No Tax on Overtime and Tips

These 2 ideas – No income tax on overtime pay and tips earned by workers – was proposed by Trump. These 2 ideas will ease the tax burden of workers and put more money in the pockets of those working long hours. 

This will also encourage employees to work more hours and thus help the employers with extended labor force. 

Of course, there are people who oppose these ideas. I think they are silly arguments. 

These 2 policies will favor those who are able to work extra hours. But not favor those unable to work overtime, like working parents who are unable to work overtime, etc. These people continue to work their regular hours whereas workers who can do overtime would enjoy tax-free earnings with their extra hours of pay. 

I think this is communism. What is the problem if you are able to work overtime and get extra money? My thinking is if they are unable to work overtime now, then these 2 policies will have no change in their lives. 

Another argument is this will help working in the services sector. People working in the salaried position who may work long hours will see no benefit. This is happening today that they don’t get overtime pay now. So there is no change in their lives. If you want to work overtime and get tax free pay, then go and find such a job. 

I consider these are weak arguments. If I am in a position that pays me tax-free overtime pay and able to buy BMW and you are not in a position to work overtime or in a salaried position and able to buy a Toyota only, that is life.

To quote late President John F. Kennedy – There is always inequality in life. Life is unfair.

Ethical Dilemma

In the bustling city of New York, the headquarters of the global corporation ExoTrade thrived with ambition and competition. Each year, the company set sales quotas for its regional managers, calculated as a percentage increase over the previous year's revenue. The process was simple and fair—or so it seemed. 

Alan Carter was the regional manager for the Northeast, tasked with administering his area's sales quotas. Each year, Alan faced the daunting challenge of meeting the new quota, which was based on the previous year's performance plus a percentage increase. With the pressure mounting and the economic conditions growing increasingly volatile, Alan felt the weight of the quotas becoming an insurmountable burden. 

Alan’s office was a shrine to the fine art of strategy. His desk, cluttered with spreadsheets and reports, bore the marks of countless late nights. One quiet afternoon, as he scanned the numbers from last year’s sales report, an idea began to form in his mind. It was a devious plan, born of desperation and ambition. 

He struck up a friendly rapport with Martin, the IT guy who managed the company’s databases. Martin was known for his technical prowess but was also a bit of a tech geek who loved sharing tips and tricks. Alan, with a charming smile and a friendly demeanor, began inviting Martin for coffee breaks and small talk. 

As weeks went by, Alan subtly nudged the conversation toward the intricacies of the company’s financial databases. He learned how to navigate the system’s quirks and took note of the vulnerabilities. He used his newfound knowledge to orchestrate a clever manipulation of the sales figures. With Martin’s subtle assistance, Alan managed to make last year’s revenue report disappear by a staggering $2 million. 

The following month, when the time came to set the new quotas, Alan looked at the adjusted numbers with a smug satisfaction. The new quota was substantially lower than what it would have been, thanks to the artificially reduced figures from the previous year. Alan relished in the sweet relief of a more manageable target. 

The quarters passed, and Alan’s sales team exceeded the new, lower quota with ease. Alan was hailed as a brilliant manager, his success stories becoming the talk of the office. His superiors praised him for his exceptional performance and innovative approach to overcoming challenges. But behind the accolades, the truth remained buried. 

The manipulation was eventually discovered by another manager named P. But her protest went nowhere. Meantime Alan Carter got a promotion and transferred to another country.

Arasan anrey kolvaan. Dheivam ninru kollum. (King will kill immediately. God will wait and kill him eventually)

The Debate

I will give my result before going into details. 

Kamala Harris B Plus 

Donald Trump C Plus 

Now that I have given my result, I want to go into details. I may be biased. ABC News was hosting the debate. David Muir and Linsey Davis. My opinion is they both were pro-Kamala and anti-Trump. They asked favorable questions to Kamala. They even let her say whatever she wants instead of asking her to answer the question. (At least CNN, an anti-trump TV network, was fair when hosting the debate between Trump and Biden.)

For example, the very first question to Kamala from David Muir was: 

Are the Americans better off than 4 years ago? She replied: 

I was raised in middle class. I am the only person to lift the middle-class people. I have a plan to build an opportunity economy. I want to build homes for middle class people. My opponent wants to give tax cut to rich people. 

David Muir did not ask her to answer the question he asked. 

Most of the questions were easy on Kamala Harris and tough on Trump. He gave more time to Kamala to speak.

The mike was supposed to be muted when a candidate was not speaking. At one point, Trump did glance over when Harris attempted to speak into her microphone that was supposed to be muted but was not. David Muir was just quiet. 

The one plus-point for Trump was his closing statement. 

“She’s going to do this, she’s going to do that, she’s going to do all these wonderful things. Why hasn’t she done it? She’s been there for three and a half years. They’ve had three and half years to fix the border. They’ve had three and half years to create jobs.” 

Just FYI. If Kamala won today’s debate, all credit goes to Rohini Kosoglu, a Sri Lankan Tamil from Jaffna. She was Kamala’s debate coach. (Namma Thamizh ponnu) Our Tamil Girl did a good job.