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Fortune
Paolo Confino

Harris and Trump's pitch to businesses: Give workers a raise without increasing your payroll

A waitress carrying two plates of food (Credit: Jeff Greenberg)

Business owners could hardly believe their ears. In the span of a few days both presidential candidates endorsed a policy that would solve one of their biggest headaches and cost them nothing. 

When former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris proposed to eliminate taxes on tips they saw an easy way to give their employees a much-deserved raise. Fortune spoke to several business owners whose staff earn part of their wages in tips all of whom welcomed the initiative on the grounds it would benefit their employees. 

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