People who work in the service industry rely on tips from customers to help them pay the bills.
Unfortunately, these hard-working Americans must also pay income tax on the tips that they receive.
Now, one key battleground state has praised Donald Trump’s “no taxes on tips” proposal, and they did it long before Kamala decided to jump on the trend.
Nevada largely endorses Trump’s “no tax on tips” pledge
Back in June, during a rally in Nevada, former President Donald Trump proposed ending federal taxation of tips earned by workers in the service industry.
At the time, it shocked some union leaders, and raised alarm bells for many Democrats in the state – likely because they knew the proposal would be a hit for their constituents.
A large portion of Nevada’s population are working class Americans whose jobs are in the hospitality and service industry, and therefore, rely on tips to supplement their income.
Once the proposal was made public, some Democrats and union leaders decided to jump on the bandwagon and embrace the concept of not taxing tips, saying it would help the working class.
They also tried to make the case that Trump would not follow through on his promise.
But weeks after Trump first made his “no tax on tips” pledge, Vice President Kamala Harris also proposed the idea as if it were her own, causing Trump to accuse her of stealing his idea.
In reality, former Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) first proposed ending the taxation of tips via the Tax Free Tips Act in 2007.
Rep. Paul used the exact same concept during several of his campaign stops when he ran for President in 2008 and 2012, most notably in Nevada.
The view of not taxing tips is extremely popular in the battleground state of Nevada, particularly with its Latino and service industry population.
Mark Longabaugh, a Democrat strategist who worked on Senator Bernie Sanders’ (Socialist-VT) Presidential campaigns, said, “It should be a real focus of the Democratic Party, and I think we ought to be looking at it with some concern.”
He also said that Kamala had done a “nice job of addressing” inflation so far, adding that he thinks inflation “is one of the reasons that I think that Republicans were eating into that constituency.”
This wasn’t the plan (at first)
Initially, Trump’s “no taxes on tips” pledge threw Democrats for a loop and many ignored it altogether.
Most Democrats believed it was so unrealistic that it would never stick until the powerful Culinary Union pushed to help make it a priority.
The union has had a long relationship with Kamala and recently endorsed her, which may explain the sudden 180-degree turn.
For now, Kamala is polling better than President Joe Biden in Nevada, but she’s still not at the level of support that Democrats got from Hispanic voters in the state in 2020.
Meanwhile, Republicans have slammed Kamala for jumping on the bandwagon, and Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social that she “copied” his policy for “political purposes.”
He also told Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk during his recent interview on X that Kamala is now trying to be “more Trump than Trump.”
US Political Daily will keep you updated on any developments to this ongoing story.
