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"Middle-income students are more likely to win scholarships than lower- or upper-income students," Kantrowitz writes.

Get real on scholarships 2011

The resilience of Estée Lauder's core customer will be put to the test in the coming months as upper-income shoppers react to volatile stock markets and debt debates in the U.S. and Europe.

Estée Lauder Mutes Its View Paul Ziobro 2011

To make his case, the president warned that his "balanced" combination of defense and domestic spending cuts and higher taxes on upper-income Americans was the best way to block a Republican plan to privatize Medicare and cut taxes for the wealthy.

Obama begins selling 'balanced' deficit plan 2011

Marie says: raise taxes on businesses and upper-income households by $2 trillion over 10 years … allow the Bush tax cuts to expire, extend those on middle class families and add “new tax cuts” for job creation. banks and multinational corporations would face new fees and levies.

Think Progress » ThinkFast: February 2, 2010 2010

And even a politician who ran against the Bush tax cuts for upper-income Americans couldn't very well raise taxes in the middle of a deep recession.

Deficit Fix Is Elusive Amid Clashing Narratives Gerald F. Seib 2011

To make his case, the president warned that his "balanced" combination of defense and domestic spending cuts and higher taxes on upper-income Americans was the best way to block a Republican plan to privatize Medicare and cut taxes for the wealthy.

Obama begins selling 'balanced' deficit plan 2011

Pay for it by removing the cap on the Social Security tax, so that upper-income people pay into Social Security on all they make, just like the rest of us.

Van Jones: It's Time for the Solutions: Hundreds of Thousands Support Big Plan to Fix Economy Van Jones 2011

There are global measures of extreme poverty but those measures aren't relevant when discussing middle and upper-income countries.

Howard Steven Friedman: 5 Countries With the Highest Poverty Rate (OECD) Howard Steven Friedman 2011

Some Democrats on the joint committee backed a $3 trillion deficit-reduction plan that includes $1.3 trillion in tax increases over 10 years—the amount President Barack Obama called for in his annual budget when he recommended, among other things, allowing tax rates to rise on upper-income taxpayers.

Taxes Remain Stumbling Block For Deficit Panel Janet Hook 2011

By the same token, Republicans are certainly right that eliminating the Bush tax cuts for upper-income Americans would hardly solve the deficit problem.

Deficit Fix Is Elusive Amid Clashing Narratives Gerald F. Seib 2011