Posted On: Wednesday - June 19th 2024 7:07PM MST
In Topics: Elections '16 - '24 Trump Liberty/Libertarianism US Feral Government Inflation Zhou Bai Dien Taxes
We gotta be careful with the commas here, so as not to get to an Eats, shoots, and leaves. level of confusion.
Trump can tip and probably does generously, but he can't tax ... people directly. Then, the proper powers of the branches of the US Feral Gov't are what this post is about anyway.
On the campaign trail recently Donald Trump has promised to eliminate taxes on tips - The Gateway Pundit reports:Trump Champions the Working Class — Proposes Elimination of All Taxes on Tips . Yes, that's a great and novel idea, one that has only been thought about hundreds of millions of times by Americans working service jobs over the last century.
Peak Stupidity has expounded multiple times on the solution to IRS tip-grabbing at the client level. (I'm thinking client/server software here. The customer is the client, and the
I can well remember when cash was completely King, and almost all tips were therefore in cash. The IRS didn't have to know and didn't need to know. They wanted to know though, but instead, a few decades ago they started using some scheme of assuming a certain percentage tipping factor and taxed the poor bastards that way. I'm hoping that since things went more in the electronic direction, the IRS may have decided the electronic numbers are good enough and quit with that assumed tipping business. That would mean that cash helps even more now.
Anyway, Trump's thoughts are going in the right direction. He's gone Libertarian lately, but that's another post. This promise of his is mostly pure bullshittery again though, I'm afraid to say. He wants to eliminate... Uhhh, the President doesn't get to eliminate tax laws. It doesn't work like that, or it's not supposed to. The ctrl-left can get away with this sort of thing, as none of the Establishment will rule or even write anything against their misuses of power.*** A pro-American President - ha! He'd better have his ducks in a row in Congress, but that's the last thing Trump ever does.
I hope the reader doesn't get me wrong here. Though a good way (and competition to Bai Dien's loan forgiveness***) to accumulate younger voters, this deal is small potatoes. On DAY ONE, Trump must free the J6 Political Prisoners - at least one has already died***. On that day or the next, he must start an organized deportation program and send Federal troops or politically and logistically support the military of the 4 border States to take control of the border.
Still, as much as Trump does not likely have a way to change the Feral Tax Code to make this happen, people are excited. He's got a viral following, as per GP again: GOING VIRAL: Diners Across the Country Are Joining a New Trend — Writing ‘Vote Trump, No Taxes On Tips!’ on Server Checks
Going by that image (from GP), there seem to be a couple of problems. That these viral folks are tipping so generously - a 100% tip, $103.99 on a $103.99 tab, from Ann Althouse - she must be making a killing from the tip jar on her blog - and a nearly 400% tip on that $26 hamburger is one thing. It's that $26 hamburger itself though that shows one of the real problems in today's America. Well, OK, he got bacon on it. Never mind!
PS: BTW, could this proposal mend the hard feelings between Donald Trump and AOC? She could go back to bar tending, making good money when dressed in the right outfits, leaving the people outside her Brooklyn bar alone. That'd be a win/win/win! I'd tip AOC $103.99, but I'd expect something a little extra for the $103.
* That's Point Of Sale, mind you, but that other common interpretation of this initialism works too.
** This particular Political Prisoner was one Julio Baquero III. He'd been "Diagnosed With Stage 4 Gastric Cancer While in the Gulags," and "Has Passed Away". He did nothing violent on 1/6/21, but got put away for 18 months. This is the stuff of Latin American nightmares, going on right here, right now. True, he may have died anyway if not held as a Political Prisoner, but he'd have been with his family and very likely would have had better care.
*** I'm thinking of just one small example, Zhou Bai Dien's deciding who will be forgiven of his student loans, first before the SCROTUS ruled he did not have this power, and again, after they had. Doesn't matter.... the ctrl-left takes care of its own.
