Short marriages with no children; couples on welfare; middle-income couples with a house and not much more; and the wealthy.
The results of the DZ model show reductions in welfare for middle- and higher-income households.
As part of his agenda, Mr. Clinton proposed welfare reform, middle-class tax cuts and free trade, as well as a general re-evaluation of liberal government.
Persuasively, she argues that today her story would be "nearly impossible". But when she demonizes those with different views of public welfare ("upper-middle-class pundits and working-class bigots and Christian moralists... disappointed liberals... and childless feminists") she is unnecessarily alienating much of the audience she needs to reach.
In this Gothic Revival welfare state, the middle class is very middle, the aristocrats are very grand, and the common people dance and are grateful.
From "The Right's New 'Welfare Queens': The Middle Class," by George Packer.
Yet these seemingly distinct, domestic disputes about income inequality, executive pay, welfare, the squeezed middle, even immigration are all also arguments about something bigger.
"I don't think alimony should be welfare for the middle class, but I'm fearful of the tail wagging the dog".
But without Podemos, supporters feared, Spain faced the prospect of becoming like Greece, with its disintegrating welfare state, crumbling middle class and rampant inequality.
Mr. Bo, though generally a supporter of the Chinese economic model, sought to build a political base made of ardent socialists by emphasizing the need to ensure more social welfare for the middle and lower classes.
"Congressional hearings are not the place for truth to emerge, or even for a sustained inquiry into the truth". From "The Right's New 'Welfare Queens': The Middle Class," by George Packer.
