I think what the article was trying to say is that someone earning 120K is worse off or the same as someone earning 60K - so there is no benefit in earning more

I think what the article was trying to say is that someone earning 120K is worse off or the same as someone earning 60K - so there is no benefit in earning more money in some cases - you will get no real benefit from that money, you will just have to pay it out for things that others get for free. I think (again) that the issue was that really high earners 300k plus have real benefits from the money but everyone from 150k down is screwed. But i could be wrong.