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Moderator
Friday - June 21st 2024 6:21AM MST
PS: Thanks for the 2 memes off Ann's site, Alarmist. I liked them both. (Hadn't kept up with the anniversary of the execution of those 2 traitors.)
Moderator
Friday - June 21st 2024 6:19AM MST
PS: Finally, on the cash discussion, yes, I agree with all your points, Adam. It's funny, but my wife just started using cash at the grocery store, and it takes a lot of it these days!
Things that I've said, not really to hound her but just to explain myself, take YEARS, decades I tell you, to sink in. She said "I'm gonna use cash, because they want to control everyone like in Revelation. Everyone should do this. I can't believe people don't understand this." Me: "No shit."
BTW, this could be a quick blog post: I enjoyed wearing a bright red t-shirt the other day that came from some health facility (not from me - I'd have tossed it) during the midst of the Kung Flu PanicFest. After all, I usually wear these things until the holes get over 1" diameter, so let me use it. This one has instruction on Social Distancing and germ avoidance on the back and other stuff on the front.
"Why are you wearing that stupid shirt?" (Also, she says this bright red is not a good color for me.) "Well, I'm not the type to say I told you so, so I'll just wear this shirt." "Read it. This was YOU 4 years ago." She laughed (No apology, or direct "I was wrong", but that's good enough._
Things that I've said, not really to hound her but just to explain myself, take YEARS, decades I tell you, to sink in. She said "I'm gonna use cash, because they want to control everyone like in Revelation. Everyone should do this. I can't believe people don't understand this." Me: "No shit."
BTW, this could be a quick blog post: I enjoyed wearing a bright red t-shirt the other day that came from some health facility (not from me - I'd have tossed it) during the midst of the Kung Flu PanicFest. After all, I usually wear these things until the holes get over 1" diameter, so let me use it. This one has instruction on Social Distancing and germ avoidance on the back and other stuff on the front.
"Why are you wearing that stupid shirt?" (Also, she says this bright red is not a good color for me.) "Well, I'm not the type to say I told you so, so I'll just wear this shirt." "Read it. This was YOU 4 years ago." She laughed (No apology, or direct "I was wrong", but that's good enough._
Moderator
Friday - June 21st 2024 6:12AM MST
PS: Adam, you are lucky, well or/and smart! Not everyone can live in an area like that. I mean, people should make that effort, which will result in the kind of separation that would be a good thing. However, it seemslike the trouble will just follow. You know the deal on the exodus from Atlanta and country after county going from 90% White to 15% White (or something like that) in a matter of 2-3 decades often.*
I'd also like to be in a place for which there is just no business for the worst of the diverse crowd. I continue to look at land in the right places. Often it is snapped up pretty quickly - one that I really liked recently was up and gone "under contract", but then again, it was a matter of the funding. That one was pretty "dear", as Alarmist's people would say.
* It was both Steve Sailer and Paul Kersey, the latter who lived (and maybe still does) in the Atlanta area who clued me into the more recent White flight business. I don't mean the history of Detroit, but the more recent building of exurbs with McMansions. For years I'd wondered "why do you want to live like that - curvy streets going nowhere, if you walk or bike to get to the store, it'll just be a big box Costco or what-have-you, and I just HATE the McMansions. I read those guys and "Ahaaaa!" It made sense, when I realized this was all about race, or, excuse me, "good schools".
I'd also like to be in a place for which there is just no business for the worst of the diverse crowd. I continue to look at land in the right places. Often it is snapped up pretty quickly - one that I really liked recently was up and gone "under contract", but then again, it was a matter of the funding. That one was pretty "dear", as Alarmist's people would say.
* It was both Steve Sailer and Paul Kersey, the latter who lived (and maybe still does) in the Atlanta area who clued me into the more recent White flight business. I don't mean the history of Detroit, but the more recent building of exurbs with McMansions. For years I'd wondered "why do you want to live like that - curvy streets going nowhere, if you walk or bike to get to the store, it'll just be a big box Costco or what-have-you, and I just HATE the McMansions. I read those guys and "Ahaaaa!" It made sense, when I realized this was all about race, or, excuse me, "good schools".
