Trump just announced a No Tax on Overtime Pay policy!
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Tips are luck based? People like yourself make it luck based because it sounds like you refuse to pay them. I think they call that being a cheap bastard.
Tips actually bypass the government, eliminating a chance to tax them. The money is going straight into the waitress's pocket. This reduces the overhead for the restaurant and brings down the price of your meal.
Remember the Boston Tea Party when they protested a 2 cent tax on tea. Today we are paying upwards of 40% of our income on government taxes. For you to advocate we all pay more taxes is mind blowing. Insufficient taxes is not the problem, it is the size of our government that is the issue. Eliminate 90% of the government and we can all keep our hard-earned money in our pockets,
You need to take a couple classes in economics. You have no idea what drives the prices of goods and services. Its not the amount of money in your pocket, its the amount of money in circulation. When the government prints more, we pay more. When it switches from pocket to pocket there is no effect.
I work 12 hour shifts, 3 days a week is full time. I get paid every two weeks. If I go in for one day of overtime per paycheck it adds $1000 to every paycheck and guess what, I still have 14 days off each month to do whatever I need to do. What the hell do you mean by personal care? If I work 2 days per month overtime, I won't be able to take care of myself? Sorry, I take that money and I buy organic food, instead of the cheap shit. I use that money to take vacations and save for my retirement. Working overtime gives me the financial means to treat myself to an upgraded life.
Increasing minimum wage increases the price of goods. The employer has to raise prices to make a profit after paying employees higher wages.
There is a difference between government enforced policies and people working harder to get ahead. When the government gets involved, the price of everything will increase, apply that to housing, automobiles, education, etc.
Retailers do not know how much money we have in our pockets. I can walk around with a $million in my pocket and the prices will be the same. Retailers have to keep prices reasonable to stay in business, our you will shop elsewhere.
You really sound disgruntled. Work a couple days of OT and save for a vacation, you sound like you need it.
I see I am dealing with a brainwashed socialist. Are you a Antifa?
"Workers shouldn't be forced to rely on the generosity of strangers"
They are not forced to do anything, if they don't like their occupation they can go find another job.
"You're literally describing tax evasion, why should that be tolerated?"
Federal income tax are unconstitutional. Look through the Constitution and show me where it says it is mandatory.
"We have a problem with certain people keeping too much of their money in their pockets"
Like I said, you are a socialist or perhaps communist.
"Money in circulation doesn't effect the supply of consumer wealth, the average man having more money means that companies are able to charge higher prices due to that extra wealth"
There are thousands of millionaires across the country. Why are we not paying $1000 for a loaf of bread? Your theory is bullshit.
Say we have a brain surgeon who makes $5 million per year and a woman working at Target making $20,000 per year. If the brain surgeon is forced to give up all of his wealth to bring him down the the woman's financial level guess what, we would have no more brain surgeons. Why would anyone extend himself to make a $5 million income if he knew at the end of the day he would be left with $20,000?
Here is another scenario to exemplify you socialist mindset. Teacher tells his students your test grades will be decided based on a common score of the class. A student who studied hard and got every answer right, who should have got a "A" on the test, instead gets a "C" because another student who refused to study and failed the test. The student who studied hard gets upset and say "fuck it", I'm not going to study either. The next test, everyone fails because their is no motivation to do well.
The socialist agenda is a pathway to complete failure.
" I struggle to find time after even 6 hours of working"
You sleep 8 hours per day, you work 6 hours, that leaves 10 hours open, how the fuck are you pressed for time. You are just a lazy fuck. I have been working 12 hour shifts for 35 years and have never killed anyone while driving. I assume you have inferior genes or psychological issues.
If you don't want to work more than 6 hours per day, that is your prerogative, more power to you. Myself, I have a wife and children to support, a nice home, a new truck and live very comfortably. That is the lifestyle I prefer. I most likely wouldn't be able to afford my lifestyle if I was giving half my wage to you.
"The employees end up with more money to buy those goods"
That may be true, but you are increasing the cost for everyone, not just the employees. I thought your arguement was my overtime increased the cost of products for you. Now you want to increase cost for me? That sounds hypocritical.
"Vacations are some of the biggest wastes of money that exist"
Some of us like to get out and see the world, live a little. Some of my best memories are vacations I have taken. When I am laying on my deathbed, I can say I did my best, enjoyed life to its fullest extent and I have no regrets.
The other option, the one you are advocating for, is to strive for nothing, never acheive anything and live a poor existence, hoping someone will give me some of their money and die unfulfilled.
No thank you.
Have a good day.