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Kevin Hassett: “We gave no tax on overtime, no tax on tips.”

Featuring: Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council

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You mentioned the hourly wage. You know, we just got great census data, big reductions in poverty. But also if you look at the weekly wage, those numbers are really promising because We gave no tax on overtime, no tax on tips. And so a lot of middle class workers are working longer weeks and making more money and not being taxed while they do that. It is. (00:49–00:53)

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Asserts that there is no tax on overtime and tips, benefiting middle-class workers.

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