Moderator
Friday - June 21st 2024 6:04AM MST
PS: Mr. Smith, I should have explained myself better on the use of the EBT cards, and your CARES ACT check, even though you agree already. It's just this:
Even if you had a group of hundreds or thousands of real Libertarians, whatever, guys who understand that the giving away of taxpayer money doesn't make things better on the whole and that currency devaluation is a natural and inevitable result, the POC and female (single) contingent would not go along with your valiant effort in not using your "free money". It's be just more money x-fer from White men to non-White men.
So yeah, you just shake your head and spend it... and get some precious metals, land, etc. which can't be destroyed by this system.
Even if you had a group of hundreds or thousands of real Libertarians, whatever, guys who understand that the giving away of taxpayer money doesn't make things better on the whole and that currency devaluation is a natural and inevitable result, the POC and female (single) contingent would not go along with your valiant effort in not using your "free money". It's be just more money x-fer from White men to non-White men.
So yeah, you just shake your head and spend it... and get some precious metals, land, etc. which can't be destroyed by this system.
The Alarmist
Thursday - June 20th 2024 10:23AM MST
PS
I carry enough cash to leave town with no notice. I keep more in the “Go Bag.”
As Jim Morrison once sang,
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But I never be so broke that I couldn’t leave town.
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Apropos negro control ...
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I carry enough cash to leave town with no notice. I keep more in the “Go Bag.”
As Jim Morrison once sang,
🎶
But I never be so broke that I couldn’t leave town.
🎶
Apropos negro control ...
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Adam Smith
Thursday - June 20th 2024 9:02AM MST
PS: Just saw your last two comments...
Yes. They would love to go cashless. They would love to have that sort of control over the peons. Remember how they froze all those bank accounts in Canada for donating to the Canadian Truckers? Or how some people with unapproved opinions have been debanked? How mastercard/paypal/visa/etc have banned some people from using their services for political/ideological reasons? How GoFundMe selectively bans some people from using their platform? (You get the idea.)
I will use continue cash (except for online purchases and plane tickets) out of principle, even if it were less convenient. (It's not. And the privacy/anonymity is worth it.) If (when?) that option is gone I will barter. More people should use cash just to preserve the option, if for no other reason. The controllers can be damned!
Yes. Mrs. Smith was likely correct. It would be different if more people took a principled stand and refused the Trump Bucks. I'm sure a few people did, but not enough to make a difference.
Sure, the $3200 Trump Bucks bought some groceries and stuff. It did not offset what we otherwise lost to currency devaluation. (What is often styled as "inflation".)
Unfortunately, too many people would happily accept another round of Trump Bucks or Biden Bucks or whatever they want to call 'em. (Yet more evidence that many people are hopelessly stupid.)
And then they would complain about "inflation" a few months later, blissfully unaware of how their "Stimulus Money" directly caused the so called "inflation".
Interesting times, Mr. Moderator. ☮️
Yes. They would love to go cashless. They would love to have that sort of control over the peons. Remember how they froze all those bank accounts in Canada for donating to the Canadian Truckers? Or how some people with unapproved opinions have been debanked? How mastercard/paypal/visa/etc have banned some people from using their services for political/ideological reasons? How GoFundMe selectively bans some people from using their platform? (You get the idea.)
I will use continue cash (except for online purchases and plane tickets) out of principle, even if it were less convenient. (It's not. And the privacy/anonymity is worth it.) If (when?) that option is gone I will barter. More people should use cash just to preserve the option, if for no other reason. The controllers can be damned!
Yes. Mrs. Smith was likely correct. It would be different if more people took a principled stand and refused the Trump Bucks. I'm sure a few people did, but not enough to make a difference.
Sure, the $3200 Trump Bucks bought some groceries and stuff. It did not offset what we otherwise lost to currency devaluation. (What is often styled as "inflation".)
