Earner Quotes

In the 1970`s and 1960`s we were talking about more one-earner families. Now, we`re talking about two-earner families having the same income level that one-earner families used to have.

In the 1970`s and 1960`s we were talking about more one-earner families,

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatreds. You cannot establish security on borrowed money. You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man`s initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner... I felt that I had suddenly acquired value to myself, to my family, and to the world.

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.