low-income citizens
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citizen
noun[C]
uk/ˈsɪt.ɪ.zən/us/ˈsɪt̬.ə.zən/
a person who is a member of a particular country and who has rights because of being born there or because of being given rights, or a person who lives in a particular town ...
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(Definition ofcitizenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The project advocates for policies that tend to decrease minority orlow-incomecitizenparticipation in the electoral process.
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Congresspeople who opposed 'phone stamp' policies funded through general revenues made little noise over subsidisation by long-distance providers to low-income citizens.
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Local justice means justice that is as accessible to low-income citizens as it is to the better off, and where local magistrates understand the local area.
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He continued land reform and declared a rent freeze to benefit low-income citizens.
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But, according to the opposition, this rise restricts the access of both middle-income and low-income citizens to judicial administration.
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The rehabilitated homes and business properties are then resold to the community, generally to low-income citizens.
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Moreover, low-income immigrants are over two times more likely to lack health insurance than low-income citizens.
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In 1863, the government monopoly on vodka production was repealed, causing prices to plummet and making vodka available even to low-income citizens.
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Approximately 55 million poor and low-income citizens, representing about 75% of the population, are currently enrolled in food ration cards.
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For instance, rational officials will get no benefit from paying out larger welfare checks to millions of low-income citizens because this does not serve a bureaucrats' goals.
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