The living standards of the poor in America today are equivalent to the living standards of the middle class 40 years ago, if not the middle class in Europe today.
The living standards of the poor in America today are equivalent to the living standards of the middle class 35 years ago, if not the middle class in Europe today.
And I will not allow middle class families to be treated like pawns on a chessboard.
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The main component of the current fiscal cliff squabbling, the income border beyond which the tax rate will increase, is clearly not a middle class issue.
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For Democrats, the bill's tax increase makes good on their party's marquee promise in the 2012 election to raise taxes on upper-income Americans and not the middle class.
And we know a lot of what happened in terms of the explosion of deficit spending, and it was two massive, unpaid for tax cuts that largely benefited wealthiest Americans -- not the middle class that during that time period saw its incomes stagnate or shrink.
But the Chinese middle class is not nearly as rich as the middle class in developed countries.
He was for extending the ones for the middle class and he was not willing to see middle-class Americans, as we were in a very fragile period economically, have their taxes raised substantially.
We should not hold the middle class hostage while we debate tax cuts for the wealthy.
What are we doing wrong as a country in not helping middle-class Americans?
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And I ran precisely because I did not think middle-class families in this country were getting a fair shake.
And the choice I make is not asking middle-class families to give up their home mortgage deduction or tax credits they get for raising their kids just to pay for a tax cut for me.
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They did not strengthen the middle class.
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It will not help the middle class.
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So from the start, my concern was making sure that we had a tax code that was fair and that protected the middle class, and my biggest priority was making sure that middle-class taxes did not go up.
And the net effect of it all is that the economy is not working for middle-class families.
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Third, while corporate profits are reaching new heights, our labor market is just not working for middle-class families.
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Mr Brown will be under pressure not to alienate the middle class swing voters who have backed new Labour since 1997.
Mr. FLETCHER: I'm not optimistic about any middle class unless we increase the rate of unionization and unless we change the political priorities of this country.
Although it does not bear out the notion of a terrorised and depressed middle class, theirs is not a complacent picture.
And we can do that in a way that does not place the burden unfairly and unduly on middle-class families, does not place the burden unduly and unfairly on seniors or families with disabled children or others.
And while that may sound like a great deal for the middle class, the harsh reality is that most middle class taxpayers do not earn meaningful amounts of dividends and long-term capital gains.
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Austen's stories are those of the middle class, the gentry, and not the upper class, the aristocracy.
Analysts have warned that the current boom in a middle class is not generating much employment.
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The authors speculate that the new middle class is not an aspiring bourgeoisie of petty businessmen.
And that, a blank piece of paper, is not going to prevent middle-class tax rates from going up.
Economic growth and prosperity for working people and the middle class does not stem from increased spending and consumption.
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