Posted on 06/23/2024 3:54:10 AM PDT by NetAddicted
President Donald Trump left a $500 tip at a restaurant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and wrote, “Vote Trump, No Tax on Tip” on the check.
In a video shared to X by Margo Martin, Trump’s deputy director of communications, Trump can be seen writing on a check at Tony and Nick’s Steaks, and saying, “No tax on tips” as people in the background can be heard cheering.
“No tax on tips!” Trump says.
A photo posted to X by Martin shows a group of employees holding up the check signed by Trump, with the words, “Vote Trump. No tax on tip.”
Nicky Lucidonio, who owns the cheesesteak restaurant, Tony and Nick’s Steaks, told Fox Business that it was an “unbelievable” moment and that the former president answered questions and signed “hats” and “everything.”
“It was just unbelievable,” Lucidonio told the outlet. “He was talking to people, you know, they’re asking questions. He’s answering them. He’s signing hats. He signed and everything.”
Lucidonio explained to the outlet that a woman had come into his restaurant on Friday telling him she had a “big order” of roughly 200 sandwiches.
“Wow, 200 cheesesteaks. I said, ‘Great, who’s it for?’ She wanted to help me. She said it’s for some special people,” Lucidonio told the outlet.
During a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, earlier this month, Trump promised that if elected president, his administration would eliminate taxes on tips for people who work in service industry-related jobs.
“So, this is the first time I’ve said this. And, for those hotel workers and people that get tips, you’re going to be very happy,” Trump said at the time. “Becaus....
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That’s what Laura Trump was saying tonight on Mark Levin’s show.
Why should I use my already taxed money to give a tip (some here call it “gift) to someone else tax free? Trump is way off on this one. Smart people will simply reduce the percentage they tip to compensate with the net effect being the status quo.
A conservative wants people to keep more of their own money.
A conservative, to my mind, is delighted whenever anyone can do that.
And just wishes to keep more of their own.
Don’t begrudge anyone their own money.
Tony and Bick's Cheesesteak Milano.
No, he’s not.
The government needs to cut spending, not tax everything to the air we breathe.
He’s right. Cut out taxes on tips. It disincentivizes good service and only rewards people who lie and are dishonest about the amount of tips they make.
Besides, that money has already been taxed a few times, when the person earned it, and when they bought something with it, and now it’s whenever it changes hands? Howe many times do you think money should be taxed?
Besides, why are you concerned with what others do? If you don’t want to tip, have at it. But don’t penalize others who do.
Just don’t tip at all.
Write on the receipt “Sorry, but I don’t tip people that don’t pay taxes”.
And Deep State will be delighted that they’ve succeeded in getting someone else to join in their game of lets-you-and-him-fight.
Shoulda left it in cash
Bump.
I doubt AOC paid taxes on the tips she stole from her fellow employees. But she’s no doubt against Trumps idea.
Cash is the only untraceable method. Trumps check will give bank and IRS a path to persecute one.
How do you know the entire bill + tip wasn’t paid in cash? That receipt is not a CC receipt.
Nails it.
How much is a sandwich ? $ 15 ? Drink $ 5 ? 20 x 200 = 4000 dollars . $ 500 is a 12.5% tip ?
The bill he tipped $500 on is for a little over $1K.
I guess you didn’t go to the article.
Now you’re talking.
The poor who pay no taxes should, must, pay their fair share.
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