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Trump and Harris Zero Tax on Tips for Casino Workers May Be Red Herring
Politics tamfitronics Both Trump and Harris have promised casino workers that they would pass legislation that exempts tips from taxes, effectively boosting their cash-on-hand in real terms. Yet, none of the two candidates has told workers how hard passing such legislation would be, verging on the impossible.Trump and Harris Think Good Politics, Not Good PolicyEliminating tax on workers’ tips would be a major challenge, not least because it would deprive the federal budget of important revenue.Yet, such a move would invite further economic chicanery with workers and employers suddenly finding themselves in a position where they have realized that parts of their remunerations might better qualify as tips.Despite both Harris and Trumps’ desire to court workers and voters in swing states, the practicality of their attack line from the stump has been more of a...
Trump is a ‘coward’: Kamal implies during Pennsylvania appearance
Politics tamfitronics US Vice President Kamala Harris Sunday subtly criticised former President Donald Trump, suggesting that her opponent was a "coward" whose politics centered on undermining rivals, Reuters reported. Harris made these comments during a campaign event in the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania, alongside her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. This appearance came before she heads to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which begins on Monday.Harris addressed the crowd of supporters, saying, "Over the last several years there's been this kind of perversion that has taken place, I think, which is to suggest that the measure of the strength of a leader is based on who you beat down. When what we know is the real and true measure of the strength of a leader is based on who you lift up....
‘Right-wing moaners want key workers to play humble Oliver Twist’
Politics tamfitronics Columnist Kevin Maguire says that denouncing the Labour government as being in the unions’ pocket, simply for clearing up a Tory mess, is politics for the ignorantTories smear as greedy rogues our junior doctors and train drivers, says Kevin MaguireIt did not take long, of course, for the inner Mr Bumble to come out in many Conservatives, right-whingers, reactionaries and their media cheerleaders. When they smear as greedy rogues our junior doctors and train drivers – who not so very long ago they clapped as key workers – it is because they want them to play humble Oliver Twist, subsisting on thin gruel in the workhouse. And denouncing the Labour government as being in the unions’ pocket, simply for clearing up a Tory mess, is politics for the ignorant. Facts never bother Cons,...
