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Originally Posted by Ustwo
We pay much lower prices and our servers get paid.
The only one not getting their 'fair' cut is the government and I could give a shit about that.
A government doesn't exist to extort money from its citizens, at least it shouldn't.
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But you have to admit that as a byproduct of your lower prices you have lower wages. And as the result of your lower wages, you have a cryptic system of tipping that says 15% standard, but we really expect you to tip 20% as a base, and go up from there, not down, because if you don't we won't be able to make a living. And then expect people from countries with different standard tipping practices, or with no tipping at all, to realize this and adjust appropriately.
I can honestly say I've learned valuable information from this thread, and while I may dislike your system, and I may dislike the fact I'm making up for your government's shortcomings, I will tip 20% while I'm in the United States because I realize it's not the server's fault you guys don't know how to take care of your citizens with appropriate minimum wage laws.
Ah, and that's not quite a good enough excuse for tax fraud in my opinion. Change the law, don't cheat the law.
Lex injusta non est lex - an unjust law is no law at all... Raise the minimum wage, and fix the system of taxing tips so it doesn't force people to cheat the government in order to survive.