--- title: "11 Wage Earners Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Wage Earners quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Wage Earners sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e4/clive-bell-20932_class_do-not-mistake-a-crowd-of-big-wage-earne_1400664.png" --- > [Do not mistake a crowd of big wage earners for the leisure class.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-bell/do-not-mistake-a-crowd-of-big-wage-earners-for-the-leisure-class/) [Clive Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e4/clive-bell-20932_class_do-not-mistake-a-crowd-of-big-wage-earne_1400664.png) > [Capitalism has improved the standard of living of the wage earners to an unprecedented extent. The average American family enjoys today amenities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/capitalism-has-improved-the-standard-of-living-of-the-wage-earners-to/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f3/ludwig-von-mises-364_amenities_capitalism-has-improved-the-standard-of_3057665.png) > [The tax laws are written by men with considerable net worth, and with little understanding of what wage-earners must do to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-l-gross-2/the-tax-laws-are-written-by-men-with-considerable-net-worth-and-with/) [Martin L. Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-l-gross-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/martin-l-gross-2-92013_considerable_the-tax-laws-are-written-by-men-with-con_2825417.jpg) > [If we are the greatest nation the sun ever shone upon, it would seem to be mainly because we have been able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/upton-sinclair/if-we-are-the-greatest-nation-the-sun-ever-shone-upon-it-would-seem/) [Upton Sinclair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/upton-sinclair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a83/upton-sinclair-4341_able_if-we-are-the-greatest-nation-the-sun-ev_920177.png) > [Inflation, interest rates and immigration - the three I's - have created a toxic economic mix for the bottom 50% of American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-bessent/inflation-interest-rates-and-immigration-the-three-i-s-have-created-a/) [Scott Bessent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-bessent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/305/scott-bessent-8205_american_inflation-interest-rates-and-immigration_783789.jpg) > [In the present state of human society, however, We deem it advisable that the wage-contract should, when possible, be modified somewhat by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xi/in-the-present-state-of-human-society-however-we-deem-it-advisable/) [Pope Pius XI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/pope-pius-xi-14323_advisable_in-the-present-state-of-human-society-ho_349802.jpg) > [All day long this man would toil thus, his whole being centered upon the purpose of making twenty-three instead of twenty-two and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/upton-sinclair/all-day-long-this-man-would-toil-thus-his-whole-being-centered-upon/) [Upton Sinclair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/upton-sinclair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/775/upton-sinclair-4341_able_all-day-long-this-man-would-toil-thus-hi_2845480.png) > [Vacations for wage earners have proved both popular with workers and profitable for employers. Unfortunately, the majority of large employers have not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/vacations-for-wage-earners-have-proved-both-popular-with-workers-and/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/309/b-c-forbes-2124_abandoned_vacations-for-wage-earners-have-proved-b_2756161.jpg) > [If the ordinary wage-earner worked four hours a day, there would be enough for everybody and no unemployment -- assuming a certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/if-the-ordinary-wage-earner-worked-four-hours-a-day-there-would-be/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/bertrand-russell-69_america_if-the-ordinary-wage-earner-worked-four_704965.jpg) > [One of the tax systems in the US is for wage earners. The government takes money from them out of each paycheck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cay-johnston/one-of-the-tax-systems-in-the-us-is-for-wage-earners-the-government/) [David Cay Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cay-johnston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/david-cay-johnston-10155_cheat_one-of-the-tax-systems-in-the-us-is-for_3234846.jpg) > [“With the two sides entrenched, each began a campaign for public sympathy. The focus was wages. How much did Lawrence textile workers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-watson/with-the-two-sides-entrenched-each-began-a-campaign-for-public/) [Bruce Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/bruce-watson-37958_two-sides_with-the-two-sides-entrenched-each-began_448029.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wage-earners/#itemlist", "name": "Wage Earners Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Do not mistake a crowd of big wage earners for the leisure class.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Clive Bell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-bell/do-not-mistake-a-crowd-of-big-wage-earners-for-the-leisure-class/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e4/clive-bell-20932_class_do-not-mistake-a-crowd-of-big-wage-earne_1400664.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e4/clive-bell-20932_class_do-not-mistake-a-crowd-of-big-wage-earne_1400664.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e4/clive-bell-20932_class_do-not-mistake-a-crowd-of-big-wage-earne_1400664.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Do not mistake a crowd of big wage earners for the leisure class.” — Clive Bell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Capitalism has improved the standard of living of the wage earners to an unprecedented extent. 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Unfortunately, the majority of large employers have not yet followed the example set by a number of progressive corporations. I don't know of a single company that has abandoned vacations for wage earners after having tried the experiment. But I do know many that are delighted with the fruits they have gathered. Under some of the plans vacations with pay must be earned by good behavior, punctuality, etc… The best results have come where the treatment has been regarded as most liberal.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "B. C. 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In America men often work long hours even when they are well off; such men, naturally, are indignant at the idea of leisure for wage-earners, except as the grim punishment of unemployment; in fact, they dislike leisure even for their sons.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bertrand Russell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/if-the-ordinary-wage-earner-worked-four-hours-a-day-there-would-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/bertrand-russell-69_america_if-the-ordinary-wage-earner-worked-four_704965.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/bertrand-russell-69_america_if-the-ordinary-wage-earner-worked-four_704965.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/bertrand-russell-69_america_if-the-ordinary-wage-earner-worked-four_704965.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If the ordinary wage-earner worked four hours a day, there would be enough for everybody and no unemployment…” — Bertrand Russell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of the tax systems in the US is for wage earners. The government takes money from them out of each paycheck - so it knows how much they make, and those workers can't cheat to any significant degree. But the other tax system is for capital. Those with capital get to tell the government what they want to tell. They may get audited, but if their tax returns are of any size the government doesn't have enough of the smart auditors to figure out what's really going on. And there are the rules that allow you to do things like take in money today and pay taxes on it thirty years from now.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Cay Johnston" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cay-johnston/one-of-the-tax-systems-in-the-us-is-for-wage-earners-the-government/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/david-cay-johnston-10155_cheat_one-of-the-tax-systems-in-the-us-is-for_3234846.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/david-cay-johnston-10155_cheat_one-of-the-tax-systems-in-the-us-is-for_3234846.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/david-cay-johnston-10155_cheat_one-of-the-tax-systems-in-the-us-is-for_3234846.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One of the tax systems in the US is for wage earners. 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For every weaver, they pointed out, there were dozens of doffers, sweepers, and bobbin boys earning $4.50 a week or less. Mill owners countered that such low pay was earned only by the least skilled workers, few in number and not prime wage earners. 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