The way Donald Trump tells the story, a young waitress at his Las Vegas hotel restaurant last year mentioned that tax collectors were hounding her “viciously” for tip income. “ ‘You know, sir, you should have no tax on tips,’ she said. I said, ‘What did you just say? Say those words again,’ ” the president recalled earlier this year. “ ‘You just won the election for me.’ ”
“No tax on tips” entered Trump’s stump speech in June, later joined by no taxes on overtime and on Social Security and a host of other generous promises. Each raised questions that the candidate ...