Unfortunately, too many people would happily accept another round of Trump Bucks or Biden Bucks or whatever they want to call 'em. (Yet more evidence that many people are hopelessly stupid.)
And then they would complain about "inflation" a few months later, blissfully unaware of how their "Stimulus Money" directly caused the so called "inflation".
Interesting times, Mr. Moderator. ☮️
Adam Smith
Thursday - June 20th 2024 8:45AM MST
PS: Good morning, Achmed,
(I hope your day is a beautiful as mine is!)
I don't carry a wallet. I haven't in years. (Used to bother my Grandpa for some reason.(?) I guess he just figured that everyone should carry a wallet?)
I do carry cash though. If I were going to a dangerous place* I would probably, as you say, carry like $35 in small bills in a different pocket from my running cash. Or carry a pistol. But as you allude, why am I going places where I need to be armed? Not that I am against carrying. (Far from it.) I just don't like drama or trouble. If I have to shoot someone in self defense, that is probably going to bring some drama into my very peaceful world. (No thanks!)
Glad I don't have to work near Atlanta.
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𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑠ℎ 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑡?
Good question. I suppose when enough people are robbed of their cash, they stop carrying cash. When enough people stop carrying cash, less criminals rob people for cash as they figure out that fewer people have cash. The criminals will then find other ways to rob people. (Like card scanners on gas pumps, or stealing from crypto exchanges, or something.)
I don't know. Seems like common sense negro control (H/T to Mr. Blanc) solves most of these problems.
Glad I live in Whitopia.
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Footnotes:
* Or I just wouldn't go. Why should I go places where I feel I need to be armed for my protection. Fortunately, I don't have to. Yet.
Cheers! ☮️
(I hope your day is a beautiful as mine is!)
I don't carry a wallet. I haven't in years. (Used to bother my Grandpa for some reason.(?) I guess he just figured that everyone should carry a wallet?)
I do carry cash though. If I were going to a dangerous place* I would probably, as you say, carry like $35 in small bills in a different pocket from my running cash. Or carry a pistol. But as you allude, why am I going places where I need to be armed? Not that I am against carrying. (Far from it.) I just don't like drama or trouble. If I have to shoot someone in self defense, that is probably going to bring some drama into my very peaceful world. (No thanks!)
Glad I don't have to work near Atlanta.
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𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑠ℎ 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑡?
Good question. I suppose when enough people are robbed of their cash, they stop carrying cash. When enough people stop carrying cash, less criminals rob people for cash as they figure out that fewer people have cash. The criminals will then find other ways to rob people. (Like card scanners on gas pumps, or stealing from crypto exchanges, or something.)
I don't know. Seems like common sense negro control (H/T to Mr. Blanc) solves most of these problems.
Glad I live in Whitopia.
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Footnotes:
* Or I just wouldn't go. Why should I go places where I feel I need to be armed for my protection. Fortunately, I don't have to. Yet.
Cheers! ☮️
Moderator
Thursday - June 20th 2024 7:56AM MST
PS: Finally, I think you were right to listen to Mrs. Smith on the filing for the Kung Flu Bux, Adam. We ended up getting, IIRC, 4 different EBT cards over the last 4 years cause, school district (the whole district) in below average area in wealth... or something.
Yeah, my wife used them at the grocery store. We've probably lost 50 or 100X that money due to the losses from inflation on our savings.
Yeah, my wife used them at the grocery store. We've probably lost 50 or 100X that money due to the losses from inflation on our savings.
Moderator
Thursday - June 20th 2024 7:54AM MST
PS: On the excuses for being cashless, I've heard the gamut of them. If you recall, during the Kung Flu PanicFest, it was all about the germs. Then, there were supply chain problems (of cash??) Now, I've seen places that take cash one day and don't the next, pretty randomly. "We don't have a bank." WTF? That's their term for cash drawer, which took me a while to figure out.
Here's a likely possibility: In places like, cough, cough, Atlanta, cough... there must be a lot of theft during cash transactions. Sure, the accounts got to balance end-o-bidness-day... yeah, well, what manager wants to take a chance on a new hire almost daily?
