Sentences with phrase «subsistence level»

The Hunger Games is set in a future North America where the nation of Panem is divided between the elites in the capital and those living at subsistence levels in the twelve surrounding districts.

Russian labor is to be paid wages above subsistence levels only to the extent that it can be taxed, thereby «freeing» as much non-wage income as possible from taxation — in particular, income for the privatized land, mineral resources and hitherto public utilities.

Its very possible on current exponential growth that the process of scarcity and price increases would be rapid, and thus could cause considerable hardship and tip parts of humanity into subsistence levels of consumption, as some materials become very scarce and hard to recycle.

At the same time, the present crisis represents an opportunity to shift attention to other sectors of the economy, which for a long time have struggled to progress beyond subsistence level.

In one case, the court awarded 80 % of the marital property to the wife because she was uneducated and unable to earn more than subsistence level income while the husband was much more employable.

Through most of human history the great majority of people lived near subsistence levels.

It is clear that some groups, especially those who live from the investment of capital, will gain by increasing the size of markets and that labor now living above the global subsistence level will lose.

I hope they will aim to raise the initial tax threshold to the current subsistence level (even if over a few years), simplify the benefit system so that benefit claimants receive in effect a weekly wage or monthly salary instead of a number of dribs and drabs (all of which require horrendous forms), amalgamate NI with IT and then look at introducing a flat tax to cover the lot.

This is kind of a minor miracle, given the well - publicized woes of the critical world, and even though I'm way below the poverty line and living more - or-less subsistence level, I'm perfectly happy to have made it so far.

The actors — especially the lead, Jennifer Lawrence, so good in films like Winter's Bone and Silver Linings Playbook — gave lackluster performances, and looked too well - fed and healthy to convincingly portray members of a population existing at a bare subsistence level.

Understaffed workers provide only subsistence level care for the dogs and pups.

I find it interesting that although a number of studies have come out over the past few years that reveal there is no positive relationship between wealth and happiness (once you're past subsistence level) we as a society continue to pursue more riches as our main goal.

Churchill's safety net is at the bottom: holding people at subsistence level, just above the abyss of hunger and homelessness.

Like people everywhere, the Chinese want more protein as their incomes rise above subsistence levels.

No one goes hungry, but about a quarter of the population lives at a subsistence level.

When he retiress he has no home and no equity to use to buy one, too many retired pastors live on less than subsistence levels.

This made it possible to raise the great majority of people in whole societies beyond the subsistence level.

Pay your suppliers in 90 days, having used your scale to reduce the price to subsistence levels or lower, minus the deductions for whatever you can dream up, during which time, the stock has turned over several times.

Some supported the proposal on equity and fairness grounds, since elites were already perceived to benefit disproportionately from the state's resources, through special - interest appropriations of oil wealth, and because it would bring a huge benefit to low - income Alaskans and those living at a subsistence level.

«This is below a subsistence level,» Cuomo said of the current minimum wage.

Figure out a subsistence level (say 150 % of the Federal poverty level for a family of 4) and tax the rest.

«This is below a subsistence level,» Cuomo said.

«This is below a subsistence level.

As a result, «funds for the independent observatories are at subsistence levels,» warned Joseph Miller, director of the University of California observatories, in testimony to the panel.

This attitude persists despite the still precarious position of those African - Americans living above the subsistence level who have managed to extricate themselves from poverty.

I see older people with disabilities all the time, particularly men, they live a subsistence level life and it's almost as if they are invisible, no one even sees them yet alone pays them any mind.

A personal exemption, in theory, is equivalent to the minimum amount a person would need to get by on at a subsistence level.

Some Alaska Native peoples continue by tradition to hunt bowhead and beluga whales on a subsistence level, with low annual bowhead total quotas set by the International Whaling Commission in conjunction with individual village limits set by the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission.

By harvesting and storing rainwater, the family is able to maintain more of a subsistence level of farming than before, when they would have to rely on buying produce because their own harvest failed them during dry months, especially during years with poor rainfall.

So now we not only have a secure and strong construct supporting a program for the future of Social Security but we have a program that will provide assistance to families barely surviving on a subsistence level at best or lets say they have no job their elderly and disabled what do they do?

The Forestry Commission is charged with preserving forests and ensuring it is done in a way that doesn't hurt the country's legions of cocoa farmers — most of whom operate just above the subsistence level.

Though the bulk of humanity is far richer and healthier than at any time in history, there are places on earth where the way people live is little different from the subsistence levels of the past.

If they're at subsistence level, they are currently struggling to feed themselves and their families.

It is not limited to subsistence level or to periodical payments (under a trust, for example).

Unemployed and on public assistance for most of the time since the original court order, he was not even at a subsistence level of income.

Your income puts you way to close to subsistence level at this point.