“They needed the money,” John said. “Kids who were affluent were not looking for a job at a gas station.” John treated his employees with respect and expected it in return. Some used his lessons to better themselves, joining the military and going to …

If we had no income tax, we would be in serious jeopardy of violating our constitutional obligation to keep debt service within 5 percent of revenues – just one sign of how it would be fiscally irresponsible. Proponents of income-tax repeal need to …

I have noticed that on Halloween, what seems like 75 percent of the trick-or-treaters are clearly not from this neighborhood. Kids arrive in overflowing cars from less fortunate areas. I feel this is inappropriate. Halloween isn't a social service or a …

“They needed the money,” John said. “Kids who were affluent were not looking for a job at a gas station.” John treated his employees with respect and expected it in return. Some used his lessons to better themselves, joining the military and going to …

For two years, she interviewed and followed poor, middle-class, and affluent families in California's Silicon Valley. Her mission was to see how people cope with the insecurity of life in a new age where the federal government "is no longer in the …

In addition to the creative class, there are the service sector and the "blue-collar working class," Florida said. "The locational decisions of the affluent creative class are reshaping America's economic geography and pushing the other two classes to …

The city looked more diverse and felt more affluent than I had pictured it from years of reports pegged on “indicators” of economic and other prospects for livability. Spoilt by a T&T, where the easy answer is “gas and oil”, I tried … Amid the …

According to The Children's Aid Society & Stanford University, low-income youth experience improved academic achievement from participation in high quality after-school programs, but low-income youth are much less likely than their affluent peers to …

The county's credit strength, including its large and affluent service area, together with its strong and consistent financial support to the college (under the state regulated County Maintenance of Effort) partially offset the college's weaker …