The no tax on tips provision of Donald Trump’s budget cannot be the pro-labor gift that the president has made it out to be while the rest of the bill slashes health care and other social programs for lower-income people. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shed some light as to why that’s the case.

  • DahGangalang@infosec.pub
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    2 months ago

    AOC:

    “The cap on that is $25,000. While you’re jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,00 across the United States…So if you’re at home and you’re living off tips, you do the math. Is that worth it to you?..This bill is a deal with the devil. It explodes our national debt…To give Elon Musk a tax break and billionaires the greedy taking of our nation? We can not stand for it, and we will not support it.”

    (its unclear from this quote if that’s no tax on $25,000 in gross income for tipped workers; the first $25,000 in tips; or if there are no taxes on those only for those who make under $25,000 per year. None of the possible meaning is a good one, to be clear, but that’s what I was hoping to get answered).

    Article isn’t actually that long and is effectively a short rant AOC gave. Still annoyed with OP for click bait title without substance in post.