For every big earner, there were hundreds more just scraping along.

And best of all, the pain would hardly be noticeable to the big earners involved.

"Part of the problem is these big earners naturally get more attention."

I represented such big earners for years, and no more than 5 percent gave significantly.

Medicaid fraud was the biggest earner, generating $40,000 to $50,000 per month, he said.

The drive to speed cameras in place of traffic officers was a big earner at a huge cost.

Bob Diamond isn't even the biggest earner in his own bank.

On the other hand, it was never a big earner, either.

In the past two years, tourism, the country's single biggest earner, has revived.

The film grossed over $4.5 million, making it 20th's biggest earner of 1949.