Re:Why Is Washington Ignoring the Freelance Economy?
by stretchwithme on Saturday September 25, 2010 @02:53PM
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so in the face of the 2 injustices you mention, you suggest that we give up more rather than try to correct the injustices. then I guess to extract further things from us, all someone need do is come up with some new injustice
actually, the two problems you mention are not that big a deal.
you can already deduct money spent on health insurance and if you're healthy, you'll probably spend less than an employer would have to pay for your insurance. When you're independent, you don't subsidize the expensive health issues and pregnancies of others.
and we have the legal system to deal with people who don't pay their bills and ways of screening them out to begin. why do I need more costly intervention from the government?
But if we are to solve the few real problems that freelancers face (not getting paid, getting sticked by the government on health care, etc) it helps to have a few things that you are willing to give up in order to reach a compromise.