school / high school kid.

I thought he would take time to settle in but he is taking it lightly i don't see the passion in him for the club.And i would like to have seen ox played from the beginning rather than 10 effing mins.And theo is in the same class as giroud so i think we should have dropped ozil, played cazorla on one wing and ox on the other with Ramsey and coquelin in the middle and sanchez as false 9.

During the game against Coventry, both players showed a renewed spirit to compete within the squad and both wingers have shown real class playing through the middle rather than their usual flanking positions.

I would rather see some middle class kids opt out of the system rather than continue the unsustainable business model which yeilds lousy food for all.

Although the IFPS II over sampled disadvantaged mothers (illiterate, non-English speaking, very low - income, very low education and without a stable home) compared to IFPS I, the results of our study may best describe practices of middle class American mothers rather than of disadvantaged American mothers [28]; thus, results can not be generalized to all women in the United States.

«Most Americans would rather use these dollars to create millions of middle class jobs and redo our infrastructure than see the very wealthiest corporations and the very wealthiest individuals get a huge tax cut,» Schumer said.

The currency issue has become more complicated rather than less, and middle class financial insecurity and low oil prices are unlikely to be answered by greater political instability.

I wonder if in American «middle class» means hard working or something similar rather than really being a class description?

Rather than looking at self - reported levels of turnout in post-election surveys ComRes did regressions on actual levels of turnouts in constituencies by their demographic profiles, finding the usual patterns of higher turnout in seats with more middle class people and older people, lower turnout in seats with more C2DE voters and younger voters.

«The Senate Republicans» «new tax» is an extension of the millionaires tax and they're saying they would rather give a tax break to millionaires than a tax cut to the middle class and more money to our schools,» he said.

Rather than place blame and point fingers, New York State will help prepare residents for future jobs and promote economic growth while aiding middle class and poor New Yorkers, the governor said.

In recognising the role of the state, targeting the support of working class people rather than Middle England, and setting out the social obligations owed by businesses, May was rhetorically drawing four decades of neoliberalism to a close.

Dr Philip Withington at the University of Cambridge has found that affluence rather than poverty has tended to drive consumption levels, especially among the middle classes and higher, even though legislation and enforcement is often focused on the poorer parts of the population.

«The Senate Republicans» «new tax» is an extension of the millionaires tax and they're saying they would rather give a tax break to millionaires than a tax cut to the middle class and increase education funding,» Azzopardi said.

This State is completely corrupt, and they would rather create the next Great Depression and eliminate the middle class entirely than force their hacks and sychophants to try to get real jobs, for which they have to actually show up and do real work, for probably less pay.

So far, however, it remains a creature of Glasman's admirable rhetorical abilities and appears limited to working - class appeal, rather than embracing middle - class interest.

The former foreign secretary will suggest his brother is pandering to Labour's core vote rather than reaching out to the middle classes and that his strategy will keep the party in opposition rather than return it to power.

«The Senate Republicans» «new tax» is an extension of the millionaire's tax and they're saying they would rather give a tax break to millionaires than a tax cut to the middle class and increase education funding,» he said.

Iain Duncan Smith has, for some time, wanted to base the extra # 10billion cuts needed from his budget on changing universal benefits so that the middle classes and higher earners do not receive unjustified handouts (child benefit for higher earners, for example), rather than balance his budget on the backs of the poor and vulnerable.

IDS also rejects the Brownite method of introducing middle class benefits to make millions of Britons who don't need help feel part of the welfare system, rather than just limit the welfare state to those in genuine need.

Rather than safely becoming middle - class melting pots, however, the once majority - white suburbs in Kye's study appeared especially sensitive to the growth and emergence of non-white populations.

The performances range from terrible - on - purpose (Fiennes, Close, and Jason Isaacs, whose first line as Pucci's father --»... You let your grades go now, maybe you don't get into a top - tier school» — hastily but explicitly lampoons the genre's default father - son conflict, thus throwing The Chumscrubber's true target of ridicule (movies about the middle - class rather than the middle - class itself) into sharp relief) to oblivious (Camilla Belle).

With the middle class growing weaker and the upper class growing stronger, the discrepancy of incomes is liable to cause our economic strains to become more pronounced rather than diminished.

In the last decade, priorities shifted to affordability for those with middle - and upper - class incomes rather than access for all.

But many paternalistic programs remain controversial because they seek to change the lifestyles of the poor, immigrants, and minorities, rather than the lifestyles of middle - class and upper - class families.

Many Americans were introduced to foreign languages in middle school or high school classes that emphasized conjugation of verbs and other dull grammatical tasks rather than relevant communication skills.

Those in opposition to free community college argue that beneficiaries end up coming from upper - middle class backgrounds rather than low - income households.

Because middle - class parents and suburbanites have no personal stake in the gap - closing enterprise, reforms are tolerated rather than embraced.

«Middle - class and middle - aged; not rich and not poor; people who are irked when asked to press 1 for English and who wonder how white male became an accusation rather than a description.&Middle - class and middle - aged; not rich and not poor; people who are irked when asked to press 1 for English and who wonder how white male became an accusation rather than a description.&middle - aged; not rich and not poor; people who are irked when asked to press 1 for English and who wonder how white male became an accusation rather than a description.»

This is also in keeping with the government's efforts to present the policy in terms of improving chances for the poorest families, rather than funding an escape route for middle class families from the local school system.

Inequalities of wealth and income have risen steadily for three decades, racial segregation continues, class segregation has deepened, and middle and working class families are fracturing in the face of this economic onslaught, but rather than face these fundamental realities politicians keep pandering to the public and putting forth an endless stream of quick fixes that don't cost any money and don't require real change & mdash as if cosmetic changes in schools are somehow going to offset decades of disinvestment in the public sphere and rising concentrations of poverty.

These «savings» are added to executive salaries rather than invested in serving all children and providing solid middle class jobs for teachers and staff.

Beginning in kindergarten, classes of young students were referred to by their graduation year — «Class of 2016» instead of 4th grade — and transitions to middle and high school became opportunities to look ahead, with 8th graders participating in a graduation rehearsal rather than a graduation ceremony.