Making sure that the things that most impact middle-class families and low-income families, that those were preserved -- that was a line in the sand.
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Green recognized that the retailer had strayed from its core demographic of low- and middle-income families looking for quality basics at a low price.
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He will talk much of what he calls the "squeezed middle", the low and middle-income families feeling the pain of lower living standards and job insecurity as the economy stagnates.
Look, this is something that I think everybody has to remember, and I would speak especially to my fellow Democrats who I think rightly are passionate about middle-class families, working families, low-income families who are having the toughest time in this economy.
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Tax cuts include incentives for small businesses, a one-year fix of the unpopular alternative-minimum tax and tax cuts for low-and-middle-income families, said Sen.
So these funds will be used to buy up and rehabilitate vacant and foreclosed homes and resell those homes with affordable mortgages -- and to provide mortgage assistance and rehabilitation loans for low-income and middle-income families.
"These new measures are good for low and middle-income families because they will help them make ends meet and get ahead, " Mr Swan said.
Mr Rennie said Lib Dems in the UK government were working to get the economy back on track, including tax cuts for low and middle-income families, a green investment bank and an island fuel discount.
Pastor Gerald Taylor of the Texas Organizing Project, which is aimed at helping low- and middle-income families, would say the trade-off is rather one-sided.
The lack of a public option concerns liberal Democrats, who say the Baucus proposal will make required health insurance coverage too expensive for some of the low- and middle-income families it is intended to help.
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Low-to-middle-income families will benefit from higher payments for children under the child tax credit.
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True, the original customer base of Dollar General was the price-conscious low income group, but it has since expanded its appeal to the middle-class families with its more varied assortment of products readily available at its stores.
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The legislation expands the Medicaid program for low-income Americans and provides subsidies for middle-income families getting coverage through a state health insurance exchange.
He also signed into law the Massachusetts Healthcare Reform Act, which expanded the MassHealth Medicare program for low income state residents to include un-insured middle class families, given them low cost access to public and private hospitals and medical centers in the state.
Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of Finaid.org, a website that compiles data and provides financial advice for students, said the subsidies sometimes go to students from middle-class families who attend pricey colleges, and not just low-income students.
Middle-class families are allowed to participate in Indiana, while in most states, such programs are limited to low-income families or those in failing schools.
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