I’m afraid I’m missing your point. Are you responding to the fact that it’s more like a gift? It was an analogy not a perfect 1:1 mapping. This doesn’t change anything about my response.
My point is is it’s not a gift if it’s basically socially required for customers to directly pay the workers their fair share of their wage (which decreases the amount of payroll taxes the employer owes)
It’s literally part of their wage. The restaurants pay them less than the normal minimum per hour because they are tipped employees.
I’m afraid I’m missing your point. Are you responding to the fact that it’s more like a gift? It was an analogy not a perfect 1:1 mapping. This doesn’t change anything about my response.
My point is is it’s not a gift if it’s basically socially required for customers to directly pay the workers their fair share of their wage (which decreases the amount of payroll taxes the employer owes)