Sentences with phrase «share of middle class»

«So liberal types have focused on the fact the income share of the middle class has been declining.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the manufacturing sector provided a growing share of middle class job opportunities, thanks to strong unions.

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The lion's share of this expansion is expected to take place in emerging and developing countries such as India and China, where middle class growth is booming.

«We welcome any opportunity to work with lawmakers and regulators who want to learn more about how home sharing helps the middle class address the issue of economic inequality.»

Market volatility is low, U.S. census data shows income gains have reached the middle class, and workers are clawing back a larger share of national income.

«The vast majority of our hosts in Massachusetts, California, Hawaii and across the county are middle class people who depend on home sharing as a way to address economic inequality,» Chris Lehane, head of global policy and communications at Airbnb, said in a statement.

Profit sharing is not going to solve all the economic problems of the working middle class.

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.

Just as importantly, lower growth will not create social disturbance because Chinese households, especially the poor and middle classes, will keep a larger share of that growth.

The passage of Bill C - 377, part of the Harper government's broader attack on labour rights, speaks to the Conservatives» fundamental lack of understanding of the role of organized labour in ensuring shared prosperity and a thriving middle class.

All told, though, the plan is, like its House counterpart, a proposal to dramatically slash corporate tax rates, open up a big new loophole for wealthy individuals, and pay for the cuts by dramatically expanding the national debt and ending a number of tax deductions that could leave a substantial share of middle - and upper - middle - class people paying more.

As the percentage of unionized workers has plummeted, so has the middle class share of national income.

Ride - sharing apps have taken off among Vietnam's rapidly expanding middle class as they provide four - wheeled comfort in a country better known for chaotic swarms of scooters and Southeast Asia's most expensive taxi fares.

Even so, every administration and Congress continued to support Internal Revenue Code 162 (m)'s super-deductions for top executive forms of stock ownership and profit sharing while each of these administrations cut or did not expand support for broad - based profit sharing and employee share ownership plans that could benefit the middle class.

With a new iPhone expected in September 2016, Apple stands to benefit as iPhone continues to take premium market share (switchers from competitors), as the middle class continues to grow in emerging markets, and as the modest level of upgrades (only 20 % to date) indicates pulling demand forward from FY 2016 to FY 2015 may not be as severe as some have highlighted.

In the George W. Bush administration, changes in accounting regulations and Federal policies made granting of broad - based stock options and restricted and other stock grants to employees in high technology and other companies less attractive, which led to a huge drop in employee share ownership among the middle class in those companies and industries.

More and more Canadians appreciate the growing importance of a region that has more than half the world's population, two of its three largest economies, and a widening share of the global middle class.

Her online journey began in 2015 when she shared how her family paid off $ 120,000 of debt in two years on a single, middle - class income.

The key to the strength of Victorian virtues was that those virtues were not, in fact, just middle class but were shared by nearly everyone: from the Queen down to the poorest Cockney, nearly everyone believed in the public good that came from observance of the national ethic.

But the hungry need food and the sick need medical care and the homeless need shelter, and all of these cost money — money that a faithful and sharing middle class could provide a good measure of, certainly enough to do a lot of concrete good.

We have now considered several methodologies for arriving at a standard of what we must share of our own with the rest of the world if we are to remain a part of the middle class of an affluent society and still be faithful.

This brief article will be my last on the subject — at least unless or until one word of gratitude for an unprecedented share of life's blessings, along with a promise to hold themselves to a standard worthy of respect, issues from the community of America's middle - class women.

When Shane was speaking of Psalm 139 and the «not so nice» part in the middle, I thought of my friend, M, who last week shared that one thing she doesn't like about church is that she has to go home on Sunday and correct the things her children have been mistaught in Sunday School class.

Those whom Noonan called «the protected,» which is to say the rich and powerful in the West, share with the rising middle class in the developing world a remarkable harmony of interests.

Although many are middle class, they share the concerns of the proletariat with respect to global capitalism.

White middle class people often take the attitude that if only criminals, members of racial minorities, welfare recipients, Third World peoples, behaved like us and shared our values, they would not have the problems that they do.

Such awareness will include a prophetic criticism of American feminism when it is too narrow in scope, when it demands that the power of determining and directing social goals and structures be shared with middle - and upper - class American women while other women and groups are still excluded from that realization.

