Sentence examples for very poor pay from inspiring English sources

In public, both men have endorsed reforming the tax code to a simple flat tax, in which all Americans aside from the very poor pay the same tax rate.

Premiums would be proportional to income, making sure the system is as fair as general taxation, with the premiums for the very poorest paid by the state.

It's only a question of whether the very wealthy or the very poor will pay.

But who, other than tourists and the very poor, actually pays the base fare?

"Also, because my community was very poor, we paid very little much attention to education and to the needs of children with disabilities".

John le Carré's book "The Constant Gardener" touched on some of the issues that arise when big companies pay very poor people to test their drugs.

But Ms Wokhwale's life has been transformed.Ms Wokhwale prospered because being able to make and receive phone calls is so important to people that even the very poor are prepared to pay for it.

This suggests that the very poor are unable to pay to migrate illegally.

"Since these travelling artists were very poor, they could not pay for their accommodations and so painted farmers' panels in exchange for bed and board.

The very poor will not be paying Salmond's extra tax.

The community health worker programme is one of the most effective programmes in Afghanistan, but the challenge is that the health workers are very poor economically and we cannot pay them.