Nah, you just don’t understand or appreciate the economics of our tax system at all. It’s OK for people who make less to pay less in taxes or even no taxes. We have a so-called progressive tax for this very reason. Those who make millions and pay no taxes are the real problem with our system in the US. They find all of the loopholes and pay almost zero taxes, while people who are barely scraping by pay punitive tax percentages relative to their take home pay. The bad solution is wanting to fully tax people who can’t afford housing or healthcare while letting the billionaires skate. Trying to frame it as “their fair share” is absolutely laughable. The lack of concern for the billionaires not paying taxes here is very telling.
What? I think you’re the one who can’t appreciate how taxation works (hell, I work in that field).
Someone making 50k/year in salary should pay the same amount of taxes as someone making 20k in salary and 30k in tip.
What you’re arguing for is for that second person to pay taxes on 20k only and to get the rest tax free, meaning they would end up with more in their pockets than the first person even though their total income is the same, that makes no fucking sense and only incentivize tip work in order to maximize people’s net earnings.
If you’re tired of being asked for tip everywhere then you haven’t seen anything if tip is tax free.
Nah, you just don’t understand or appreciate the economics of our tax system at all. It’s OK for people who make less to pay less in taxes or even no taxes. We have a so-called progressive tax for this very reason. Those who make millions and pay no taxes are the real problem with our system in the US. They find all of the loopholes and pay almost zero taxes, while people who are barely scraping by pay punitive tax percentages relative to their take home pay. The bad solution is wanting to fully tax people who can’t afford housing or healthcare while letting the billionaires skate. Trying to frame it as “their fair share” is absolutely laughable. The lack of concern for the billionaires not paying taxes here is very telling.
What? I think you’re the one who can’t appreciate how taxation works (hell, I work in that field).
Someone making 50k/year in salary should pay the same amount of taxes as someone making 20k in salary and 30k in tip.
What you’re arguing for is for that second person to pay taxes on 20k only and to get the rest tax free, meaning they would end up with more in their pockets than the first person even though their total income is the same, that makes no fucking sense and only incentivize tip work in order to maximize people’s net earnings.
If you’re tired of being asked for tip everywhere then you haven’t seen anything if tip is tax free.