CA Law Was to Give Uber Drivers New Protections. Instead, Comedians Lost Work

Re:CA Law Was to Give Uber Drivers New Protections. Instead,... by scarface74 on Sunday September 13, 2020 @12:44AM (#24458434)

And if we as a society decide that people should have health care, food to eat, and shelter , we shouldn’t put the burden on private companies. Companies should focus on making money and paying taxes. The government should use that tax money to provide universal healthcare, increase the earned income tax credit and make it easier to get throughout the year.

A private company shouldn’t be worried about providing a “livable wage”. A “livable wage” to my 18 year old son staying at home is not the same for a single mother of two doing the same job - that reality was part of the structure and purpose of the EITC. It’s just implanted badly.

I don’t need big government to make decisions for me.

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Re:CA Law Was to Give Uber Drivers New Protections. Instead,... by RandoHolmes on Sunday September 13, 2020 @06:09AM (#24459778)

> And if we as a society decide that people should have health care, food to eat, and shelter , we shouldn’t put the burden on private companies.

Why? Do they not benefit from the same healthy society that's created from this?

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Re:CA Law Was to Give Uber Drivers New Protections. Instead,... by amadeuspagel on Sunday September 13, 2020 @06:22AM (#24459832)

The comment you replied to already makes the following point, but I'll try to make it more succinctly, since you apparently didn't read the whole comment:

And if we as a society decide that people should have health care, food to eat, and shelter, and that we should put the burden on private companies, we should do so in the form of corporate taxes.

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