Democrat ‘Gig’ Law Punishes
California’s Disability Community
for Pursuing American Dream
Townhall.com,
by
Greg George
Original Article
Posted By: MainelySane,
3/8/2020 10:26:32 AM
California Democrats’ infamous ‘gig’ law, AB 5, took effect at the beginning of this year, and now thousands of entrepreneurs, including many with disabilities, are now left fighting for their livelihoods. Thanks to their handiwork, it is now more difficult, if not nearly impossible, to work as an independent contractor in the state.AB 5 isn’t just about gig workers utilizing work platforms like Uber and Lyft. It’s much broader—and much more dangerous.
Workers, entrepreneurs, and job creators in hundreds of occupations—including community theaters, event planning, marketing, and public relations, freelance writing, health care, and many more—have been negatively impacted, losing their careers and much-needed flexibility.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
grampus 3/8/2020 10:47:12 AM (No. 340272)
Note regarding original poster's comment: Democrats around Charlottesville, Virginia and elsewhere, already have thought of taxing rainfall. Rain that falls on impervious surfaces such as roof tops and driveways creates a "runoff cost" that must be offset by taxing property owners.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Proud Texan 3/8/2020 10:56:14 AM (No. 340281)
No time for those "pesky" entrepreneurs, they are nothing bu a speed bump on the glorious road to Communism.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
PChristopher 3/8/2020 10:56:15 AM (No. 340282)
Further proof that the Democrat party should be outlawed and it's former officials barred from public office while we still have a country.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
planetgeo 3/8/2020 11:09:40 AM (No. 340298)
Everyone thought it was fun to ridicule California for its increasingly fascist laws and taxes. Well guess what? That creeping communism is starting to creep into other states. No wait...it's already creeped across the entire country. Washington, Colorado, Virginia, Maine! Just to name some of the more obvious ones.
Remember those maps of Europe and Asia that had giant red arrows showing communism sweeping across the continents. Well time to show the same kind of map with red arrows across the U.S. They're brazenly on the move and it's past time to not only hold the line but start pushing back to retake those states.
This is no joke. It's war.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 3/8/2020 11:15:33 AM (No. 340302)
I suppose if they joined the union, it would be OK
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
earlybird 3/8/2020 11:23:02 AM (No. 340315)
The millions of Conservatives in California do not support this, so it is not reasonable to blame Californians for something that is Democrat-creep. No one in California - even the flaming liberals we are trying to get rid of - can cause your legislators, the ones you voted for (or like us, didn’t vote for) to enact these punishing laws.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
DVC 3/8/2020 11:55:03 AM (No. 340345)
Dems wreck everything they touch.
Remember, it is all about control, the opposite of freedom. They despise freedom, somehow seeing people making free choices enrages them, and they have to stop it.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 3/8/2020 12:08:42 PM (No. 340371)
In our area the $15/hour wage will soon apply to severely disabled workers who are sometimes given repetitive job tasks so they can feel useful. The thrift stores and other entities that employ such people say it will wreck the programs for the disabled. Dems prefer people to be helpless and entirely dependent on the government.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
wilarrbie 3/8/2020 12:25:42 PM (No. 340394)
This is a 'grasshopper' rule, imposed upon the 'ants', so scurry along, now and do what they say. And for Heavens' sake, don't remember that there's waaaay more ants, but thank goodness they rarely rebel.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Omen55 3/8/2020 12:31:54 PM (No. 340400)
Bet they voted for dem.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
MainelySane 3/8/2020 1:03:49 PM (No. 340426)
Democrats are pretty much the party of poverty, despair and death.
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Sacramento is evil
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 3/8/2020 6:57:09 PM (No. 340634)
No more $50/man bar band gigs thanks to music-hating liberal fascists. The paperwork isn't worth it. Gonzalez is a Nazi freak
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