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If you really like your server, pay the bill with a credit card, but leave no tip on the card, then pay the tip with cash.
by zeroer 10y ago
If you really like your server, pay the bill with a credit card, but leave no tip on the card, then pay the tip with cash.
- chrisseaton 10y agoBecause that facilities tax evasion?
- glibgil 10y agoYes
- chrisseaton 10y agoIt seems crazy to me that you're doing this as a kind of social service for the waiter or waitress, while helping to withhold owed tax revenue that could be used for other people who may be in need of social services.
- s_kilk 10y agoThe tax money would be spent on nukes, not public services.
- wutbrodo 10y agoYou really shouldn't believe whatever you hear: whoever told you that grossly misinformed you. Even if we assume that "spent on nukes" is hyperbole for "spent on the military", the military is 16% of the federal budget, absolutely dwarfed by the rest of the budget (which mostly consists of items fairly described as public services). And that's the federal budget alone: state taxes obviously don't even have _that_ small proportion allocated to military spending so are even more heavily predisposed to social services.
- monort 10y agoImagine you are not required to pay taxes and everything is voluntary. Would you donate to an entity, that spends just 16% of donation on killing people? Why do you feel different when this entity is your government?
- wutbrodo 10y agoI'm not interested in your irrelevant pet political issue: FWIW, I'm far from an advocate of reflexive govt action or high military spending. Neither of those views warrant misleading implications about tax dollars going to nukes and not social services.
- huxley 10y agoThe US Department of Defense has received about 19% directly and that amount doesn't include defence related spending by other departments nor does it include spending in Iraq and Afghanistan (or other overseas adventures).
- tmd83 10y ago16% is small? what would be considered big?
- wutbrodo 10y agoUh, the 84% that does go to services? I should have known that correcting an inaccurate insinuation would only bring out those who are incapable of thinking without their preferred political lens. If someone says "taxes go to social services" and is responded to with "no they go to nukes" it's entirely relevant to point out that something like 6x the spending goes to services than to the military. For those of us who aren't desperately trying to pattern match everything into a tired old political script that they have a hope of comprehending: I didn't say anything about whether I think it _should_ be higher or lower.
- psyc 10y agoDo real, flesh and blood people actually in real life wring their hands over the indeterminate effects of their miniscule mundane daily decisions?
- lisper 10y agoI'm not sure I "wring my hands" over it, but when I make a decision I do tend to think about what would happen if everyone did what I'm about to do.
- KKKKkkkk1 10y agoWhy would one prefer to pay for abstract social services extended to people who are TBD instead of rewarding a specific person to whom one is actually grateful?
- chrisseaton 10y agoBecause of the law? You can still reward them as much as you want, but the law says that some of that reward has to be sent to the government. I can understand not agreeing with that law, but I can't understand justifying helping someone to breaking it in a non-emergency situation.
- maverick_iceman 10y agoI don't think most people would comply with the law (at the expense of even minor personal gratification) unless there is a possibility of penalty.
- zeroer 10y agoCrazy? Come'on, that's a bit strong, no? I have philosophical disagreements with a large portion but not all of my governments spending. Giving it to a waiter seems like a much better use of my money.
- wil421 10y agoAt one restaurant I worked at you would be flagged in the system if reported tips were less than 15% of total sales. The managers would ask you and make sure you are reporting accurately. 20% is the norm in my area.