Did they quote you a price, or did Thumbtack? (spoilers: the contractor did) Does Thumbtack only list, say, carpenters, or contractors generally? (contractors generally) What service does Thumbtack offer? It isn’t carpentry. In contrast, you would really be reaching to say that Uber’s service isn’t livery.

They are absolutely independent contractors who work as much or as little as they please.

OK, well, the “definition of Independent Contractors” requires that they not be engaged in the company’s primary business. Are you arguing that Uber is not in the business of on-demand personal transportation? If so, how would you describe the service they provide? How are the drivers providing Uber a service…

That’s

can you do it on your phone tho

It’s called ideology. Literally every person does this every second of your lives. They just disagree on what the criteria for “acceptable” are.

There are no robots in the real world, dude

I usually have to take my Fleshlight out somewhere fancy for dinner or buy it some nice jewelry.

Hume’s Law is most definitely not “how business works,” at least for the last 200 years or so.

“Fighting Irish” is racist and should be changed, yes. As for Popeye, last I checked “Merchant Marine” wasn’t an ethnic group. Jackass.

Yeah, Wilson didn’t, tho.

His defense, Massachusetts IS better than Pennsylvania in literally every way. But yeah Adams I had overstayed his welcome in history long before the Revolution, much less his Presidency.

That mens the company should be paying him more, not other people less.

Not more so than the owners, who expect a greater share of the profits for doing none of the work.

Yeah, what you’re describing is two groups of people both threatening to shut down production of if they don’t get a larger share of the proceeds. Seriously, how are the people demanding a raise under the threat of a walkout any more or less greedy than the guy demanding profits under threat of a lockout? That is,…

Yeah... That’s like saying monarchy and democracy “serve the same purpose” because they’re both forms of government. They are, by design, very different and serve very different purposes based on very different sets of ethical goals.

There is no conspiracy, dude

Yes, collective bargaining is predicated on the ability of workers to stop the profitable operation of a business. That is all workers have to leverage in negotiation. It’s a feature, not a bug.

Nobody trusts private sector unions... Because public sector unions? Not sure I agree 100% with your police work there

CEO of a union? Really? Do you get all your information from Wal-Mart training videos, or are you just trolling?