Seattle helps gig workers go broke

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The road to hell is paved with good intentions. So is the road to poverty. Is it any surprise that Democratic-run cities continue to prove this true time and again?

Seattle Democrats, in their infinite wisdom and with their economic expertise, came up with an ordinance to tack on an additional fee for people using delivery apps. This fee is designed to give gig workers a “minimum pay” for their deliveries. Because if there is one thing that gig workers really want, it is for the government to erase much of their flexibility and start imposing more unnecessary regulations on an industry that they know nothing about.

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