Sentences with phrase «strong middle class»

In 2008, the most recent year data are available, we ranked 11th — and Canada, whose middle class has also shrunk significantly, dropped to 16th, as countries with stronger middle classes like Sweden and New Zealand edged ahead.

They have been instrumental in building the greatest economy in the world as well as the world's strongest middle class.

Titled «Building a Strong Middle Class» the 278 - page document is essentially a sequel to last year's «Growing the Middle Class,» with page after page reminding voters what the government did in its first big - spending, deficit - ballooning budget.

One - time Donation Stop the Conservative Party from rolling back our progress for a stronger middle class - and ensure we're ready for 2019.

On February 27, 2018, the federal government tabled its 2018 - 19 Budget, entitled «Equality + Growth: A Strong Middle Class.»

The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade's Policy Department has conducted a brief overview of today's federal Budget 2018: Equality + Growth: A Strong Middle Class.

By focusing on the fundamentals like supporting a skilled and trained workforce, we can have a sustainable, diversified economy that creates new opportunities, good jobs, and builds a strong middle class.

It is to make them pay their way once again, by favoring a strong middle class as the tax code was meant to do prior to the 1980s.

The US strength in the twentieth came from the strong middle class which was the vast majority of Americans.

And [having] a strong middle class has made us a great country.

«The working families that comprise the labor community are the backbone of a strong middle class, and I will continue to fight everyday to protect their rights.»

That is key to a strong middle class.»

The contributions range from labor organizations, such as Hotel Workers For A Stronger Middle Class, which contributed $ 270,000 and a labor group for carpenters, which donated $ 75,000 for the effort.

Investment in transportation is core to creating and sustaining a strong middle class in New Jersey.

Maffei, who has been a supporter of using technology to boost the impact of healthcare and education in the region, says by increasing access to high - speed Internet, it allows for a stronger middle class and could be critical to strengthening the upstate economy and promoting educational opportunities.

Throughout his career in public service, Scott M. Stringer has dedicated himself to building a strong middle class for New York City, taking on critical issues such as affordable housing, school overcrowding and public safety.

Having affordable housing works for all New Yorkers — a strong middle class is the vital core of our economy and community.

President Donald Trump pledged to bring jobs back to America during his campaign, appealing to a strong middle class base that's been struggling with stagnant wages and few job opportunities.

«The absence of a strong middle class in poor areas leads to social isolation, a lack of role models, few networks for jobs, and too few resources committed to the common good.»

Expanding opportunity for more students to enroll and succeed in college, especially low - income and underrepresented students, is vital to building a strong economy and a strong middle class.

We then examine how a strong middle class results in a strong democracy, and consequently in a proclivity for those societies to invest in important public programs such as public education.

And of the five states that increased education spending the most, four had stronger middle classes than the average.

The ways in which a strong middle class leads to better educational outcomes, such as middle - class parents putting pressure on administrators to fire or transfer bad teachers, are described more completely in our companion report, «The Middle Class Is Key to a Better - Educated Nation.»

In short, this paper argues that a stronger middle class is likely to be good for our nation's educational system.

Additionally, a strong middle class boosts educational attainment through far more than just increased spending.

Since the Great Recession began, most states have cut education spending, yet in those states with a stronger middle class, education spending has not been cut by nearly as much on average.

Our paper then turns to the topic at hand — the demand for a quality public education system and the willingness to pay for it — before presenting our seminal state - by - state analysis of the correlation between a strong middle class and spending on public education per pupil.

To flesh out these observations and help quantify the importance of a strong middle class to making investments in education, we examined in detail educational spending in all 50 states over the past two decades — the entire period for which complete data are available.

In the pages that follow, we explore other studies done on the relation between a strong middle class and support for a variety of public investments that benefit the overall strength and well - being of society.

Societies with a strong middle class make greater investments in public goods such as education, which helps fuel their future economic success.

We get the theme: «Building a Strong Middle Class» around innovation, skills and partnerships.

«From his commitment to strengthening our nation's law enforcement, to his tireless advocacy on behalf of the labor community and building a strong middle class, he has always set the highest standard for public service,» Biden said.

The 2018 - 19 budget focuses on gender equality, economic growth, job creation and a strong middle class.

On March 22, 2017, the Canadian Federal Government released Budget 2017: Building a Strong Middle Class («Budget 2017») which proposes more flexible parental, maternity and caregiving leaves and Employment Insurance («EI») benefits to support employees in balancing work and their family responsibilities.

That is, in happy countries, unions and collective bargaining play a substantial role in the setting of conditions of work, which creates a strong middle class.