Sentence examples for class benefit from inspiring English sources

I personally think that Iain Duncan Smith has been the most industrious MP at building a pariah class – benefit recipients who love benefits, who scoff at your idiocy in paying for them, who hate work like the devil and love the devil almost as much as their 57in TVs.

The conservative counterargument – that life for the poor and the middle class is better than it seems – goes like this: Even with stagnant or modestly growing incomes, the poor and middle class benefit from the fact that a stable or declining share of income is now required for basic necessities, leaving more money for discretionary spending.

Or is it a "middle class benefit"?

Some of the government's critics claimed the council tax freeze increasingly amounts to a "middle class benefit" as it helps better off people who might pay more in council tax but make relatively little use of council services - while, critics argue, those who rely most on the services are saving relatively small amounts but being affected by the cuts.

Benefits in public sector work continue to be in line with historical middle class benefit levels.

Like all wars, only the rich ruling class benefits, and everyone else suffers.

Fraser Nelson, at Coffee House, says he supports Osborne's child benefit cut and that the chancellor should go further in targeting middle class benefits.

The unionists now joining the anti-government movement are part of the contemporary middle class benefiting from Thailand's modern economy.

Many on the left argue that unless the middle class benefits from the welfare state, it will refuse to pay the taxes to subsidise welfare for the poor.

In an attempt to placate the right wing of the party, Osborne balanced his attack on middle class benefits by announcing a £26,000-a-year cap on the total value of benefits received by workless households.

Daley and Wood note that back in 2001 when the GST was introduced households in total were over-compensated to the order of $12bn, and the middle class benefitted the most, such that "the compensation package overall increased inequality".