It is not uncommon for servers to make more than the cooks/dishwashers. So fuck them right? I'm sure they'd like to have a large percent of their income suddenly become untaxable.
If you want to help low income people then reduce the rate for the entire bracket. Don't decide that only one part of the service industry gets a break. Fuck retail, fuck supermarket workers, fuck gas station attendants. I just don't like it, it is arbitrary and unfair.
The dishwasher and cooks are paid minimum wage or more, not server minimum wage. Why should they get tips?
Everyone you mentioned is making $10/hr or more than the servers are being paid.
Arguments could be made for other employee groups as you have made. An across the board tax change to make the first $35k income tax exempt could cover them all. Why $35K? I used $16x40x52 and rounded up a bit. Maybe that comes later for all if Trump is elected and he hobbles the IRS. IDK. Big changes are coming. Trump has hinted at using tariffs to fund the government while eliminating the federal income tax.
I'm not saying cooks should get tips. I'm saying overall servers make more money. It doesn't matter where the money comes from tips or wage. What matters is your total income and you should pay taxes in the bracket your income falls in. This policy grants privilege to some and not others within that bracket. IMO it isn't much different then affirmative action, both policies give preference to one group over another.
Trump has hinted at using tariffs to fund the government while eliminating the federal income tax.
I'm not sure that would work without sizably reducing government. Which I'm all for.
This policy grants privilege to some and not others
Servers are already a disenfranchised group, they aren't paid minimum wage like everyone in the kitchen.
It's kind of like a successful 4-year degreed engineer in engineering development getting paid $100K/yr to design/develop/manufacture widgets vs some schmoozer Marketing and Sales dude with a 2 year degree getting $250K selling those widgets. In my mind the guy creating the widget should get more than the guy selling it ... but that's not how it usually works.
I'm not sure that would work without sizably reducing government. Which I'm all for.
A forced diet with real House approved budgets. 3/4 of Federal Govt would disappear overnight.
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