On the whole, I believe it's a more sinister thing, even with the local businesses not really being privy to a big conspiracy. Going cashless takes away remaining privacy in the economic realm. That's what "people" want for us.
Here's a likely possibility: In places like, cough, cough, Atlanta, cough... there must be a lot of theft during cash transactions. Sure, the accounts got to balance end-o-bidness-day... yeah, well, what manager wants to take a chance on a new hire almost daily?
On the whole, I believe it's a more sinister thing, even with the local businesses not really being privy to a big conspiracy. Going cashless takes away remaining privacy in the economic realm. That's what "people" want for us.
Moderator
Thursday - June 20th 2024 7:49AM MST
PS: Very interesting comment, Mr. Smith. One can learn a lot from personal anecdotes. Here's what I don't get about those who keep worrying about getting robbed by the diverse ones. No doubt, I'd worry about the violence of black people in bad areas of Atlanta or most other America cities.
However, as I've asked a few people: How does the guy know you have cash on you or not? This guy may end up getting $500 of your money, which would suck, but it's the getting "mugged" (a general descriptive term, I guess) part that's the problem. I mean why not have $37 in various notes in your wallet*, say, with the rest of it in a safer place upon your person?
Now, your acquaintance mentioned being robbed on the way to/from one's car. I suppose that's a more specific point and more valid. He should carry a handgun, but there is still more stress involved. However, plenty of black thugs may try to rob the guy that carries just enough money for the parking meter (if those are still cash there), and being pissed off that the guy has no cash, may beat the living out of him, gooder and harder... There's no telling.
* If you give up your wallet, you're in for a lot more grief than the cash anyway. These guys may use the CC's while you're lying on the damn pavement, trying to use your phone to call the cops, who might take 1/2 an hour. Then, there is just the time involved in getting another D.L. other cards etc. ...
However, as I've asked a few people: How does the guy know you have cash on you or not? This guy may end up getting $500 of your money, which would suck, but it's the getting "mugged" (a general descriptive term, I guess) part that's the problem. I mean why not have $37 in various notes in your wallet*, say, with the rest of it in a safer place upon your person?
Now, your acquaintance mentioned being robbed on the way to/from one's car. I suppose that's a more specific point and more valid. He should carry a handgun, but there is still more stress involved. However, plenty of black thugs may try to rob the guy that carries just enough money for the parking meter (if those are still cash there), and being pissed off that the guy has no cash, may beat the living out of him, gooder and harder... There's no telling.
* If you give up your wallet, you're in for a lot more grief than the cash anyway. These guys may use the CC's while you're lying on the damn pavement, trying to use your phone to call the cops, who might take 1/2 an hour. Then, there is just the time involved in getting another D.L. other cards etc. ...
Adam Smith
Thursday - June 20th 2024 7:23AM MST
PS: Good morning, gentlemen,
I have never drawn a line through the tip line, Mr. Alarmist. Maybe I should? I guess I could put a zero.(?) Of course, I've never put anything in the tip line on a receipt as I (usually) just leave cash on the table. It's none of my business if the server/waiter/waitress reports their tips, but I really hope they don't.
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I have a friend who is a bartender who works near Atlanta. He makes pretty good tips. (Some nights he'll clear $500 in tips alone.) Somehow we got to talking about it and I mentioned something about not having to report most of his tips. (When I worked for tips, oh so many years ago, it was an all cash deal. No tips got reported.) He told me that very few people tip with cash these days because very few people pay with (or even carry) cash anymore. It's all plastic cards (and ball bearings) these days...
When I mentioned something about cash is king and more people should use cash, or whatever I said, he replied that some places around Atlanta don't even accept cash anymore. He said it is a safety issue.
The real reason most people around Atlanta are cashless is because they don't want to get robbed. He seemed genuinely concerned that if he were to regularly deal in paper currency that he would be robbed at gunpoint at work or on his way to his car after work. (Apparently working near Atlanta comes with the added bonus of worrying about getting robbed and/or shot on the way to your car after work.)
