But dumping milk would have meant temporarily cutting their income.
For Dougherty, that would have been disastrous, cutting her income by more than half.
Why would we trust an energy supplier to act to effectively cut its future income?
The union, saying that the standoff had already cut its members' income by 15 percent for the year, rejected the offer as inadequate.
Putting it off until you are 30 would cut your likely income to £8,850.
Even putting it off until the age of 30 would cut your likely income to £8,850.
The loss of child benefit would cut their income by twenty five percent.
But one recent analysis suggests a £50,000 limit would cut Labour's income by 72%.
They think, 'You are trying to cut my income.'
To carry the comparison further, this is a family that insists on cutting its own income along the way.