Biden is copying another terrible California policy

Published January 11, 2024 9:21am ET



President Joe Biden continues to look at the terrible ideas that are wreaking havoc on California’s cost of living and people’s jobs and decides he wants to force them on the entire country.

Biden’s Labor Department announced it would be classifying drivers for ride-share companies such as Uber and Lyft as employees instead of contractors, copying California’s terrible law known as AB5. The law forced independent contractors up and down the state to become employees, against their wishes, leading to several being forced out of their jobs. California Democrats had to carve up the law with exemptions for various industries because it was a disastrous, one-size-fits-all solution to a problem that never existed.

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