FTC to crack down on companies taking advantage of gig workers

Re:FTC to crack down on companies taking advantage of gig wo... by mixedCase on Saturday September 17, 2022 @01:44PM (#32879502)

Not going to defend universal healthcare or healthcare taxes, seeing I'm currently getting fucked by that at this moment, but given the way you wrote that I feel that you need to be pointed out that this results in either:

1) More expensive healthcare, to cover for these cases directly in a fund or via third party insurance.

2) Healthcare scarcity.

You can't draw blood from a stone. Healthcare investors/workers at large don't get in to become a charity so your "solution" comes with explicit downsides you should mention.

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Re:FTC to crack down on companies taking advantage of gig wo... by a-user-you-like on Saturday September 17, 2022 @02:36PM (#32880029)

It only results in those if you keep the regulation levels high, which we have now. We need a multi-faceted approach which lets the market lower prices. Local control, local solutions. More efficiency, human touch, love.

No solution is perfect, but that’s a world that’s more personal for those helping and being helped. It also is more economically efficient. I’m not saying this is the only solution, but one that starts with robbing your neighbor is the moral low route and we should and can do better.

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