Comment on As Trump and Harris call to end tip taxes, a wider minimum wage war heats up

• return2ozma@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I agree.

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  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yup, they beat me to the punch but ensure a living wage.

    Also, we can try to be careful but everytime we add a “Type of income X isn’t taxed” the majority of untaxed income under that rule comes from the wealthy… dodging taxes is worth millions of dollars so the wealthy can hire teams of accountants to find loopholes.

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• Death_Equity@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I would be concerned about having wait staff and other tipped positions be paid a livable minimum wage because it may cause people to stop tipping, which would result in a pay cut. There wouldn’t be the argument “They don’t even make minimum, I need to tip them.”, it would become “They make 22.50 an hour, I don’t need to tip them.”

  When I worked as a delivery driver, I did well only because of tips. If I was paid minimum wage and people stopped tipping, I would have been fucked.

  If they get paid a livable minimum and tips are still just as generous, that would be a huge win for people that could use it.

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  • Snazz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    When I worked as a delivery driver, I did well only because of tips. If I was paid minimum wage and people stopped tipping, I would have been fucked.

    So basically if your job had no tips, it would require a higher salary than minimum wage to retain workers.

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  • IamAnonymous@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You tip because they don’t make a minimum wage. I don’t get a tip when I do my work at my job. I certainly would be motivated to do a lot better if I got a tip after every meeting. I worked as a delivery driver and I did expect tips because I barely made money doing the deliveries but can’t expect it if I’m making a living wage.

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not convinced tipping culture would change so quickly such that it would be an overnight decrease in net income.

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    • Death_Equity@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In this economy? Tipping would change drastically if people knew the employee was paid 22.50.

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