Now, one in 10 Brazilians are considered upper or upper-middle class, according to government figures.
And the consulting firm McKinsey projects that nearly two-thirds of China's urban households will have enough disposable income to be considered upper middle class or richer by 2022 — just in time for the Olympics.
Clearly, it is EU policy and practice, voted for by member states, that continued aid to countries very high up the income-per-capita scale represents a good use of taxpayers' money (of the 28 EU members, only Hungary and Romania are considered upper middle income; the rest are high income).
The administration wants such a tax to replace the alternative minimum tax, which was created decades ago to make sure the richest taxpayers with plentiful deductions and credits did not avoid income taxes, but which now hits millions of Americans who are considered upper middle class.
Mr. Obama would like the new tax to replace the alternative minimum tax, which was created decades ago to make sure that the richest taxpayers with plentiful deductions and credits did not avoid income taxes, but which now affects millions of Americans who are considered upper middle class.
The arrival rates are considered upper bounded, i.e., λ i c ≤ λ max, ∀ i, c.
Many families who once would be considered upper middle class are forking over their tax returns hoping for subsidies to make day school and camp tuition affordable.
Again, our ∼percentages here must be considered upper estimates, since we are including all visible bands of the appropriate size ranges for Cdc6 and Cdc45 and not purposefully drawing any preferences for particular bands observed.
Eleven percent of the sample was considered upper agency management (e.g., division or bureau heads, directors, deputies).
