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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Exposes The GOP's No Taxes On Tips Scam

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Exposes The GOP's No Taxes On Tips Scam

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is one of the only people in Congress who has ever lived off of tips and she took to the House floor to read the fine print on the GOP's no taxes on tips.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) understands better than almost any other member of Congress what it is like to work in the service industry and rely on tips to make ends meet.

AOC spoke on the House floor about the scam Republicans are running on no taxes on tips:

 As one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips. I wanna 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 dollars 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 healthcare extensions.

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