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Is tipping at restaurants becoming a thing of the past? Hello again. I'm Marvin Alney, and this is

To the Point from Public Radio International. A daily look at the issues Americans get about most.

Tipping is as American as apple pie, fundamental to the $600 billion restaurant industry with tens of millions of employees.

Customers may believe that Tipping's fair play for waiters and waitresses when service is good or bad,

but the kitchen staff rarely gets a piece of the action,

and critics call it a way to pass labor costs directly onto consumers,

as well as a vehicle for racial and gender discrimination.

Now a movement to abolish tipping is underway.

Will people who eat out accept menus with higher prices?

Today's talking point, Iran and the biggest

nuclear disarmament program in history. First the news.

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Hello again, Marvin Olney, back with To the Point. The practice of tipping after dining out began in medieval Europe,

but it became a peculiarly American institution. Now there's a movement to ban it as unfair and

discriminatory. Will customers give it up in exchange for service charges or higher prices?

Today's talking point, starting yesterday, Iran is supposed to have undertaken a massive

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