Also.... which f’n administration was it that decided to start taxing tips to begin with. Seems like Clinton but the memory is foggy.
“taxing tips”
As I understand it, tips were considered income that legally had to be reported as income on a 1040.
The 8% presumption rule was in effect before I even heard of the name of Bill Clinton.
The middle class began paying federal income tax under FDR. I think FICA was first for Social Security and then the 1040 stuff in a really big way for WW2. After WW2, leftists in Great Britain and the United States decided to continue high middle class income taxes to fund the modern welfare state.