alt Hacker News"No tax of tips" is one of the most brilliant political ploys ever. You really gotta give Trump credit. It doesn't really cost anything, businesses love it, and you can trot it out as a victory for the working class while you screw them on their health care or energy costs.
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It’s not really, it’s the kind of thing that only a populist could do. If a Democrat did this, people would hate it for this very reason. This would just another “NeoLib” concoction to screw the working class.
Trump is a populist president.
People just don't recognize it because right-wing populism is a different breed than left-wing populism (the only one they have had exposure to).
Tariffs are a populist move as well. If you go look at Bernie's old website (pre-trump) he has a whole section about the importance of tariffs.
Idk, tipping expectation is really unpopular, and anyone can see how this feeds it.