Sentences with phrase «social safety net in»

It's the story of a Newcastle carpenter who's falling between the cracks of the British welfare state, but it's really about something more global: the fraying of the social safety net in our time.

The first is a fiscal policy that acknowledges the role of the government social safety net in buffering the effects of creative destruction, seeks to provide those services in an efficient, market - oriented fashion, and pays for those services with a simple and transparent tax system.

Personally, I am in favour of scrapping most or all of these privatised social safety nets in favour of a guaranteed annual minimum income, though even that will not likely solve the problem of housing by itself.

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It has been on an upward price track for years, in part because the Chinese — compelled by the lack of a social safety net to save rigorously for things like higher education and in case of illness — have few other investing vehicles with which to protect their savings from the ravages of inflation.

In this segment, Eunice Yoon speaks to famed economist Stephen Roach about the rising power of China's consumer and what the government must do to ensure a strong social safety net.

More investment in education and a social safety net are also required, Gosset says.

The 2012 case took place in the midst of Obama's re-election campaign, when he touted the largest expansion of the social safety net since the advent of Medicare nearly a half - century earlier.

Corruption, social distrust, and the difficulties of navigating life without a basic social safety net all certainly contribute to America's lackluster performance in the happiness stakes.

The heavy spending on social programs succeeded in providing a safety net to keep many people out of poverty, but it has done nothing to spur job creation.

As my colleague Jason Kirby detailed in his cover story in March, the Chinese save so much because they don't have a social safety net as we know it to fall back on.

Young people also can no longer rely on the luxury of a social safety net — so it's no wonder they stay unemployed for shorter amounts of time or stay in their jobs for longer periods.

I mean, literally not only have they, as a population, been cut to no social safety net, no social security, yet the Syriza government keeps getting supported, elected in referendums, and they seem to be able to maintain power in spite of these austerity measures.

Canada is a country without a national social safety net: the Liberals removed it in 1995, in the same budget where they ended support for social rental housing.

When TIME's cover story was published, millennials were in the fourth year of the «jobless recovery,» facing high unemployment, mounting debt, and an eroded social safety net.

That requires investments in retraining and lifelong learning as well as social safety nets.

This book is a must read for those concerned about how technology is disrupting the way we work and eroding the social safety net, and how policy makers should respond to ensure that the growing number of workers in the «gig» economy earn adequate benefits.

The three main areas where my direct advice went unheeded were the following: (1) the need for large - scale financial assistance [29] for Russia, which I deemed (and still deem) to have been essential to molding a political consensus around reforms, and to bolstering the financial situation enough to achieve a modicum of success in the fight against hyperinflation; (2) the need for strong monetary and fiscal policy to achieve a rapid end to inflation [30]; and (3) the urgency of establishing a social safety net [31], especially in health care and pensions, to ensure an adequate social and political base for societal transformation and democratization.

Imposing higher taxes on the wealthy is the best way for countries such as Canada to reinvest in their social safety nets, education, and infrastructure while protecting the middle class.

Even in countries with social safety nets such as government pension plans, many people remain uncertain about how to achieve their retirement goals and dreams — and how to prepare for unexpected post-retirement expenses.

The Liberals have been pushing their right - wing agenda for the past twelve years: privatizing and contracting out, slashing corporate taxes so they're now the lowest in Canada, dismantling the social safety net and environmental standards regulations in BC, and attacking public sector workers.

Reagan said yes, and conservative leaders like Arthur Brooks («One of the things, in my view, that we get wrong in the free enterprise movement is this war against the social safety net, which is just insane.

The truth is, at some point in life and regardless of income, virtually every American will benefit in some way from a social safety - net program, whether through a social security check, an unemployment benefit or a school lunch.

So what happens when, in ten years or so, there will be more retired and elderly Chinese than there are Europeans, in a country that has nothing resembling western social safety nets?

I'll agree, there is corruption on both sides, but if I had to pick one over the other I would have to choose the one that supports some sort of social safety net for middle and low income workers in America.

«We need a positive vision that talks about rebuilding the social safety net, making sure nobody is left to go destitute in the sixth - richest country in the world.

The problem is that science isn't yet reflected in the way we run our schools and operate our social safety net.

This review is a summary of proposed reductions to SNAP and an overview of how other critical nutrition programs and other social safety net programs fare in the president's budget.

This extends to «interference» in the form of social safety nets (particularly those provided by public funding through taxation), which are core to the liberal platform.

