{"id":2264616,"date":"2024-06-11T07:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T11:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-trumps-tip-tax-pledge-move-the-needle-in-nevada\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T07:15:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T11:15:38","slug":"will-trumps-tip-tax-pledge-move-the-needle-in-nevada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-trumps-tip-tax-pledge-move-the-needle-in-nevada\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Trump&#8217;s promise on tip taxes sway Nevada voters?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwill-trumps-tip-tax-pledge-move-the-needle-in-nevada%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2264616&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump is actively \u2063campaigning in Nevada with the promise\u2062 of eliminating taxes on tipped wages if re-elected. \u2063He announced this pledge\u2064 at a Las Vegas rally, aiming \u200cto appeal\u200d directly to the state&#8217;s substantial workforce\u200d in tourism, a sector \u2063fueled significantly by the gambling and entertainment \u2062industries in Las at Vegas and Reno. Trump&#8217;s proposal is seen as a direct, strategic play to \u2063garner support from a\u2062 specific voter base affected by economic concerns. While some strategists believe this promise\u2064 could influence voter decisions in Nevada\u2014a state that has voted Democratic in recent elections\u2014the practical feasibility of this\u2064 pledge\u200b is questionable.\u2062 Trump&#8217;s campaign has stated that, if \u2064elected, he will request Congress to implement this taxation change. Critics\u2062 argue the likelihood of\u2062 this happening and express skepticism about \u200bTrump&#8217;s ability to deliver on such promises. The broader political implications and the direct impact on workers&#8217;\u200d financial situations make his pledge a notable\u200b tactic in his election campaign. However, there are mixed reactions \u200dfrom union groups and \u200bpolitical analysts on whether the pledge\u2064 will have the intended\u2064 effect on voter behavior.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> is seeking to sway voters in Nevada with his pledge to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3033774\/trump-promises-to-end-taxes-on-tip-wages-at-las-vegas-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">wipe out<\/a> taxes on tipped wages if elected, but whether his vow will help him win the state in November remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s surprise announcement came during a Sunday rally in Las Vegas in what is seen as a direct appeal to voters in the state, as Nevada\u2019s economy is driven by tourism thanks to the gambling and entertainment destinations of Las Vegas and Reno.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time I\u2019ve said this, and for those hotel workers and people that get tips, you\u2019re going to be very happy,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3033774\/trump-promises-to-end-taxes-on-tip-wages-at-las-vegas-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>. \u201cWhen I get into office, we are not going to charge taxes on tips \u2014 on people making tips.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some strategists and advisers agree that Trump\u2019s promise of tax-free tips will help move the needle in the Silver State.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s such a politically potent move on Trump\u2019s part because it\u2019s as direct, unambiguous, and as transactional as you can get,\u201d Kevin Madden, a senior adviser to Mitt Romney\u2019s 2012 presidential campaign, said. \u201cFor all the talk of \u2018campaigning in poetry and governing in prose,\u2019 Trump just skips right to the \u2018elect me and I\u2019ll give you what you want\u2019 part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pledge also hits at weaknesses of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3015494\/biden-economy-marred-cost-living-driving-voters-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">the economy<\/a> and the cost of living.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the political perspective, anything that can have impacts on the margins matters in this extremely close election,\u201d Republican strategist Christian Ferry said. \u201cWith economic concerns dominating the public\u2019s mindset, a targeted appeal like this to a smaller voter segment is meaningful. It directly impacts the pocketbooks of those voters; that makes it meaningful to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Practical questions remain, perhaps most notably whether or not Trump could fulfill the promise even if elected, as the president does not have the power to influence taxation on tipped income. Trump\u2019s campaign told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that he plans to ask Congress to make the change, adding that Biden has \u201caggressively stepped up the IRS going after tip workers,\u201d referring to the expansion of the IRS under Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has previously denied that the expansion of the IRS would affect those making under $400,000 a year.<\/p>\n<p>But politically, the Trump campaign hopes the pledge to eliminate tip income taxes can get him over the edge. Nevada has gone blue in every election since 2008 and Biden won it by a little more than 30,000 votes in 2020, though Trump is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/nevada\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ahead<\/a> by about 5 points in the <em>RealClearPolitics <\/em>voting average for this year\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, the Biden campaign has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/04\/27\/executive-order-on-increasing-the-minimum-wage-for-federal-contractors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"pushed\">pushed<\/a> for raising the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-how-the-gops-stimulus-package-compares-to-bidens\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s How the GOP\u2019s Stimulus Package Compares to Biden\u2019s\">tipped minimum wage<\/a> to be in line with the regular minimum wage and for increasing minimum wages generally. However, any income earned through an hourly wage would be subject to taxation.<\/p>\n<p>Service industry unions such as the Service Employees International Union have a major presence in Nevada and <a href=\"https:\/\/lasvegassun.com\/news\/2024\/jun\/08\/union-workers-urge-voters-to-remember-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rallied <\/a>against Trump ahead of his appearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor decades, the culinary union has fought for tipped workers\u2019 rights and against unfair taxation,\u201d Culinary Union Secretary-Treasurer Ted Pappageorge <a href=\"https:\/\/m.culinaryunion226.org\/news\/press\/statement-regarding-trumps-wild-campaign-promise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> of Trump\u2019s proposal. \u201cRelief is definitely needed for tip earners, but Nevada workers are smart enough to know the difference between real solutions and wild campaign promises from a convicted felon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If elected to office again, Trump would have a chance to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-big-problem-trump-has-in-making-tip-tax-promise-a-reality\/\" title=\"Challenges Trump faces in fulfilling tip tax promise\">oversee congressional lawmakers rewriting tax policy<\/a> when much of the former president\u2019s tax legislation expires in 2025. If the GOP can maintain its majority in the House and flip the Senate, Trump could have a better chance at seeing service tips-related legislation go through.<\/p>\n<p>Gerald Friedman, a University of Massachusetts Amherst economics professor, said the real-world impact of the idea would not be large even if the policy went into effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTipped wages are already undertaxed. There\u2019s a lot of fraud going on there because it\u2019s one of the places where there\u2019s a lot of cash,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople should pay taxes on their income. You could argue that waiters and waitresses are low paid and so they have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-countries-that-escaped-poverty-by-promoting-capitalism\/\" title=\"5 Countries That Escaped Poverty By Promoting Capitalism\">low tax rate<\/a> also. But the basic principle is that regardless of your income, you should be paying taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Friedman explained that because workers earning tipped wages do not tend to earn very high incomes, they usually do not pay much in income taxes, meaning the impact both on them and on federal coffers would not be large.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t mean it won\u2019t make an impact on the campaign trail. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the same Sunday rally, Trump said the Democratic Party runs on open borders and high tax rates, saying they know they \u201ccan\u2019t get elected like that so they make up stories,\u201d referencing a\u00a0report that Trump called service members who were buried in a World War I cemetery \u201csuckers\u201d and that the cemetery was \u201cfilled with losers,\u201d which Biden sometimes mentions on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump then made his own promise to cut taxes on Nevada\u2019s service workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose people that have jobs in restaurants, whatever the job may be, a tipping job, we\u2019re not going after them for taxes anymore,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI announced that for the first time, first time I\u2019ve brought it up, first time anyone has brought it up. I think it has never been brought up before, and I also think it\u2019s very appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump, at a Las Vegas rally, pledged to eliminate taxes on tipped wages to influence Nevada voters. 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