Hannity caller objects to unfair tips and overtime tax gimmicks in Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill”
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Hannity caller objects to unfair tips and overtime tax gimmicks in Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill"
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From the July 15, 2025, edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show
CALLER: I know people don't fare well with you when they do this, but I want to pick on one thing about the "Big Beautiful Bill." I did support its passage, even with any flaws that I might consider it has. That is in particular with respect to no tax on tips and no tax on overtime. And the reason I say that is, I mean, I've heard you say, Democrats pick winners and losers, and Republicans don't do that. Well, that's exactly what we did here. We picked the waiter over the chef. They may make the same amount of money, but the waiter gets to deduct up to $25,000 of his tips.
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SEAN HANNITY (HOST): But you know that, you know, they're not getting rich being a server in a restaurant. And if you're working overtime, to me, that's the ultimate meritocracy. If you're willing to work, go the extra mile, work harder than other people, you know, and I think people are overtaxed to begin with. Why are we going to tax people for working harder? I thought we wanted to reward that behavior. And then this is for working men and women. You know, it's not gonna be executives, a big, you know, Fortune 500 companies that are gonna benefit from that.
CALLER: Sean, though it is, the floor supervisor, the shop supervisor who's now salaried exempt, who works just as hard as that hourly employee — and probably works maybe more hours. And by the time you get to factor in the overtime for the factory worker, his pay may not be much less than the supervisor's at that point.
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HANNITY: You're kind of accusing me of taking the left's position, and I would argue with you that you're kind of taking the left's position that you want, you know, total equality here. I think salaried people that maybe work 80 hours a week, if they agree to that salary then they've, then that's the agreement that they make. And if they want to make more money or advance themselves, then they can either negotiate a new deal with their company or look for other positions and move on. I mean, that's the beauty of freedom, isn't it?
CALLER: Well, yeah, I think they may be very happy with their salary, and the guy that's making the overtime is very happy with his. And they end up making the same amount of money but one pays less in taxes. That's not a matter of I want everything equal like some socialist. It's that I want everything fair.
HANNITY: I'm – But, kind of, fairness is the argument of the left, to me.