The Gig Economy

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(05-08-2019, 01:32 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Is there some reason I should be more shocked about this? 

Nope. This is the world we live in.

People are told they have to give more money to companies (tax breaks, lower rates, local incentives, etc) in order for companies to spend more money (hire people, increase wages, provide training, etc). Businesses get the money, don't spend it and people get frustrated. For those who do have jobs, they talk about collectively bargaining with the employer so that wages stay up with profits, but... they can't, because unions are horrible and require you to sacrifice your unborn children.

But I see both sides of it. I've got three employees, they're all 1099's. Why? Because I'm a startup and I can't afford to compete with the bigger companies in my area (which outsource the bulk of the work to other places and don't employee half the people they should). I don't see that changing at all for a while either. Not until corporations are discouraged from sheltering profits outside the US economy and instead are incentivized to invest in the US economy.