Sentence examples for middle class benefits from inspiring English sources

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.

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 Liberal Democrat leader tried to reassure his party's doubters yesterday by promising that a shake-up of welfare in next month's government spending review would squeeze so-called "middle class" benefits as well as those paid to 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.

And the The Daily Mail says Clegg has a two-pronged attack on the better-off yesterday, announcing a crackdown on tax avoidance and signalling the axe for middle class benefits.

Like Clinton's, Obama's package of middle class benefits is small potatoes.

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

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".

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.