Setting aside your bullshit.
Are you ok with the court’s decision in this case? Are you ok with making it harder and harder to enforce public corruption statutes?
Setting aside your bullshit.Sounds a lot like Joe Biden paying off college debts with taxpayer money...
Do you think your local government filling potholes near your home is some sort of bribe?
The government doing things for the benefit of citizens is like the whole fucking point of government.
It was a comparison between the "No Tax on Tips" being called a bribe comment and Biden paying off college debts is just as much a bribe as the tax exemption on tips is a bribe.
Will Trump be going to check on the people excused from taxes on tips verify they vote for him?
We all know that neither of these is a bribe. I would say that both are enticements for votes however.
I am all for no taxes on tips.
See above.
Back at you.
Tips are income and should absolutely be taxed. Not just for the obvious reason but also for the follow on effects that would absolutely happen where all of a sudden people find all sorts of ways to reclassify their earnings.It was a comparison between the "No Tax on Tips" being called a bribe comment and Biden paying off college debts is just as much a bribe as the tax exemption on tips is a bribe.
Will Trump be going to check on the people excused from taxes on tips verify they vote for him?
We all know that neither of these is a bribe. I would say that both are enticements for votes however.
I am all for no taxes on tips.
See above.
Back at you.
What about Trump asking oil companies for 1 billion dollars in exchange for less regulations?Sounds a lot like Joe Biden paying off college debts with taxpayer money...
Pairs perfectly with Trump wanting to get rid of taxes on tips. Next stop is to make bribes tax deductible.
Who called trumps “tip policy” a bribe?
It was pretty incredible how the Constitution explicitly forbids the president taking gifts from other countries and the lease on the old Trump hotel explicitly forbid any member of the government from profiting off it and then a bunch of foreign countries just went over to the hotel and very publicly bribed Trump and nobody did anything.Why not, they neutered the emoluments clause.
So have you figured out which early voting day you're gonna vote for Trump? Or are you mailing in your vote for him (be careful people are saying mail-in voting is treasonous)?Sounds a lot like Joe Biden paying off college debts with taxpayer money...
That's communism!!Do you think your local government filling potholes near your home is some sort of bribe?
The government doing things for the benefit of citizens is like the whole fucking point of government.
Seems it was implied here by K1052. Or why else did he bring it up in this thread?
Tips are income and should absolutely be taxed. Not just for the obvious reason but also for the follow on effects that would absolutely happen where all of a sudden people find all sorts of ways to reclassify their earnings.
That $1000 meeting with your lawyer? Turns out it was really a $100 meeting with a $900 suggested gratuity.
Seems it was implied here by K1052. Or why else did he bring it up in this thread?
I think that college debts are a contract that the person entered into and they should pay their debts as promised. The debt cancellation is just passing on the debt to taxpayers.
Granted not taxing tips would have to be well thought out and defined to prevent fraud.
I think that the overall tip process is bull shit and should be illegal. By this I mean where an employer pays his staff a bare minimum and then they have to make up the difference with tips. The employer should be made to pay at least the minimum wage and preferably a living wage for the area.
So have you figured out which early voting day you're gonna vote for Trump? Or are you mailing in your vote for him (be careful people are saying mail-in voting is treasonous)?
Have you thought about what you're going to wear that day?
The taxpayers covered most of my college costs. They did it at the front end instead of running me through the debt mill that modern students are subjected to. Letting students off the hook for college costs that used to be paid directly by the taxpayers is a good idea for everybody.I think that college debts are a contract that the person entered into and they should pay their debts as promised. The debt cancellation is just passing on the debt to taxpayers.
Yes, it is passing the debt on to taxpayers the same way debt financed tax cuts pass those taxes onto other taxpayers.I think that college debts are a contract that the person entered into and they should pay their debts as promised. The debt cancellation is just passing on the debt to taxpayers.
I hate tipping culture as well but since it's how the US works I've resigned myself to it. I would love for it to go away (it's a legacy of slavery, after all).Granted not taxing tips would have to be well thought out and defined to prevent fraud.
I think that the overall tip process is bull shit and should be illegal. By this I mean where an employer pays his staff a bare minimum and then they have to make up the difference with tips. The employer should be made to pay at least the minimum wage and preferably a living wage for the area.
That's your first mistake...thinking that education is valued by GOP voters. For a lot of them any sort of higher education is a liberal brainwashing farm and are just for people to get useless degrees.A country full of educated people is needed to compete with other countries who value intelligence.
Keep repeating that and maybe it will be true. I don't know where you live but your 3rd party vote might as well be a vote for Trump, but it's your vote of course.I'm not voting for Trump or Biden / AKA Kamala Harris.
Yes, it is passing the debt on to taxpayers the same way debt financed tax cuts pass those taxes onto other taxpayers.
I'm fine with it as a concept because student loans were always a bad idea but it should have been paired with ending student loans as a concept.
I hate tipping culture as well but since it's how the US works I've resigned myself to it. I would love for it to go away (it's a legacy of slavery, after all).
If tips are here though they are income like anyone else's income. There's no reason to exempt one type of income from taxation.
"Yes, it is passing the debt on to taxpayers the same way debt financed tax cuts pass those taxes onto other taxpayers."
The one that signed the contract should pay it. Not the taxpayers or people that paid their own debts and are now being saddled with others debts.
"it should have been paired with ending student loans as a concept."
I agree with this.
"(it's a legacy of slavery, after all)."
How are tips associated with slavery?
"If tips are here though they are income like anyone else's income. There's no reason to exempt one type of income from taxation."
There are lots of incomes that aren't taxed. For example I only pay taxes on 85% of my Social Security income...
That's a perfectly reasonable position to hold but again, that's a policy choice. I think rich people shouldn't get tax cuts financed by debt, higher inflation, and higher interest rates for regular people."Yes, it is passing the debt on to taxpayers the same way debt financed tax cuts pass those taxes onto other taxpayers."
The one that signed the contract should pay it. Not the taxpayers or people that paid their own debts and are now being saddled with others debts.
Tipping of course existed before the civil war but it really took off in the US during Reconstruction where recently freed slaves worked mostly in service roles and the basic deal was they were not paid but customers were expected to give them a little money in exchange. Basically a way to keep slavery going without it being explicitly slavery. It's also why you generally only see tipping in lower status service jobs."it should have been paired with ending student loans as a concept."
I agree with this.
"(it's a legacy of slavery, after all)."
How are tips associated with slavery?
I think all income should be taxed, regardless of its origin."If tips are here though they are income like anyone else's income. There's no reason to exempt one type of income from taxation."
There are lots of incomes that aren't taxed. For example I only pay taxes on 85% of my Social Security income...