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Mounzer was the father of four young children, and was the only wage earner in his family, also looking after his ailing father and brother.

From BBC

They also increase government revenues from increased earnings and taxes paid by parents, and later by children who go on to become wage earners or entrepreneurs.

From Salon

“Pay day is coming,” Mr. Sunak posted, referring to the savings that an average wage earner would supposedly reap from a cut in mandatory contributions to Britain’s national insurance system.

In Seattle and King County, the median income spiked during the pandemic due to “very high wage earners skewing the top,” said Nona Raybern, communications manager at Seattle’s Office of Housing.

“Many staff members became donors of services rather than wage earners,” he wrote, “This was the result of under-capitalization.”

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