“Look, it is criminal what this big horrible bill is doing,” said Ted Pappageorge, secretary-treasurer of Culinary Workers Union Local 226 in Nevada, home to the highest concentration of tipped workers. The union supports removing federal taxes on tips, he said, but warned that Republicans’ massive cuts will overwhelm the benefit.
“Trillions of dollars of tax cuts for the super-rich while millions of folks lose health care—no taxes on tips is not gonna fix that,” Pappageorge said.