“NO TAX ON TIPS”? NICE HEADLINE—BUT IT MISSES THE POINT Washington loves a good distraction. No tax on tips. No tax on overtime. Sounds great. Feels great. Gets applause. But let’s be honest. That’s trimming the branches while the roots keep growing deeper into your wallet. Ron Paul has been saying it for decades: the problem isn’t which slice of your income gets taxed. The problem is that the government assumes it owns a slice at all. That’s the shift most Americans never agreed to. Not explicitly. Not consciously. It just… happened. WHEN GOVERNMENT CLAIMS YOUR LABOR, FREEDOM TAKES A HIT Short sentence. Hard truth: If someone else has first claim on your earnings, you’re not fully free. Withholding flipped…

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