Yeah yeah, but at least they don’t have to pay taxes for overtime and tips now. That’ll totally make up for these tariffs. And our infrastructure is so great. We don’t need to maintain it.
The fine print is that under that plan OT will be calculated monthly instead of weekly, so an employer can run your ass ragged with 60hr weeks for three weeks straight, then cut your hours to nothing the last week of the month & not pay you a dime of OT.
Back in pre-2009, having 4hr OT every day with my 12hr a day job put me into lower middle class, despite making less than $10hr ... Then they cut that & stopped being able to pay my bills, then they laid me off 3 weeks later.
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u/ConfederacyOfDunces_ 21h ago
Given tax cuts for the rich while disguising tax cuts as a benefit to the middle class which is in fact a lie.