The bipartisan “no taxes on tips” proposal is the most prominent example of a politically attractive soundbite bumping aside sound policy.

Campaigns and political party platforms provide limited policy details. That’s by design: especially in a campaign, politicians tend to accentuate what they will do ...

Negotiations are underway to fund the government after Oct. 1.

Only a handful of all employees and fewer than 60 percent of tipped workers would benefit from proposals to exempt gratuities ...