As is (sadly) becoming tradition.
Why?
What are they going to do, complain? It's a free show?!
Total extra collected: $4.7 Billion
Total from "high-income taxpayers": $1.3 Billion
Your source does not actually say what you are implying it does.....
Ah I see, being poor is just not good enough so you had to be poor and hustle. But then even then it was not good enough so now we have this, I guess be poor, hustle AND make sure to report every dime to the tax man.
And the cost of this "crack down"? Doubt the Gig workers could even cover it, and just one billionaire getting full taxed would likely dwarf both.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT sex with a minor in a way that violated state laws"
Or, more likely the economic incentives that they are exposed to (academia, grants and the politics of both) reward this behaviour.
The principals are understood, I remember reading about similar issues with the Dutch East India Company (you know that recent company that just went under in 1799) back in school. The reason we are where we are is that people (economists often try to say otherwise, but are included in this set) in the system we have are incentivised to not actually change things, but to come up with reasons why they should stay this way.
The irony, it sustains me.
Oh yeah, we should do a study....
Wait a minute, I am on to you grant boi.....
This just in, studies rediscover basic functions of an economy. Again.
A few more studies bro, just a few more. We are sure to figure this stuff out if we just do another study.
Stop vertical integration (ban the fuck out of it) and give anti monopoly laws teeth. The reason Walmart at the like can do this is by making themselves the only real choice for the poor (and then making everyone poorer).
Edit: also to add things like walmart hold suppliers over a barrel so if you ban the vertical bullshit you also give the companies supplying walmart more ability to ask for more.
What personal obsession? This is a comment on an article about being late. Did you expect no one to have a time based discussion here?
Thats the joy of the time sink the game is. I wish to find at least one more game like it I can really get into.