The base music of rap, hip - hop, shares quite a bit with disco, indeed grew directly out of it, and the identity / rebel / heroism focus of rap is a very specific one — rock rages in a broadly indistinct or middle - class mode, often against modernity, but rap's poetic world is «lumpen - proletarian,» and its archetypes and formulas are all about expressing certain notions of blackness and manliness.

There Is not much left of the middle class... The Rich need to Pay their Fair Share Pay Up... Charles Bowen Solomon Stone

I think Giroud has better sense of positioning than Welb in the middle and Welbeck can use his pace better from the wing.Both of those players are not top class players but with a aquad of sanchex, Walcot, Chambo the goals can be shared.

We could say that this is a typical white, middle class concern — something that the author shares with a lot of worried middle class parents.

It was this upbringing, and it's embrace of the shared and common struggles of Queens middle - class families, that inspired Grace to lead a life of public service as a public interest lawyer and now as a member of the New York State Assembly.

The two main parties have done a fair job of splitting up the remaining classes, with one side having the appearance of caring for lower more, and the other for upper, but in reality, that only really matters if they aren't getting the larger share of «the middle class».

«So many New Yorkers know firsthand that the state is headed in the wrong direction and they share my vision of protecting our middle class, helping small businesses and revitalizing our economy,» Astorino said.

«I'm incredibly gratified to have the support of so many New Yorkers who share my vision of protecting our middle class, small businesses and revitalizing our economy,» Astorino said.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew appealed to delegates at the April 13 Delegate Assembly to join and bring colleagues along for a big action on Thursday, May 12, to call on the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes instead of cutting services to the middle class and the safety net for the poor.

That means that details remain elusive on the status of, among other things, expanding ride - hailing outside of New York City, offering free tuition to SUNY and CUNY schools for middle - class students, and requiring local governments to come up with shared services plans.

The Faso - Collins proposal would bar the state from charging upstate and Long Island counties for a share of Medicaid, the state - federal health care program for the poor and the lower middle class.

«I'm both proud and grateful to have the support of such a dynamic and diverse organization which shares the core values of my campaign to stand up for working, middle - class families throughout the five boroughs,» Katz said last month.

We are going to win the majority because we have the right candidates and the right message, and whether it's providing record support for schools, delivering a 20 percent middle - class income tax cut, or ensuring every region of the state gets its fair share of infrastructure and economic development funding, New Yorkers know that Senate Republicans have their backs.»

This about the rich wanting to keep the middle class down with the needy and the poor but paying an excessive share of taxes.

«Dozens of governments around the world have demonstrated that there is a sensible way to regulate home sharing and we hope New York will follow their lead and protect the middle class.»

They add: «Increasingly the Labour party was viewed like middle - class Ryanair passengers having to stomach a couple of hours» flight with people they shared little in common with.

In my three plus years in the Senate, I've delivered on my promise to ensure our region gets its fair share, which includes record school aid, lowering middle class taxes, enacting equal pay for women, and supporting a better business environment while protecting the rights of workers.

«With Governor Paterson delivering his State of the State address today, we know that there are clear solutions to these challenging economic times that truly and equitably share the sacrifice of this budget deficit without putting the brunt of the burden on working and middle - class families.

I believe that middle and working class families form the backbone of our community, and that we have been carrying more than our fair share of economic burdens in recent years.

«The middle class will have to pay more and get less while the wealthiest New Yorkers slide by under the Governor's proposal,» said CSEA President Danny Donohue, «There is no sharing of the sacrifice here — it's working people getting stuck with the bill.»

The new ads instead will use Airbnb hosts to only talk about the benefits of home - sharing and warn that the bill passed by the Legislature would harm middle class people looking for additional ways to make ends meet and stay in the city.

Excerpt: «I believe that the an essential part of an effective strategy to grow the middle class is to help people get out of poverty and promote economic equality by encouraging collective bargaining, increased unionization, and shared employee ownership.»

As Congressman, I will continue to fight for working families by creating good paying jobs, lowering taxes on the middle class and ensuring that Brooklyn and Staten Island receive our fair share of education, healthcare and transportation funding.»