Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “No Tax On Tips” Is A Scam With A Cap Of $25,000, “This Bill Is A Deal With The Devil”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) took to the House floor on Wednesday to express her outrage at the “No Tax On Tips” part of the “Big, Beautiful Bill.” “As one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam of that text, a little bit of the fine print there,” Ocasio-Cortex said. “The cap on that is $ 25,000.”
REP. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ (D-NY): Thank you, and I thank the chairman. You know, President Trump had issued some statements throughout this process saying and urging, insisting that this bill does not cut Medicaid. He’s also said some things, you know, he says he doesn’t think I’m too much of a smart person. And I’ll tell you one thing, it doesn’t take a smart person to know if you’re being lied to. All right, President Trump, you’re either being lied to, or you are lying to the American people. Because this bill represents in the text of this bill, the largest and greatest loss of health care in American history. 17 million Americans will lose their health care on this bill, not undocumented people, not quote, unquote, the disgusting term illegal, but 17 million Americans will have their health care cut from this bill. On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam of that text, a little bit of the fine print there. The cap on that is $ 25,000. While you’re jacking up taxes on people who make less than $ 50,000 across the United States, while taking away their SNAP, while taking away their Medicaid, while taking kicking them off of the ACA and their health care extensions. So if you’re at home, and you’re living off tips, you do the math. Is that worth it to you? Losing all your health care, not able to feed your babies, not being able to put a diaper on their bottom in exchange for what? This bill is a deal with the devil. It explodes our national debt. It militarizes our entire economy, and it strips away health care and basic dignity of the American people for what? To give Elon Musk a tax break and billionaires the greedy taking of our nation. We cannot stand for it, and we will not support it. You should be ashamed.
