Yes how dare a human being want to be treated like a human being.
Don’t even pay that post any mind. When rich people lose all their money they kill themselves.
They could not survive in a project setting. They don’t have access to their contacts, their resources, or any other means by which they can make money the way they usually were.
Oh what’s that? They have an idea for a business well they can borrow money from their parents, oh wait that’s not an option in this simulation. Parents don’t have the money for a business in the project setting. You could get a job but chances are that won’t yield enough money for your business or if you were being watched then you have to worry about gettin jacked all the time. You could always resort to selling drugs of course but then you would have to constantly watch your back, worrying about gettin killed, jacked, or locked up.
So dumb if you believe that a rich person stripped of everything they have could somehow turn life around in the projects.
I’ve been yelled at plenty at jobs. I take it in stride. They can fire you, sure, and that would suck, but what’s the harm in yelling? You’re going to try and embarrass me? It won’t work because I’ll just go on with my life. The yelling don’t stop the whiskey being poured into my glass in the evenings.
let’s not just blindly vilify the rich, some have provided us with great innovations and advancements that can’t be understated. that being said others have leeched off society’s hard work (i’m looking at you wall street)
The IRS and state want their payroll taxes (e.g. FICA, unemployment insurance, workers comp), and it’s easier and more cost effective to audit a single business that’s profitable enough to hire than it is to go after “contractors” who are claiming deductions against their income. It’s why the employee vs contractor definition is pretty clear cut in the tax code. Employees are people who can’t perform their job outside of the work environment that the employer provides, so it’s hard to take the position that a secretary, bus boy, cashier, hotel staff, etc. are professional contractors. There’s no need to face tax penalties when you can just cut hours.
Sorry about what? I don’t drink to cope with the yelling, I drink because I enjoy it. No matter how angry a boss has gotten at me (and I’ve had a few foaming at the mouth) they never stopped me from enjoying myself. Are you trying to tie my drinking to a boss yelling at me?
Many jobs can be done at home. At least if you’ve graduated college in many fields. Either way, they really can’t force a company to consider them employees. I’ve seen more than my fair share of offices filled with people who are independent contractors. I’ve never seen anyone from NY state or IRS come and knock down doors. Ever.
some people have a hard time understanding recreational alcohol or light drug use. I spark one every night when i get home, not cause i’m so depressed i can’t cope but because it helps me relax while minimizing side effects of prescription drugs that i’m taking by the handful.
Of course, all industries vary. White collar IT jobs can definitely get away with classifying contractors. I’m talking more about the service industries like this hotel guy and the jobs the health care act is targeting (i.e. low end employees who can’t afford health insurance). If your telecommuting, your job is probably paying you well enough to pay for your own health insurance anyway and/or not concerned with the cost of keeping good employees.
Anyway, my experience is that California is aggressive when it comes to payroll audits. Doesn’t surprise me that other (solvent) states aren’t as bad.
And there’s the problem. The definition of a corporation’s duties are what truly needs to be changed. They shouldn’t be recognized as a “person” and this “profits or bust” mentality needs to go.
I’ve said it before on here, but I don’t understand how people are more than okay with spending billions on weapons and vehicles to kill people and blow shit up in the Middle East, but when someone brings up the idea of spending a fraction of that on health care for AMERICANS, they stomp and holler about how “unconstitutional” it all is. I’ll never understand the mentalities of some folks. >_<
That’s because California can’t pay its bills. I lived there for 4-5 months and couldn’t wait to get back to NY. The way the state is run should be criminal.
If I were an investor, and a corporation wasn’t legally obligated to use my money wisely and get me paid, I wouldn’t invest. That’s the mindset of EVERY investor. Why sink in millions into a company to not get anything out of it? If you repeal that law, you’d see investments dry up faster than your mother’s vagina when your dad farts during sex and you’ll bring in a whole new depression to the country.
If government gets into the healthcare game (well, moreso than with Medicare and Medicaid), private providers probably wouldn’t be able to compete with the prices it sets. What you’re seeing are drug companies keeping the status quo so they can make money back on R&D and show their stockholders profits, insurance providers trying to protect themselves from extinction, and hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of employees trying to save their jobs. This isn’t anything new. You’re seeing this with cable television and the music industry.
First is that it evolved from the old school “guns and butter” model of the post-WW2 economy. Military spending and agricultural spending together would provide stimulus to the economy (and jobs). Hell, Monsanto made PVC materials back in the day and now account for something in everyone’s kitchen. This is only viable in a non information based war-time economy. But, there are a lot of old idiots in the gov’t so there’s that.
Second theory is that the military industrial complex provides the quickest way to siphon public funds into private hands.
as it is with any product that you buy/use. you buy a pair of levis from dillards you best believe some advertising company is buying a list from somewhere. what’s your point? it’s still a product.