Sentences with phrase «social safety nets at»

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At the same time, House Speaker Paul Ryan has also signaled the legislation may be a precursor to larger attempted cuts into America's social safety net — including Medicare and Social Secsocial safety net — including Medicare and Social SecSocial Security.

We and our counterparts at the provincial and municipal levels are the «social safety net.»

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.

She has steered the organization to advocacy, pressing elected officials to protect and strengthen the federal food stamp program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, the school breakfast program at Chicago Public Schools and other key social safety nets.

«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 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 Asocial safety net, at least in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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

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?»

And throughout his career, Stewart McKinney spoke out for the homeless, the poor and those who rely on the social safety net, causes that are not generally at the top of the Republican agenda.

The priorities enumerated in the document are a clear indication of the type of independence that Johnson has promised since taking office, with a focus on «strengthening the social safety net, fighting for the middle class and handling taxpayers» money responsibly,» as Johnson put it at a news conference at City Hall.

Shehu also recalled that in his address at the 10th Bola Tinubu Colloquium last week, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo reported that the present administration had put in place «an audacious Social Investment Programme to the tune of N500bn, saying it was the largest pro-poor programme in the nation's history and the largest social safety net, at least in sub-Saharan ASocial Investment Programme to the tune of N500bn, saying it was the largest pro-poor programme in the nation's history and the largest social safety net, at least in sub-Saharan Asocial safety net, at least in sub-Saharan Africa.

Belief in a safety net and a social contract, at least?

«If we look at countries with stronger social safety nets, you tend to see these effects being more muted,» Ruhm points out.

According to new findings from researchers at the University of Chicago, Medicaid is now seen as an important part of the middle - class social safety net, thanks to nearly 60 percent of Americans being connected to the program directly or through a family member or close friend.

Congress and the Clinton administration are barreling toward changing both the form and function of the country's social safety net, a system of programs that is cumbersome at best and broken at worst.

Now that person loses her job or his job after a few absences at work and becomes wholly reliant on a burdensome (on all of us) social structure / safety net.

I sense this is more common now, certainly for my daughters, but I wonder how true it is for women in poverty or with less education, in America at least where there is no social safety net compared to Europe.

At the moment, says Dufour, Canadians «look behind them and see there's no social safety net, and so they're willing to work for less.»

And finally, U.S. politicians are perfectly adept at ignoring the opinions of the U.S. public (which, after all, overwhelmingly supports taxing the rich, strengthening the social safety net, and improving air and water protections).

You will be surprised at how happy and well - off you really are, because you are better off than 85 % of the world's population simply by virtue of living in Canada and enjoying its social safety net, health care system etc. and personal income opportunities (other than those income «opportunities» as pursued via gambling; i.e., trying to time the real estate boom / bust cycles).