The party opposes his plan to cut taxes for middle class Americans and use of government spending to increase economic activity.

VOA: special.2009.05.02

"What government should not do is pile on more taxation, regulation and litigation that kill jobs and hurt the middle class."

VOA: special.2010.01.30

Its large rooms and affordable rent gave middle class black people a new kind of housing opportunity in the nineteen sixties.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

Some people criticize his art for only showing a false or very limited image of America, one that is white and middle-class.

VOA: special.2010.09.20

But much of the middle class and urban wealthy accused him of corruption and abuse of power.

VOA: special.2010.05.22

And in the northeast, many middle-class people support the Red Shirts.

VOA: special.2010.05.22

The Yellow Shirts draw much of their support from middle-class and wealthy Thais, and they consider Mr.Thaksin to have been corrupt and authoritarian.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

The president spoke at a meeting of a White House advisory panel set up to study the problems facing the middle class and propose solutions.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

While populist policies, while prime minister led to support from the rural poor, Bangkok's middle class and urban elite accused him of corruption and abuse of power.

VOA: standard.2010.04.03

And this is also where you have a major emerging middle-class market,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

Weber said the report recommends fighting poverty and using U.S.political and economic leverage with authoritarian governments to promote democratic reforms and create a middle class and a civil society.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

"What on earth is going on?" Some analysts say discontent is bubbling up from the Pakistani middle class because of U.S.restrictions on visas and increased screening after recent bomb attempts.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

But climate change negotiators worry that without quick action, the carbon footprint of countries like India and China will rise dramatically as their fast-growing economies propel millions into the middle class.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

The White House is also promising action to make it a little easier for middle-class students to pay for college,and to provide expanded community services to help families caring for elderly relatives.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

That decision brought applause in the courtroom. Madoff's wide-ranging fraud touched banks,charities, middle class people investing for retirement in North and South America and Europe, and even celebrities - including Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

"We have just come through what was one of the most difficult decades the middle class has ever faced a decade in which median income fell, and our economy lost about as many jobs as it gained,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

Jarrett indicates that will be a focus of the State of the Union Address, "he will be able to set forward his priorities and they will be focusing on the middle class our middle class is struggling out there, they are frustrated, they are angry."

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

But the urban middle class accused Mr.Thaksin of corruption and abuse of power while he was in office, especially by his government's attacks on the media and his perceived efforts to control most levers of power including the parliament, independent government agencies and security forces.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

But they can never engage in those efforts, if we do not do the job that I am confident we will do tomorrow morning at 7:00 AM on Christmas Eve, and that is to renew the American dream, and revive our middle class, and rebuild the foundation upon which future generations will stand.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24