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  • Among these are the research and development credit for businesses, relief from the Alternative Minimum Tax for middle - and upper-middle-income families and various renewable energy tax credits.

    Obama agenda: Taxes, not just health care 2009

  • (Who does, say, Glenn Beck foment resentment of more, rich, badly educated people or well-educated, middle-income or upper-middle-income folks?)

    Matthew Yglesias » More Condescension Needed 2010

  • Of 22 upper-middle-income nations in 1960, 20 had declined into the third and fourth income categories, among them the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known recently as Zaire, and Ghana.

    Ian Fletcher: Free Trade Isn't Helping World Poverty Ian Fletcher 2011

  • Of 22 upper-middle-income nations in 1960, 20 had declined into the third and fourth income categories, among them the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known recently as Zaire, and Ghana.

    Ian Fletcher: Free Trade Isn't Helping World Poverty Ian Fletcher 2011

  • Also, unlike other parts of the world, public housing is not just for low-income people but for middle- and upper-middle-income families, says Yu Shi-Ming, head of the real estate department at the National University of Singapore.

    Coveting Singapore's public housing system 2011

  • For upper-middle-income families, the subsidy for employer-provided health insurance approaches 50%; for lower-income families it is as little as 15%.

    Why Mandated Health Insurance Is Unfair John C. Goodman 2011

  • Public spending on education, at 3% of GDP in 2009, compares unfavorably to an average of 5% in the grouping of upper-middle-income countries to which China aspires.

    China's Lessons From Mexico and Japan Tom Orlik 2011

  • But the fact of the matter is that on average and over time, Fannie and Freddie represent an economic subsidy from the public at large, to middle - and upper-middle-income homeowners.

    Post-Mortgage Meltdown, Where Do We Go Now? 2010

  • When the dust finally settles, the buyout boys will probably pay more taxes on their carry (and maybe on sales of their piece of the firm) than they do now -- but will still pay a lower overall rate than upper-middle-income people pay on similar income.

    KKR leaders get a tax deal most of us can only dream of 2010

  • And upper-middle-income people don't have publicly traded partnerships sending them tax-sharing payments.

    KKR leaders get a tax deal most of us can only dream of 2010

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