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posted by takyon on Wednesday July 15 2015, @12:57AM   Printer-friendly
from the sharing-criticism dept.

CNET, Business Insider, techcrunch and many others report on Hillary's beef with "on-demand/gig economy". Specifically:

"Many Americans are making extra money renting out a small room, designing websites, selling products they design themselves at home, or even driving their own car," Clinton said during a speech at the New School in New York City. "This on-demand, or so-called 'gig economy,' is creating exciting opportunities and unleashing innovation. But it's also raising hard questions about workplace protections and what a good job will look like in the future."

"Fair pay and fair scheduling, paid family leave and earned sick days, child care are essential to our competitiveness and growth," the former secretary of state said, referring to benefits not accorded to independent contractors such as drivers at Uber.

Meanwhile, others are quick to point that her "main super PAC decisively favored Uber over conventional cabs by a 25:1 margin" (doh, she didn't say Uber is bad, only that it is evil toward its empl... err... contractors) and Rand Paul tweets: "America shouldn't take advice on the sharing economy from someone who has been driven around in a limo for 30 years." (yeah, Dr Paul, zillions of male gynecologists were never pregnant, of course they know nothing about giving birth).


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  • (Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Wednesday July 15 2015, @01:46PM

    by cubancigar11 (330) on Wednesday July 15 2015, @01:46PM (#209372) Homepage Journal

    Finland is also highly homogeneous (for every definition of that word) with almost no immigration. In fact, it is nigh impossible for you to do anything really different (like homeschooling your kid, or having your baby sleep in the same room as you so that you can keep an eye on him/her etc.) without social services banging on your door. It is not possible to live in Finland without learning Finnish. Sounds logical but this is a barrier for most educated people who already have learned C++ and Java. You end up with poor people who are emigrating to Finland for doing most of menial labor in the hope that their children seeing better future. Which is noble, but out of question for most people.

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