Right, except the Vikings aren’t called “Inbred Norwegian Rape Monsters,” they’re called the “Minnesota Vikings.” The Buccaneers aren’t called “Illiterate Afro-Caribbean Murder-Yacht Crewmen,” they’re called the “Tampa Bay Buccaneers.” The problem with “Redskins” isn’t that it’s a proper noun, it’s that it’s a racist…

“I’m not convinced that the government could do anything better than a private entity.”

How would you know either way

“If you talk about one type of group, a race for example, then include more types of groups.”

I hope you appreciate that even in your hypothetical, you’re claiming to be the only one looking out for the interests of two groups of people you can’t even tell apart

America survived? Americans died by the millions because of each of those people. And they hadn’t set out saying “I’ma commit me some genocide/democide,” and this one has.

The reason Uber might save a lot of money this way is really based on the fact that a shit-ton of Uber drivers are not savvy business people used to contracting, or are in need of whatever work comes their way, and so probably accepted compensation offers that are too low in this context.

From the Federal DOL’s Wage and Hour Division:

Addressed to me by name! So FANCY!

“My point with a subcontractor was that from the perspective of the contractor, not customer, the subcontractor is a contractor. This is the same relationship between a rider, Uber, and a contractor driver.”

Yeah, that wouldn’t work because we have this standard called “full time employment” that you would not be meeting.

The key word here, god help us, is “stuff.” Truckers transport a wide variety of things in a wide variety of arrangements. Off the top of my head, that they must arrange and accommodate both LTL and TL customers seems to me a strong indicator that the business they are in is not “driving trucks.” In fact, they index a…

Subcontractor is a third category that neither Uber nor their employees nor the state think makes sense I this context.

You said the review system proves that separate rides aren’t separate jobs of the sort an individual contractor takes on.

There’s certainly a case for that- there are a variety of deductions he could have taken including, as you suggest, reporting the equity swapped for debt forgiveness as a business loss. Whether that would have flown at the time is unknowable.

How is it reverse?

No, it wasn’t. The type of swap that caused his debt to be forgiven was legal then and is illegal now, not reporting the taxable income from it to the IRS was very illegal.

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…