The better-off need to pay more tax; those on lower incomes need to pay less.
He said: "People don't need a new measure which pretends they are better off, they need a new government to make them better off.
While the average working woman might be better off, we need to offer better maternity leave and child care for those more at risk.
If cutting top tax rates will really leave middle and low income Americans better off, that needs to be demonstrated, not preached.
They want to be better off and they need to know we don't just tolerate that, we support it".
They want to be better off and they need to know we don't just tolerate that, we support it". Elsewhere, Mr Lammy, who is putting together a bid to be Labour's candidate for Mayor of London in 2016, said it was "absolutely time" for a new generation to "step up to a leadership role".
It's a love-hate relationship: they'd be better off without them, but need them to protect themselves from other gangs and from the police.
I do what I can to counsel those in serious danger of foreclosure without compensation, and I try to remember that as long as I have a roof over my head and enough food to feed my family and pets, I am better off than those who need the cans of beans and bags of pasta I am able to contribute to the food banks.
Lower-income individuals often find themselves in an unfair catch-22: they need to be "better off" to gain access to credit, but they need something (car, education, suit, inventory capital) to become "better off".
Most accept that Britain will be better off within, but the institutions need massive reform.
