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Part of the problem with #22 and the discussion of independent
contractors in general, is there are at least 3 elephants in the
room, and each sees independent contractors as a threat to it’s
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">1. There are people
concerned about tax collection. They believe that individuals can not
be trusted to report their income and make the estimated payments. They think it is necessary to have employers who send the tax moneys to the government so people are forced to file a return to get a refund of their money.</div>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">2. EDD wants to
maintain its fiefdom. If people are independent contractors, then
EDD doesn’t get a piece of the action. (As I said in a previous email, an independent contractor needs to get a higher rate than an employee to cover many things including what to live on while finding the next gig.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">3. Unions organizers know that
people who are independent contractors will be almost impossible to
get to join a union.</p></div><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 03:13:12 PM PDT, Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> wrote:
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<div>Quoting Paul Zander (<a shape="rect" href="mailto:paulz@ieee.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paulz@ieee.org</a>):<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> I had not seen the 7/8 extra super majority clause. That is enough to<br clear="none">> raise the hair on the back of my neck.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Quite. And here, I must give public kudos to the SF Chronicle editorial<br clear="none">writers. Whoever that was, he/she/they wrote with integrity and<br clear="none">diligence, calling out the 7/8 clause as a serious flaw even while<br clear="none">encouraging Chronicle readers to vote for Prop. 22 anyway.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">That's impressive. I noticed, and I admire it.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I notice, by contrast, that the [Santa Rosa] Press Democrat editorial,<br clear="none">which _also_ urged Yes on 22, said exactly zero about the 7/8 clause.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I just took a moment to cross-check the _other_ Yes on 22 editorials, to<br clear="none">see if they covered the 7/8 clause:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">o San Diego Union-Tribune: said nothing<br clear="none">o Palo Alto Daily Post: said nothing<br clear="none"><br clear="none">In my opinion, that omission (for them and the Press Democrat) is<br clear="none">damning. It means the editorial writer either didn't notice this<br clear="none">affront to the public (probable) or saw fit not to mention it (less<br clear="none">likely, and a cynical guess). I'm disappointed in Palo Alto Daily Post,<br clear="none">Editor Dave Price is generally top-notch, but this one got past him.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I mentioned that I tend to put a lot of stock in Pete Stahl's analysis<br clear="none">(at peterates.com). He urged No on 22, _but_ didn't mention the 7/8 <br clear="none">clause. Maybe Pete read just enough about 22 to urge no, and then<br clear="none">stopped. That's basically what I did, after all. I had no idea there<br clear="none">was a _more_ damning reason to vote 'no' other than my 'Uber et alii are<br clear="none">scofflaws' one, until I read SF Chronicle's 'yes on 22' editorial.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">So, hey, another entry for the 2020 Is Weird bingo card: Today's the<br clear="none">day I'm grateful to the San Francisco Chronicle for its competence,<br clear="none">diligence, and integrity. Who knew?<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="ydpc79c4164yqt8408198243" id="ydpc79c4164yqtfd70822"><br clear="none"></div></div>
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