Quote Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo View Post
Part of the issue is people believe they're worth $15-20 per for any job, starting out. <snip> The I DESERVE A LIVING WAGE, mob spends more time bitching about what they're not getting paid. Than actually working.
This.

We had dinner yesterday with friends. One lady, very empathetically, lamented the low pay for restaurant workers. She (who was a waitress many years ago) didn't know about TEFRA (1982).

Prior to TEFRA servers hardly reported their tip income at all ... and didn't pay taxes on that unreported income. Then the IRS determined a 15% average tip: Servers could either go with a flat 15% on their reported income ... or keep actual records to avoid over-paying.

A year ago the government COVID payments were not taxable. Now -- with the government payments supposedly ended -- why are all the workers staying away from work?

I'm perplexed....