A lot of issues would be solved with a basic social contract to all citizens: healthcare plus a small living stipend. Do that and people can Gig away. Too much is hard to change when healthcare is so attached to full-time/regular employment, and when it is hard to move between jobs/etc. for fear of loss of income.
Do you have any links to articles/discussions about this proposed direction?
I'm pretty sure I agree... and would like to further develop my opinion about ~this stuff.
It's so dumb for an individual to go bankrupt from a random health issue and/or pay a ton of money each month for "insurance" that is basically useless; and also dumb for an employer to be responsible or in control of anything having to do with an individual's health care decisions.
The alternative framing is that uber is basically subsidizing the state by paying a wage to people who would otherwise be unemployed and require more taxpayer money.
With government healthcare, everyone is on Medi-Cal. Then no one needs to be pissed off.
Like sure, it would be nice if Uber gave their drivers enough money/benefits for them to not need government benefits. But then they'd have fewer drivers available and be a very different business. And those drivers would be at the mercy of Uber for their healthcare. That's not a good situation for either party.