As I don't live around 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬! (or near a city) I hadn't really thought about cash as a safety issue. He agreed with me that this is a negro problem and not a problem with cash, per se, but said it is what it is. Consequently, all of his tips are reported because (pretty much) all of them are paid with the plastic card.
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M said,
𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑, ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑥𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑣𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑥𝑒𝑠.
Unfortunately, you are likely correct about this, although I want to disagree with your statement. I really hope that this is not the case.
Perhaps I'm not a good sample for your hypothesis, but I'm against (almost) all "government" spending and taxation. (I don't believe in voting either.)
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Side note:
I think "government" should get its funding through donations. I'm actually ok with it selling "services", as long as those "services" are not mandatory. I'm also ok with "government" getting its funding through things like the lottery. Any so called "income tax" is just a form of slavery. I feel the same about "property tax" and ad valorem taxes on automobiles.
I guess, in theory, I would be ok with there being a "property tax" on properties that carried a mortgage (think commerce clause) or on car/trucks that carried a lien, but once these things are paid off no more taxation. (Think private property rights.)
I would also, in theory, be ok with "government" taxation of corporations (limited liability) as corporations are really just a franchise of "government" that receive certain special privileges.
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I haven't filed income tax forms in almost 30 years. (Mrs. Smith did finally persuade me to file a zero return to get my $3200 Trump Bucks. I was going to forego the Trump Bucks out of principal, but she convinced me that my principled stance would mean nothing and have no effect on the inevitable Trump Buck induced inflation. Might as well get some free groceries or something. Perhaps she was right?)
I can't imagine "voting" for any new spending or new taxation. (I can't imagine "voting" for any of the available "candidates" though I could have voted for Ron Paul. I could also see myself "voting" for "none of the above".) But I guess that's how many (dare I say most?) Americans roll.
I suppose it is only natural to "vote" for more spending if you want mommygov to care for you, especially if you can "vote" to have someone else pay for it.
Oh what a silly stupid world we live in.
Anyway...
I hope you guys have a great day! ☮️
I have never drawn a line through the tip line, Mr. Alarmist. Maybe I should? I guess I could put a zero.(?) Of course, I've never put anything in the tip line on a receipt as I (usually) just leave cash on the table. It's none of my business if the server/waiter/waitress reports their tips, but I really hope they don't.
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I have a friend who is a bartender who works near Atlanta. He makes pretty good tips. (Some nights he'll clear $500 in tips alone.) Somehow we got to talking about it and I mentioned something about not having to report most of his tips. (When I worked for tips, oh so many years ago, it was an all cash deal. No tips got reported.) He told me that very few people tip with cash these days because very few people pay with (or even carry) cash anymore. It's all plastic cards (and ball bearings) these days...
When I mentioned something about cash is king and more people should use cash, or whatever I said, he replied that some places around Atlanta don't even accept cash anymore. He said it is a safety issue.
The real reason most people around Atlanta are cashless is because they don't want to get robbed. He seemed genuinely concerned that if he were to regularly deal in paper currency that he would be robbed at gunpoint at work or on his way to his car after work. (Apparently working near Atlanta comes with the added bonus of worrying about getting robbed and/or shot on the way to your car after work.)
As I don't live around 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬! (or near a city) I hadn't really thought about cash as a safety issue. He agreed with me that this is a negro problem and not a problem with cash, per se, but said it is what it is. Consequently, all of his tips are reported because (pretty much) all of them are paid with the plastic card.
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M said,
𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑, ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑥𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑣𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑥𝑒𝑠.
Unfortunately, you are likely correct about this, although I want to disagree with your statement. I really hope that this is not the case.
Perhaps I'm not a good sample for your hypothesis, but I'm against (almost) all "government" spending and taxation. (I don't believe in voting either.)
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Side note:
I think "government" should get its funding through donations. I'm actually ok with it selling "services", as long as those "services" are not mandatory. I'm also ok with "government" getting its funding through things like the lottery. Any so called "income tax" is just a form of slavery. I feel the same about "property tax" and ad valorem taxes on automobiles.
