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It's kind of funny in a sad way that the push to classify Uber and other "gig" workers as employees just fucked over everyone else. I wish politicians would wo
by tick_tock_tick 3y ago
It's kind of funny in a sad way that the push to classify Uber and other "gig" workers as employees just fucked over everyone else.
I wish politicians would work to separate healthcare and retirement (401k) from employment rather then trying to force everyone into traditional employment.
- thrill 3y agoBlaming corporations for operating under the crappy rent-seeking laws our politicians create is de rigueur now.
- xbpx 3y agoExcept you see many of the same people staffing the boards of major companies, donating to politicians and contributing funds to think tanks that supply politicians with policy options. Conceptually it's less helpful to keep politics and state institutions as distinct entities from the largest corporations as thinking of them as a single highly integrated system.
- 082349872349872 3y ago> I wish politicians would work to separate healthcare and retirement (401k) from employment Whenever your politicians feel like getting around to it, they'll be able to swipe the mechanisms from any of the jurisdictions that already do run healthcare and retirement over individuals rather than employers.