Cruz Promotes Bill to End Taxes on Tips, Scoffs at Deficit Fears

Senator Ted Cruz of Texas has introduced legislation to codify Donald Trump’s proposal to eliminate federal taxes on tips, dismissing concerns from budget watchdogs that it could increase the deficit by $250 billion or even more over a decade.

Cruz, along with many other congressional Republicans, have quickly championed the idea since Trump raised it at a rally in Las Vegas on June 9. The party has made inflation under President Joe Biden a centerpiece of its November election campaign and wants to fit the challenges faced by workers who rely on tips into that narrative.

“When it comes ...