Sentences with phrase «stagnant incomes for»

On our current course, we're headed for a morass of punitive taxes, puny growth, and stagnant incomes for workers — a future that's the precise opposite of what Trump champions.

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«In both the UK and the U.S., median incomes have been stagnant for decades,» he notes.

She argued that for a generation, America's middle class had been caught in a vise of stagnant incomes and rising expenses.

Stagnant wage growth isn't just a problem for those at the bottom of the salary scales: middle - class family incomes are slightly lower now than they were in the 1970s.

Economic inequality and stagnant middle - class incomes are top concerns for America's business elite.

Still, Skyrocketing college costs, cuts to public funding for higher education, stagnant incomes and the growth in the college - going population are largely to blame for the uptick in outstanding student loans over the past decade.

All the Main Street got was less purchasing power for everything while incomes were mainly stagnant — less purchasing power for rents, education, houses and health care; food also went up in price.

This double squeeze has millennials with almost stagnant incomes facing ever - increasing taxes to pay for aging boomers» care.

As someone whose household income has been stagnant for several years — until this year, when it's dropping significantly — let me state categorically that I would welcome the opportunity of paying more taxes on a higher income.

The City will leverage Project - Based Section 8 vouchers to make housing affordable to those seniors whose income remains stagnant or declines over time, and will continue to push for expanding income eligibility in the SCRIE program.

We've watched the cost of living increase, but the income requirements for SCHE and DHE have remained stagnant,» said Mayor de Blasio.

James Browne, the author of the report, said: «With real earnings growth slow, and more tax increases and benefit cuts to come, household incomes are likely to remain stagnant for some time to come.

De Blasio and city officials have said broadly that one of the most significant drivers of the increase in homelessness citywide has been income inequality, writ large: stagnant wages for workers combined with rising rents over the past decade.

On one side, she pointed to the growing gulf between the rich and poor, and stagnant wages for middle and lower - income earners.

Despite the steady rise in the cost of living in New York City, the income threshold for these programs have remained at a stagnant $ 29,000 since 2006.

It is absolutely true that real income earned by the lower class has remained stagnant or slightly decreased for decades while the real income of the wealthy has increased significantly.

«For all the concern about income inequality and stagnant wages, the economy overall is generating a lot of income for people,» says Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Union Bank in New YoFor all the concern about income inequality and stagnant wages, the economy overall is generating a lot of income for people,» says Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Union Bank in New Yofor people,» says Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Union Bank in New York.