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They want to eliminate independent contractors and business owners that can choose where and when they want to work, and how much money the want to make. I guess this would make the new 87,000 IRS jobs easier.
1 posted on 10/11/2022 9:30:57 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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This will clobber small business owners and benefit the big guys. Again, the Commie Rats are helping the elites and stepping on the little guys.


2 posted on 10/11/2022 9:35:20 AM PDT by RatRipper
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Maybe I miss the main idea here, but this strikes me as more Do-Gooder stuff where they screw over the people they think they are helping.

Sort of like raising the minimum wage to $30. Would it be awesome for all the low-skill people to make decent wages?? But no one sees massive layoffs coming out of that swell idea. And in a similar fashion, it seems to me that “helping” the gig workers to be more like real employees is an idea that “sounds good” but may hurt people.


3 posted on 10/11/2022 9:37:04 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. )
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you beat me to it. Just showed up in the huffing and puffington post/yahoo newz


4 posted on 10/11/2022 9:39:49 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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Wonder if the Supreme Court ruling in last June against the bureaucrats in the EPA can work against the bureaucrats in the DOL?

The guy in the link below is suing the DOL based on: “Only Congress makes law, and Congress may not delegate that power to the Secretary of Labor, or to anyone else. This strict separation of powers is designed to protect liberty, including citizens’ freedom to run their businesses as they deem fit and the freedom of management-level employees to pursue opportunities on conditions of their own choosing.”

https://pacificlegal.org/case/doj-overtime-rule-nondelegation/


6 posted on 10/11/2022 9:47:17 AM PDT by oneandfinished
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I think it really frosted them that taxi business was being
impacted negatively by Uber and Lift.

I suspect that was a factor behind all this.

It probably bothered them more that they hadn’t come up with
enough onerous regulations for this field yet.


8 posted on 10/11/2022 9:51:31 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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I would like to work independently and take contracts once my retirement benefits kick in. That will be well before traditional retirement age. I intend to spend a few years once that happens working 60-hour work weeks, then start curtailing downward. I am well aware that I would be on contract I am a gig worker, won’t get overtime or healthcare from the people who pay me. Don’t care and I don’t need someone making those decisions on either mine or any client’s behalf.


13 posted on 10/11/2022 10:01:19 AM PDT by PrincessB
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All I can say, is we better hope that we take back the house and senate or else they will force California Ab5 type legislation down our throat.

Interestingly enough, the article says the Biden administration blames Trump for the misclassification of independent contractors.
Most of this took place during the Obama administration. The evolution of Lyft /Uber.


20 posted on 10/11/2022 11:02:00 AM PDT by ncfool (TRUMP SHOULD BE THE KING MAKER IN 2024 AND NOT THE KING. -- Desantis 2024)
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They want to end self-employment/self-sufficiency.

Everyone must be beholden to government for their daily bread.


22 posted on 10/11/2022 11:20:07 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ( We need to “build back better” on the bones and ashes of those forcing us to “Build Back Better.")
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so all the hos be needin a pimp for real now?


27 posted on 10/11/2022 2:07:47 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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