I guess, in theory, I would be ok with there being a "property tax" on properties that carried a mortgage (think commerce clause) or on car/trucks that carried a lien, but once these things are paid off no more taxation. (Think private property rights.)
I would also, in theory, be ok with "government" taxation of corporations (limited liability) as corporations are really just a franchise of "government" that receive certain special privileges.
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I haven't filed income tax forms in almost 30 years. (Mrs. Smith did finally persuade me to file a zero return to get my $3200 Trump Bucks. I was going to forego the Trump Bucks out of principal, but she convinced me that my principled stance would mean nothing and have no effect on the inevitable Trump Buck induced inflation. Might as well get some free groceries or something. Perhaps she was right?)
I can't imagine "voting" for any new spending or new taxation. (I can't imagine "voting" for any of the available "candidates" though I could have voted for Ron Paul. I could also see myself "voting" for "none of the above".) But I guess that's how many (dare I say most?) Americans roll.
I suppose it is only natural to "vote" for more spending if you want mommygov to care for you, especially if you can "vote" to have someone else pay for it.
Oh what a silly stupid world we live in.
Anyway...
I hope you guys have a great day! ☮️
Moderator
Thursday - June 20th 2024 7:02AM MST
PS: Alarmist, I've just been writing "Table" in the tip line when using a CC for the meal itself. Maybe I'm cluing in the IRS in some way, but I tend to think only the numbers make it into a computer.
"Anyway, if they are serious with their virtue signalling, the put a line through the tip line and leave a cash tip, which actually might escape taxation rather than actually evidencing the taxable tip." My point exactly! Thanks.
"Anyway, if they are serious with their virtue signalling, the put a line through the tip line and leave a cash tip, which actually might escape taxation rather than actually evidencing the taxable tip." My point exactly! Thanks.
The Alarmist
Thursday - June 20th 2024 6:02AM MST
PS
Those working for tips are creative when it comes to collecting means-tested benefits. There’s a fine conumdrum for you if you don’t want to cut benefits.
Anyway, if they are serious with their virtue signalling, the put a line through the tip line and leave a cash tip, which actually might escape taxation rather than actually evidencing the taxable tip.
🕉🤔
Those working for tips are creative when it comes to collecting means-tested benefits. There’s a fine conumdrum for you if you don’t want to cut benefits.
Anyway, if they are serious with their virtue signalling, the put a line through the tip line and leave a cash tip, which actually might escape taxation rather than actually evidencing the taxable tip.
🕉🤔
Moderator
Thursday - June 20th 2024 5:26AM MST
PS: I think that was a Trump-pushed initiative, wasn't it, M? It was a way to prod the "Blue" States a bit. Anything that helps... Trump did try. But, it wasn't like he could just decide that - it was part of the plan he pushed through, which saved me an appreciable amount of money, BTW. (... not based on that State income tax thing, though. I don't itemize, so I don't think it ever came into play.
M
Thursday - June 20th 2024 5:00AM MST
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I'm of two minds on the whole "pay cash to avoid taxes" bit.
On the one hand, not collecting the tax removes power from the government.
On the other hand, having most of your income not taxed means you will be more likely to vote for those who want to spend more by increasing income taxes. As opposed to e.g. sales taxes, or tariffs.
I think one of the better initiatives was to remove deductions for state and local taxes from federal income tax. Why should New York (for example) be able to increase their take at the expense of the rest of the country after all?
I'm of two minds on the whole "pay cash to avoid taxes" bit.
On the one hand, not collecting the tax removes power from the government.
On the other hand, having most of your income not taxed means you will be more likely to vote for those who want to spend more by increasing income taxes. As opposed to e.g. sales taxes, or tariffs.
I think one of the better initiatives was to remove deductions for state and local taxes from federal income tax. Why should New York (for example) be able to increase their take at the expense of the rest of the country after all?