Sentence examples for party of higher from inspiring English sources

They're the party of higher taxes.

Another wrote a policy memo saying that Republicans must define themselves as the party of the American worker, the party of higher wages".

Although Democrats have increasingly blamed the tax cuts for the faltering economy, most have been reluctant to call for their rollback or delay, fearful that the president and other Republicans will paint them as the party of higher taxes.

While it's true that, in each of these cases, Republicans were cynically attempting to circumvent a broader increase in wages or sick time with a narrower measure of their own, if voters only listened to campaign ads, they'd have thought that the GOP was the party of higher wages and better jobs.

But once again, if an Alaskan was looking for a clear signal to voters from Democratic politicians that this is the party of higher minimum wages, she might well have been confused by that time Alaska Republicans tried to pass legislation to increase the state's minimum wage, only to have Democrats vote it down in order to keep the issue on the ballot last week.

The prime minister, Tony Abbott, has been criticising Labor for its intention to "bring back the carbon tax", linking the charge to his claim that Labor is the party of "higher taxes".

The Sadducees were the party of high priests, aristocratic families, and merchants the wealthier elements of the population.

Thousands of tourists threw water bottles and blocked traffic recently because they thought a party of high officials was delaying their visit to a popular lake in Jilin province.

In no time at all a party of high-ranking dissidents within the bank went out to pick up their chairman and chief executive at the airport and demanded that the Flavin be removed.

This is partly because the Democrats do not want to be seen as the party of high taxation, but also because there is a widespread feeling that the slowing economy has made tax cuts more necessary than ever.

It now looks like Bernanke will survive, with more Republicans voting no than Democrats, and Democrats again looking like the party of high finance.