"Why would I let you do that?" "Because you're not earning anything on your money".
She does not earn anything extra for her position as vice chairwoman.
And remember that at some point in the year, you are likely to be between projects and not earning anything.
But it is self-evident that people who do not earn anything don't pay income tax.
He signed a nice long-term contract but will not earn anything near what he would have earned had he been able to shop his services to the highest bidder among all thirty-one N.F.L. teams.
And 17% of all writers did not earn anything at all during 2013, said the ALCS, adding that 98% of those authors had published a work every year from 2010 to 2013.
They do not earn anything close to $250,000 a year: Big Joe, who is 25 and handles construction, makes $17.50 an hour; Little Joe, 24, who does "jobbing" — last-minute calls like boiler inspections, new water heaters, no heat and sewer stoppages — $18.
Historian William Gallagher adds: "Drama takes so long to get from idea to the screen, so you're spending a lot of money but it's not earning anything until several years into the run".
In a recent case, the wife was an executive at a major national bank, while her husband stayed home with the kids, trying build a business "selling keychains online, but essentially not earning anything," Rosen says.
"People are just there, not earning anything, and they think, 'what will we do?'" Gordillo said.
