Dems Won't Extend BBB's 'No Tax on Tips' to State Taxes ('Champions for the Working Class' Strike Again!)

The 2024 election again made it clear that the working class and others have had enough of the Democrats having long claimed to be the champion of the "regular" folks:

Donald Trump reshaped the U.S. electorate once again this year, piling up support among Hispanic voters, young people, and Americans without college degrees -- and winning more votes in nearly all of the country as he reclaimed the presidency.
Following the Republican's populist campaign, in which he promised to shield workers from global economic competition and offered a wide range of tax-cut proposals, Trump's increasing strength among working-class voters and nonwhite Americans helped grow his share of the vote almost everywhere.

The arrogance of the Democrats when it comes to assuming they'll get the support of the working class has been going on a long time, but was perhaps most effectively put on display when Hillary Clinton went to Pennsylvania in 2016 and basically pledged to put everybody from the coal industry in the unemployment line. You know how that worked out for her. And Hillary cared about the Wisconsin working class so much that she didn't even bother to campaign there.

Democrats in states like New York, California, Colorado and at least a couple others are again making their "priorities" quite clear, and helping the working class is NOT among them:

Hochul won’t serve up Trump’s ‘no tax on tips’ policy, ticking off NY restaurant workers https://t.co/58cp25EIQ0 pic.twitter.com/csmsn1nrRd
— New York Post (@nypost) December 27, 2025

Trying to take any implemented tax away from a Democrat politician is like attempting to pull a bucket of KFC out of JB Pritzker's hands. Not gonna happen!

Tell me more about Dems being for the working class. In total bullshit. They’re tyrants. https://t.co/MzCyi6gJzu
— Rob Schmitt (@SchmittNYC) December 27, 2025

Democrats proving they do not give a rip about people who work… https://t.co/9oSHGPE5Ol
— Robert J. O'Neill (@mchooyah) December 27, 2025

These Democrats care about the working class so much:

Treasury Department officials extended the federal tax break for nearly 70 jobs and professions from taxi drivers to golf caddies (but not pornographic OnlyFans creators) — but the obvious beneficiaries were food and beverage service workers often dependent on tips.
Qualified service workers can now deduct up to $12,500 of tip income a year on their federal taxes, while hourly workers can do the same for $12,500 of overtime pay. The break jumps to $25,000 in both cases if filing as a married couple, and is effective for tax years 2025-28.
But while many states either proactively or automatically matched the cuts, several others held out against extending the deduction, including New York — to the dismay of service industry workers.
“It’s disgraceful. People live off of tips,” said Zoe Kalodimos, 30, a waitress at Embassy Diner in Bethpage, Long Island, who said she helps out at home as the eldest of five siblings.
“For [Hochul] to do that is just, it’s disheartening. It’s upsetting,” said Kalodimos, who takes home $3 on an $8 gratuity.
Kalodimos said she loses roughly $1,000 a month on taxes from tips — which she told The Post are hard-earned for going above and beyond while serving “hundreds” of customers per shift.
“It’s like losing money. So it’s hard, especially when everything’s so expensive in life right now. That’s my livelihood, that’s how I eat and feed my family.”

That's because Democrats would rather force people onto the welfare rolls. The working class getting worse off and increasingly dependent is a feature not a bug for lefty politicians (after all, if it weren't for massive social programs what would they steal from?).