Trump Pledges No Taxes on Overtime in Pitch to Blue-Collar Vote

Republican Donald Trump pledged to eliminate taxes on overtime pay at a rally days after a shaky debate performance, as the presidential nominee looked to turn the page with a new populist tax cut proposal.

“We will end all taxes on overtime,” Trump said Thursday at a rally in Tucson, Arizona. “The people who work overtime are among the hardest working citizens in our country and for too long, no one in Washington has been looking out for them.”

The overtime plan would increase the value of hourly workers’ time-and-a-half earnings after 40 hours a week. ...