Sentence examples for hitting the poor from inspiring English sources

Now, the program is losing money and unfairly hitting the poor.

An increase in the GST is inevitable, further hitting the poor.

They worry that the precarious governing coalition lacks political will, and that the crisis is unfairly hitting the poor.

The increase in fuel prices was deeply unpopular, hitting the poor hardest, and fraught with political risks of its own.

The very idea would, of course, be greeted by warnings about mortgage defaults, repossessions, and hitting the poor disproportionately.

"It is impossible to do that without hitting children, without hitting the poor, without hitting the disabled.

Though hitting the poorest hardest, Osborne calls it fair.

Or VAT, which is hugely regressive, hitting the poorest hardest?

We know already that the coalition is hitting the poorest carers, pensioners and the most disabled.

Many would call this an unprogressive outcome, with cuts hitting the poorest.

Worse, the axe falls on tax credits in April, hitting the poorest families hardest.