wage-earning

With the death of the wage-earning father, the family struggled in true 19th century Dickensian fashion.

But the Methow shares a Montana-sized problem: Outsized interest in relocating to mountain towns rich in outdoor recreation opportunities, or running short-term rentals there, has squeezed local wage-earning workers and small farmers.

The material existence of billionaires is not something you can easily extrapolate from a wage-earning existence, or even from considerable wealth; they do not simply live in upgraded versions of common financial realities.

Walker, who represents Monongalia County, added, “It affects people of color tremendously. It affects our neighbors in rural communities. It affects low-income wage-earning West Virginians, and it upsets me to my core.”

For example, single wage-earning couples see a tax reduction when they get married, but couples who earn close to equal wages pay higher taxes upon tying the knot.