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Earner Quotes

On wages, fairness, and who holds the purse strings.

These earner quotes describe the typical minimum wage earner as often a woman managing a household, and go on to weigh how a flat tax might change what an average income earner brings home - a matter of Attitude as much as policy.

The typical minimum wage earner is a provider and a breadwinner - most likely a woman - responsible for paying bills, running a household and raising children.

Quotes by Tom Perez

Regardless of the gender of the highest wage earner, the balance of power in the relationship will suffer if the higher earner uses control of the purse strings as a system of reward and punishment. It will also suffer if...

Quotes by Marian Keyes

You replace it by 23 percent tax, a frank, transparent tax embedded in the cost at retail, and everybody gets to takes their whole check home. And the average income earner gets a 50 percent increase in take-home pay.

Quotes by John Linder

The beauty of our democracy lies in the American value of equality: if you vote, you have a seat at the table. If you speak, you have a chance to persuade others. A billionaire and a minimum wage earner have...

Quotes by Christine Pelosi

Attitude Quotes

Today a minimum wage earner has to work a day and a half just to pay for a full tank of gas. That is simply shameful.

Quotes by Bill Pascrell

When you're a big money earner and your husband isn't, it makes you question how feminine you are. I felt I was less feminine than if I was a supporting wife, or a second fiddle, or 'Mrs. Higgins.'

Quotes by Barbara Corcoran

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is described as the typical minimum wage earner here?
One quote describes the typical minimum wage earner as most likely a woman acting as provider and breadwinner, responsible for bills and raising children.
Is tax policy discussed in relation to earners?
Yes, one quote proposes replacing current taxes with a transparent 23 percent retail tax, arguing it would let earners take their whole paycheck home and raise average income significantly.
Does earning more affect relationships according to these quotes?
Yes, one quote warns that the Balance Of Power in a relationship can suffer if the higher earner uses control of money as reward and punishment.
Is voting connected to being an earner in these quotes?
Yes, one quote argues that a billionaire and a minimum wage earner share the same vote and the same chance to persuade others, tying democracy to equality regardless of income.
Do these quotes treat all earners the same regardless of gender?
Not exactly; one quote notes that this balance-of-power dynamic holds no matter which partner, man or woman, happens to bring home the bigger paycheck.

Another quote points to the Balance Of Power in a relationship shifting with who earns more, alongside a reminder that a billionaire and a minimum wage earner share the same vote.