Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge grants emergency stay

Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by throwawaygh on Thursday August 20, 2020 @04:47PM (#24228740)

Any remotely competent student of history can foresee occasional economic crises with high unemployment. That’s why we have a national unemployment insurance scheme.

Maybe you don’t foresee a pandemic, but only in the same way that you don’t foresee getting side-swiped when a car passes you while blowing its tire. Or having your house’s roof ripped off by a tornado. Totally unforeseeable events, but somewhat predicable circumstances.

The bailouts in crises are not one off because there’s always going to be another crisis.

Taking care of contractors who work for employers that arbitrage labor protections == corporate bailouts.

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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by gwright on Thursday August 20, 2020 @05:33PM (#24229280)

I don't know who "we" is in your statement, but unemployment insurance is state by state in the US, not national.

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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by throwawaygh on Friday August 21, 2020 @02:09AM (#24232465)

Yes, all of them, literally all 50. No exception.

Do we have public school available nationally?

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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by gwright on Saturday August 22, 2020 @03:10AM (#24242333)

Your post wasn't clear if that is what you intended to say.

A single "national unemployment insurance scheme" is not at all the same thing as 50 separate state schemes.

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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by marcinzm on Thursday August 20, 2020 @05:43PM (#24229376)

>The bailouts in crises are not one off because there’s always going to be another crisis.

Please list the historical unemployment insurance bailouts that covered contractors.

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