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Hillary Clinton Takes Aim At 'Gig Economy'
SonicSpike writes with an excerpt from Marketwatch that says at least one major candidate in the 2016 electoral fight has made the "sharing economy" epitomized by Uber and Airbnb a campaign issue. In a major campaign speech in New York City, the former secretary of state didn't mention the ride-sharing service by name. But it was pretty clear what sort of companies she was talking about when she got to how some Americans earn money. "Many Americans are making extra money renting out a spare room, designing websites, selling products they design themselves at home, or even driving their own car," she said at the New School. But that sort of work comes with its own problems, she said. "This 'on demand' or so-called 'gig economy' ... is raising hard questions about workplace protections and what a good job will look like in the future," Clinton added.
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And the regulations already exist. Uber is completely illegal.
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If I want to do piece work, whether web sites or chauffeuring someone around, it's none of her friggin' business.
Have you read the constitution? It says the government can regulate your commercial activities.
No, it doesn't. that's a supreme court assault on freedom. The constitution says the feds can regulate "interstate commerce". The Supremes decided that means they can tell you that may not grow corn in your garden but that you must buy health insurance. Neither of those are in the constitution.
What Uber shows us is there is a demand for a service. What Hilljerry shows us is there is no way her corporate and union buddies can compete, so she will position herself to either eliminate or regulate to death.
No, what he calls "subsidies" is actually programs that help people live. There are no "subsidies" for oil, they don't exist (at least directly). These are programs like "strategic oil reserve", and "Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program" (HEAP) are counted as ... you guessed it, "Subsidies".
And nowhere, do liberals ever talk about how much Government actually makes off Oil (Profits taxed, gasoline taxes etc), which amount to way more than what the oil companies get in profits.
IF anyone is getting "rich" off "big oil" it is government. And I can't wait till we are all on Renewable fuels that ARE subsidized, and the government loses a huge amount of their income.
And then you'll see liberals come out and want to tax "Solar Panels" and "biofuels" ....
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the us economy flourished in the 1950s with regulated telephones and regulated taxicabs and regulated airfares
In the 1950s, China also had regulated telephones, regulated taxicabs, and regulated airfares. Their economy collapsed, and 30 million people starved to death.