President Donald Trump during a trip to Las Vegas Saturday discussed cutting taxes on tips, a 2024 campaign promise he made in the gambling and hospitality hub, telling a crowd at the Circa Resort and Casino, “we’re going to deliver for the tip-earning men and women who make it all work.”
“A few months from now when I sign our new tax cut into law, we’re going to deliver for the tip-earning men and women who make it all work. It’s going to be something very special, I think, for you. It’s going to be a big difference,” he said.
“We're going to have a lot of support when we go before Congress very soon to get that passed. After four long years of a government that always put you last; they put America last, they put you last, they put everybody last that was associated with us, you once again have a president whose putting our workers first, putting our families first, and above all putting America first. And we’re going to keep America first,” he added.
Trump's event was designed to highlight a less controversial pledge to end taxation of income from tips and overtime, a proposal he first made in June as he courted service workers in the presidential swing state of Nevada. The tip-heavy hospitality industry comprises more than a fifth of jobs.
Trump promised to pursue an aggressive agenda of tax cuts if re-elected, which may face some hurdles even in a U.S. Congress controlled by his fellow Republicans.
The proposals Trump made on the campaign trail — from extending his 2017 tax cuts to abolishing tax on tips, overtime and Social Security benefits could add $7.5 trillion to the nation's debt over the next decade, according to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
Information from Reuters was used in this report.
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