Mr. Joiner says that he hadn't set aside money for Akaysha's education and was surprised she hadn't been offered more aid because of her top class ranking, the fact that he and his wife are alumni and that she is the child of a black parent and a Hispanic parent.

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It produced over 22 million good jobs, rising incomes for the middle class, over 100 times as many people moved from poverty into the middle class, more health care, the largest increase in college aid in 50 years, record home ownership, a cleaner environment, three surpluses in a row, a modernized defense force, strong efforts against terror and a respected America in the world.

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Budgets were plump, and students from middle class families were getting big tuition breaks under an ambitious new financial aid program.

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The effect of the diaspora on the entrepreneurial class in Haiti could have a greater financial impact on the country than remittances or foreign aid.

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Some Indian politicians and diplomats do not like Britain's large aid programme because this is not the image of a land with global middle class aspirations they want to project.

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With the same act, I would be supporting a new class of micro-entrepreneurs creating a lifestyle of self-sufficiency, rather than one of aid-dependence.

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