There were the films about middle class values such as "To Sir With Love" starring Sidney Poitier.
Early indications are that he will focus on the economy and talk in particular about turning the nation back towards the middle class and middle-class values.
Fully 52% defined themselves as middle class, with aspirational values to match.
Then it's not surprising that, so far, the Obama pre-presidency reflects the values of the gentry class.
Instead, it has buttressed the stock portfolios of wealthy people and the residential home values of the middle class.
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By preparing for lower prices and having the benefit of time to do your homework, you will be ready to embrace lower stock prices and have the luxury of confidence to pick off world class companies trading down at compelling values.
If we want a strong middle class, then our tax code must reflect our values.
And these values gave rise to the largest middle class and the strongest economy that the world has ever known.
His childhood was also to shape his enduring attachment to working-class cultural ideals and social practices and his emphasis on communal values and neighbourliness.
Lord, be upon us this day we all live the values and celebrate the commitment to our nation Sergeant First Class Petry has modeled.
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The company is particularly adept at taking advantage of low property values in its acquisitions, and its ability to bring in first class tenants on long-term leases.
Those are the values that built the best products and the strongest economy and the largest middle class that the world has ever known.
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And if we rally around a new economic patriotism together, if we reclaim our values, we will rebuild this economy, we'll strengthen the middle class.
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As a country that values fairness, wealthier individuals have traditionally borne a greater share of this burden than the middle class or those less fortunate.
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As a country that values fairness, wealthier individuals have traditionally born a greater share of this burden than the middle class or those less fortunate.
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This may be wishful thinking, but his essential point is a good one: namely that the boom years before the great recession put far more wealth in the hands of highly educated professionals than in earlier times, and that this class--Ivied, cosmopolitan, sophisticated in the ways of the knowledge economy--naturally gravitates toward liberal values and politics.
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