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This is surely the main feature of what's euphemistically called "the sharing economy". It's so frustratingly cynical.
by jahaja 9y ago
This is surely the main feature of what's euphemistically called "the sharing economy". It's so frustratingly cynical.
- candiodari 9y agoThis isn't the first time this happens either. Doing everything freelance was a big thing end of 80s beginning of 90s as well. It had the exact same problems and was legislated and taxed out of existence. For the people earning, let's face facts here, "the gig economy" is a big tax dodging scheme (also regulation dodging). Not even just tax dodging: How many Uber drivers switch their healthcare to the freelancer healthcare, as is required by those contracts (and it's more expensive) ? As soon as the tax office gets permission from the government to say what they definitely want to say : "taxes need to be withheld by the sharing economy companies before paying out", the gig economy is over and done for. In the end the "gig economy" is the result of endemic unemployment. It is a normal feature of the employment landscape in 2nd/3rd world countries and it is a huge impediment to progress.