Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agoBiden would sign a bill eliminating a tax on tips, White House saysthehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkBiden would sign a bill eliminating a tax on tips, White House saysthehill.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squaregnate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-211 months agoExcluding tipped jobs from minimum wage is one distinguishing factor (that we sound also get rid of, but…“States’ rights!”)
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agothat would probably solve everything, along with having an actual, reasonable, minimum wage. (including, point of fact, tipping culture.) But um. nope. the best they can do is, “oh we won’t tax it.” Milquetoast half-assed solutions are how we got into this mess.
Excluding tipped jobs from minimum wage is one distinguishing factor (that we sound also get rid of, but…“States’ rights!”)
that would probably solve everything, along with having an actual, reasonable, minimum wage. (including, point of fact, tipping culture.)
But um. nope. the best they can do is, “oh we won’t tax it.” Milquetoast half-assed solutions are how we got into this mess.