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Posted on 08/10/2024 7:13:13 PM PDT by janetjanet998
Kamala Harris calls for no taxes on tips at Las Vegas rally
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It’s a moot point really because I doubt Congress will vote for a plan like that. Based on their history, they’ll limit the percentage of tips that will be tax free just like they did for Social Security. Those greedy MF-ers will try to hang onto as much of our money as possible.
It also stifles service above and beyond the minimum. Socialism at its finest.
Key words are “work to eliminate taxes.” She also doesn’t include drivers or online personalities who accept tips.
She wants to raise the minimum wage too, meaning a good portion of those tipped employees will no longer have a job. All part of the plan I guess.
How original...
She also called for a national minimum wage. Trump elevated it as a copy but what he should be saying is her policy as a whole would be a job killer and tips wouldn’t be taxed because they wouldn’t be given (if you still had a job)
Vance did say it. That being said they should tie it to making Trump’s tax cuts permanent. She proposed alongside this national minimum wage. Trump needs to say her proposal is a job killer and draw the distinction. Then explain that her policies are inflationary and then remind people of food prices then say she has no idea what she is doing. To me, of they do this right then the honeymoon is really over and we have a real debate.
Trump MUST be elected this time, no matter what it takes. That is priority #1, and nothing supersedes it. If Kamala, or whoever ends up being the dems’ final candidate, wins, this country is over. I think Trump realizes that there are far too many freakin’ morons who vote now, and that the dems manipulate them by telling them what they want to hear. He’s apparently decided that our side has to do at least a little of the same thing, and I agree. Unfortunately, trying to stay “above it all” and engaging in soliloquies about supply side economics will just get us a great big “L” and a seat on the sidelines with a view to the final destruction of America. The dimwits are now a large enough bloc that they can sway elections, so we have no choice but to pander to them. Afterward, we can just forget the promises we made to them, just as the dems do.
I have zero respect for the swarms of idiots we have in this country now, and therefore no reservations about manipulating them in any way possible to obtain the power necessary to try to turn the country around. The Left made them this way, so I say use the Left’s pawns against them.
The legal rationale is that a gratuity (tip) is a gift, and should be subject to the $18,000 annual gift tax exclusion.
I don’t want her to ‘do it now’ - because if she does, then that’s one less plank in Trump’s platform. And, I’m not sure, but I think Congress has to change the tax code, it’s not a magic wand sort of thing. I could. be wrong.
“I don’t want her to ‘do it now’ - because if she does, then that’s one less plank in Trump’s platform. And, I’m not sure, but I think Congress has to change the tax code, it’s not a magic wand sort of thing. I could. be wrong.”
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I agree… and you’re not wrong. Implementing changes such as this requires more than passing a law and then waving a magic wand. Lots of planning and reprogramming would need to be accomplished… both on the government’s side and on the side of the private sector. MILLIONS of small businesses would have to change their processes.
Trump should do just what he’s doing now… make fun of the Cackler and say next thing she’ll pretend to adopt the MAGA themes. Above all DON’T LET THE CACKLER UPSET ANY OF US… particularly President Trump. That’s her entire reason for doing this.
...or moan....if selected, she will reverse that, or increase other taxes....she is a total political lying chimera...made of different disparate parts..this election seems to be a measure of how many “woke” idiots + cheating there are versus the number of based people who vote...
Its not a gift. No service- No tip. I am so tired of hearing that tips are a gift. They are not. I I walked up to waitress that did not serve me and gave them some money then that would be a gift.
“I walked up to waitress that did not serve me and gave them some money then that would be a gift.”
If the establishment’s policy is to pool/share tips, then if you only tipped the waitress that served you, the other waitress eventually would receive your money. It’s all very confusing.
I won’t tip at all if it’s a gift. Gifts are a private matter.
Tips are not a given. Some people don’t leave them. The actual pay is very low and tips many times don’t even bring it up to average in some service/tip jobs.
I worked as a server while putting myself through college and raising 3 kids. Back then, we didn’t have to claim tips. The idea being, your $2 you leave as a tip, that’s in your pocket, was already taxed. My paycheck (if you can call it that) was about $30 a week after taxes, minimum wage was $1.32 an hour for servers. No one can live off that. Then the government stuck their hand out and said “we want your money”. We had to claim 8% of from the amount of our sales. 8% 0f $100 is $8. We were lucky to make $5 per $100.
Tips = To Insure Prompt Service
Tips are voluntary. Have skin in the game? I worked 50-60 hours a week, no vacations, no health benefits, nothing. Have you ever once in your life waited on tables? Everyone should do it once.
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