FTC to crack down on companies taking advantage of gig workers

Re:FTC to crack down on companies taking advantage of gig wo... by Mordisquitos on Saturday September 17, 2022 @05:12PM (#32881624)

Virtually all opinion polls I have seen in the past few years indicate that not only an overwhelming majority of the general population of US Americans support a variant of Univeral Healthcare/Public Option/Single Payer but so do a majority of Republican voters, albeit by a slimmer margin.

The limiting political factor is no longer the demand side of the scale—the voters and their fear of "socialism"—but rather on the supply side—the electable candidates and their unwillingness to do anything about it.

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Re:FTC to crack down on companies taking advantage of gig wo... by newfriend on Saturday September 17, 2022 @06:03PM (#32882041)

Polls are easy to manipulate and not a good indicator of what people actually want.

> Do you support universal healthcare?

> Do you support raising your taxes by $X per year?

> Do you support universal healthcare if it means raising your taxes by $X per year?

Which question do you think they asked?

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Re:FTC to crack down on companies taking advantage of gig wo... by staticman2 on Saturday September 17, 2022 @06:54PM (#32882422)

"Do you support raising your taxes by $X per year?"

This would be a biased question to ask, since the economic effect on a U.S. citizen couldn't be measured by the tax rate alone.

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