Donald Trump vowed to scrap taxes on tips as he made his pitch to hospitality workers in the critical swing state of Nevada on Sunday, in his first major rally since becoming a convicted felon. “When I get into office, we are going to not charge taxes on people making tips,” he told supporters gathered in the baking Las Vegas sunshine.
In the latest Financial Times-Michigan Ross poll, out on Sunday, just one in five voters nationwide said they were financially better off since he became president. Rising costs are a particular problem in Nevada, where grocery bills are the second highest in the US and where a housing crisis has taken hold, driven by an influx of Californians and a lack of development. “Outside of Nevada, people . . .