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Originally Posted by Aces4
You must move in some pretty important circles where the cost of food and booze is so high that the servers are getting filthy rich.
I suggest an attempt to work as a server in The Villagers to those who feel people performing those "menial" jobs shouldn't be paid adequately for their efforts. Also, inquire what the base wage is before tips. Talk about a crappy job for peanuts...
And if you know any waitress/waiter making $438.36 a day, seven days a week, 52 weeks out of the year, I'm impressed.
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Why should a low paid waitress who gets tips be entitled to tax free income while a low paid supermarket cashier who doesn't receive tips is not? If Congress is really interested in helping the working class poor they should simply increase the standard deduction for taxpayers below a certain income threshold. I do not consider income of $160,000/year to be working class poor. Highly compensated taxpayers will find a way to game the system to convert salaries, bonuses, commissions and business income into tips. And, since thousands of IRS employees were recently fired there is very little chance of them being audited.