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Dan Hernandez in Las Vegas

No tax on tips fires up Nevada hospitality workers: ‘I want that!’

a person holds a sign that reads 'no tax on tips'
A rally-goer holds a sign calling for no tax on tips at a JD Vance rally in Henderson, Nevada, on 30 July. Photograph: Allison Dinner/EPA

Kristine serves gamblers playing countertop video poker screens at the center bar of Las Vegas’s Ellis Island casino. She declines to share her last name for privacy reasons, but is not timid about her support for Donald Trump when asked about his campaign promise to end federal taxation on tips.

“I want that!” Kristine says as she fulfills cocktail waitresses’ orders. “Our tip compliance is too high. They take so much from our paycheck.”

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