Social housing can be a valuable and important safety net for those in need.

«With Trump and Republican extremists days away from taking full power in Washington and setting fire to the Constitution and our social safety net, this is no time for Albany politics as usual,» said WFP state director Bill Lipton.

We are trying to tap into the social capital in the community to build new safety nets.

The truly impoverished do have a safety net in place already, with social welfare payments, food allowances and government - provided health insurance.

«In his address at the 10th Bola Tinubu Colloquium a week ago, the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo reported that the Buhari administration has put in place «an audacious Social Investment Programme to the tune of N500 billion, the largest pro-poor programme in our nation's history, and the largest social safety net, at least in Sub-Saharan AfricIn his address at the 10th Bola Tinubu Colloquium a week ago, the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo reported that the Buhari administration has put in place «an audacious Social Investment Programme to the tune of N500 billion, the largest pro-poor programme in our nation's history, and the largest social safety net, at least in Sub-Saharan Africin place «an audacious Social Investment Programme to the tune of N500 billion, the largest pro-poor programme in our nation's history, and the largest social safety net, at least in Sub-Saharan ASocial Investment Programme to the tune of N500 billion, the largest pro-poor programme in our nation's history, and the largest social safety net, at least in Sub-Saharan Africin our nation's history, and the largest social safety net, at least in Sub-Saharan Asocial safety net, at least in Sub-Saharan Africin Sub-Saharan Africa.

A safety net helps, and one reasons I believe in social support systems is that they make entrepreneurship easier.

As one of the largest Jewish social safety net programs in the U.S., Met Council is acutely aware that charity alone can not remedy these cuts.

Her best explanation is that she is a Republican because she believes in an appropriately sized government - one that can provide a social services safety net without getting too big.

It provides a key safety net of social cohesion in a country increasingly divided into ghettos of class and identity.

He sees a large role for the state in providing a social safety - net and underpinning UK manufacturing.

Mike Bloomberg's solution is built on our core values: a balanced budget that holds the line on taxes while protecting our social safety net, fights crime and keeps vital job creation projects on track,» a voice says in the ad.

Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz» Erie County Social Services, Mobile Safety Net Partners to Host Family Night Out in Lackawanna

The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty said it's examining ways it can partner with other nonprofits as a way to «stabilize» the agency and create a «social - service safety net,» a spokesperson said in a statement.

in paid family leave, it's hard to imagine even a modest expansion of the social safety net happening any time soon.

CVH has chapters in NYC, Yonkers, Newburgh and Poughkeepsie and organizes around a truly affordable housing, a just social safety net, good jobs and access to them, a participatory democracy, and a fair share tax system to fund critical programs for low - income families.

It stresses the importance of a social safety net to deal with poverty, support of limited redistribution of wealth along with government regulation to regulate markets in the interests of both consumers and producers.

Obama intended the prospect of the fiscal cliff's dramatic mandatory cuts in social programs to extort progressive Congressional Democrats into agreeing to inflict severe austerity by voting in favor of what Obama hoped would be massive cuts in social programs and the safety net adopted by the Congressional «super committee» created by the same bipartisan austerity deal that created the «fiscal cliff.»

Mutual benefit societies have been particularly important in immigrant communities in the United States at times when the governmental social safety net was weak.

The Gender ministry was created to coordinate and better implement social intervention programs aimed as safety nets for the poor and vulnerable in society and to compile a database for the sector.

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In New York, 840,000 children are lifted above the poverty line each year by safety net programs; 597,000 residents were lifted out of poverty by the earned income tax credit and child tax credit from 2011 — 2013; 576,000 low - income households rely on federal rental assistance; 2,968,000 residents received SNAP in FY 2016; and hundreds of thousands more rely on investments in job training, education, and other social serviceIn New York, 840,000 children are lifted above the poverty line each year by safety net programs; 597,000 residents were lifted out of poverty by the earned income tax credit and child tax credit from 2011 — 2013; 576,000 low - income households rely on federal rental assistance; 2,968,000 residents received SNAP in FY 2016; and hundreds of thousands more rely on investments in job training, education, and other social servicein FY 2016; and hundreds of thousands more rely on investments in job training, education, and other social servicein job training, education, and other social services.

At that point I said if she more concerned with spending more on defense and cutting the food stamp program I'll call in and ask her the following: «Mrs. Long, are you for a social safety net?»