If your buddies work in finance, they should tip as much as they want (50%? Why not?). The poor restaurant workers need the money a whole lot more than they do.

If your buddies work in finance, they should tip as much as they want (50%? Why not?). The poor restaurant workers need the money a whole lot more than they do. The financial services industry has been skimming gajillions of dollars off the whole economy. Might as well pay at least some of it back to folks doing honest work.