> Our education system sucks (as proof by my friends who were unable to grasp this basic arithmetic). AND we have a Gig vs Employee issue that also needs to be clarified through the law.

Fixing the education system solves both of them, because then people aren't fooled into becoming a contractor when it doesn't benefit them. Then you don't need the government to force them into being an employee including in cases where they're better off as a contractor -- you only need to do the first one.