“In another financial policy shift, Republicans are also pledging to eliminate taxes on tips. This was first floated by Trump just over a month ago, but the policy is now coming up in speech after speech here at the RNC. And it was even touted in this primetime convention video that was focused on service workers.
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This idea could prove tricky for tax authorities to enforce though, and it would likely reduce federal revenue by billions of dollars. But in the swing state of Nevada, which Trump narrowly lost in 2016 and 2020, it could also prove popular among workers in hotels and restaurants. We got a hold of Ted Papa George.
He is the Secretary-Treasurer of Las Vegas Culinary Workers Union Local 226. And he told us that Democrats had backed union issues for a long time, but that the new support from the GOP was welcome.
“We've been at this for 30 years, and it's actually serious business. So we don't take a bunch of wild promises too seriously. Is there going to be a possibility of just wiping out taxes on tips completely?
That's never going to happen in our opinion. But workers are being heard on this issue right now because the Republicans are trying to reach out to working class voters. We think that's great.”