In Donald J. Trump's telling, the idea was born over dinner at his Las Vegas hotel, where the waitress serving his table complained about the burden of paying taxes on her tips.
The Republican Party has officially embraced the no taxes on tips pledge, with some Democrats also warming up to the idea, seeing it as a key way to appeal to working-class Americans.
Roughly four million Americans work in jobs where tips are common, and the proposal of exempting tips from taxes was not a result of economist deliberation, reflecting a unique approach to economic policy.
"It's not like a gang of economists sitting around a table came up with that," Stephen Moore, a Trump economic adviser, said. "I thought, 'I don't know if he's being serious or not,' but as a political matter it's a home run."
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