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PARADISE, Nev. – While Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz ready for a marketing campaign rally Saturday in Las Vegas on town’s famed Vegas Strip, rideshare drivers collectively voiced their assist for former President Trump’s plan to finish taxation of gratuities.
In June, Trump introduced he would enact a no-tax-on-tips coverage for workers geared towards those that depend on them for a big a part of their earnings, like cabbies, lodging trade employees and waitstaff.
“[F]or those hotel workers and people that get tips, you’re going to be very happy, because when I get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips. … It’s been a point of contention for years and years and years, and you do a great job of service, you take care of people and I think it’s going to be something that really is deserved,” Trump mentioned on the time.
Trump’s announcement got here across the similar time senators Ted Cruz, R-Texas; Steve Daines, R-Mont; Rick Scott, R-Fla.; and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., co-sponsored the “No Tax on Tips Act.”
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Michael, a Las Vegas rideshare driver, spoke to Fox News Digital Saturday. (Fox News Digital)
Busy Vegas rideshare drivers, who declined to provide final names or requested anonymity, informed Fox News Digital they’re probably voting for the Trump after his “no-tax-on-tips” pledge.
Reed, a registered Democrat who mentioned he shall be voting for Trump this fall, mentioned the plan is simply another reason he appears to be like ahead to pulling the lever for the previous president.
“On a personal level, that would be wonderful — that’s terrific,” Reed mentioned as he drove west on Tropicana Boulevard towards the New York, New York resort.
Reed added {that a} buddy of his can be a service trade employee who depends on ideas for practically half her annual compensation. The lady was beforehand “not a Trump supporter or fan in any way,” he mentioned.
“Until he made the comment about ‘no tax on tips.’ … Now, she’s willing to vote for Trump on that one subject alone.”
Michael, who was ready for a passenger at a close-by on line casino, known as the plan “awesome.”
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Ruiz, a rideshare driver initially from Cuba, spoke to Fox News Digital Saturday. (Fox News Digital)
“I’m a registered independent,” Michael mentioned. “And [Trump] is going to get my vote.”
Another driver, who declined to provide his identify, known as the plan “really good.”
“I don’t like what that politician, [President] Biden, is doing. Everything is expensive,” he mentioned, including that, along with gratuity taxes, spiking gasoline costs have harm his backside line.
He added that bills like gasoline and taxes eat into the take-home pay he will get after his rideshare employer additionally takes its minimize.
Ruiz, an immigrant from Cuba, mentioned his “overhead costs” have elevated in recent times and that he would assist the coverage.
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A Las Vegas rideshare driver speaks out on former President Trump’s no-tax-on-tips plan. (Fox News Digital)
Adanis, talking in Spanish, mentioned the coverage could be “better for me,” including he hopes the following president will carry down gasoline costs too.
He echoed different drivers’ issues that between taxes, gasoline and upkeep prices and rideshare firms’ slice of the fiscal pie, it’s changing into more and more troublesome to make enough cash in his line of labor.
Another driver had an analogous competition, remarking that the growing price of rideshares total is pushing individuals towards cheaper, backed however slower mass transit choices.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Trump marketing campaign for remark.
