Truckers sue California, say new gig economy law would kill 70k jobs

Re:Truckers sue California, say new gig economy law would ki... by raintrees on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @10:57PM (#21532640)

In our small town in very Northern California along the coast, the local paper, which is struggling to survive, having just been bought out of receivership, has decided to start delivering the paper via USPS to avoid this law's ramifications with the paper delivery router people.

So more jobs lost, thanks to legislation to protect a certain group of people.

Hazlitt would have recommended examining the law's merits prior to passage to see if it 1) Benefited only a group of people, not the whole, and 2) Did not help the whole in the long run (paraphrased).

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Re:Truckers sue California, say new gig economy law would ki... by greglindahl on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @11:34PM (#21532815)

Jobs lost? If the paper had failed I could see that jobs were lost, but changing from one delivery system to another doesn't seem to be jobs lost?

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Re:Truckers sue California, say new gig economy law would ki... by lwf on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @11:50PM (#21532878)

Increasing mail volume by one newspaper per household will not result in a comparable increase in mail carriers -- they're making the trips anyways.

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Re:Truckers sue California, say new gig economy law would ki... by so_tobeclear on Thursday November 14, 2019 @12:04AM (#21532921)

Uh, he's taking about a paper route. Like a paper boy. Remember that video game, riding your bike up the diagonal street? So yeah, those jobs in that small town will end the same way they've ended in every town, with mail carriers

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Re:Truckers sue California, say new gig economy law would ki... by asdff on Thursday November 14, 2019 @12:00AM (#21532913)

Better for the environment and traffic to not have two vans roll up to your house a day.

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