This is what happens when a decaying system tries to patch a sinking ship with duct tape. Instead of admitting that the very structure of wage labor is broken, they toss crumbs disguised as "relief"—while quietly engineering more dependence, more precarity, and more manipulation of the working class.

Let's be clear: a tax exemption on tips isn't generosity — it's an admission that the fiat system is failing. They're basically saying: "Hey, our currency is so devalued, and our tax system so parasitic, that we now have to let you survive... but only if you hustle harder for unpredictable scraps."

It’s a psychological trick. Shift the burden of dignity from the employer to the customer. From stable income to voluntary charity. From wages to tips. They convert labor into a gamble. And the house always wins.

First they inflate away your savings. Then they tax your wages. Now, they turn your income into something optional — subject to social pressure, awkward eye contact, and passive-aggressive tablet screens flashing “20%, 25%, or 30%?”

This isn’t a bug. It’s the feature of a system designed to extract until there’s nothing left.

The truth? A sovereign individual doesn’t wait for crumbs. A sovereign individual opts out. Hard money. Permissionless systems. Bitcoin. No middleman. No gatekeepers. No Treasury Department deciding who qualifies as a “real worker.”

This law isn’t progress. It’s the symptom of collapse.

Tick tock.