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Originally Posted by crockett
Well lets see the Right wing spin that one..
I used to deal with a similar situation, but no where near as bad as they describe theirs. I used to do high speed internet installs for Road Runner.
We were also considered "contractors" by the employers meaning we had to cover pretty much everything but the supplies to do the installation.
When I started we "only" dealt with the internet installs and only worked with the computers. We didn't run any lines as that was a different contractor. I used to make about 2k+ a week which wasn't bad for what I was doing.
Every year they redid the contract that we had no say in and they "always" added more work and paid less. They would give us a bump for something that we rarely ever bill but would lower the stuff that was billed regularly.
When I started I used to do 4 maybe 8 installs a day to make a average of 2k a week. By the time I stopped I was doing 7 to 8 full installs which included doing the wiring work for both TV & internet to make about 1,2k if I was lucky.
I did it for 5 years before I had enough and now days the average guy is down to around 500-600/week. Meanwhile your price for cable TV & intenet never go down..
So this sort of practice is common in other industry's as well. I was fast enough that I could average decent money per hour, but some of the other guys were out there barely making $10/hr if you figured what they billed & the time they worked.
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That sucks. I know there are injustices but here is another situation that is often over looked.
A person is self-employed. Their business has been steady for years and their pay has been about the same. The government then decides to increase his licensing fees each year. Then the government decides to increase the cost of registering his trucks. Then the government decides to increase his property tax on both his business property and his home property. Then the government decides to increase the tax on gas. Then the government decides to increase the sales tax. Then the government decides to mandate he buys health insurance that costs more than what he is buying now. Then the government decides to raise the unemployment tax. Then the government raised his regular taxes. Then the government took away some of his deductions, closing those evil loopholes. Then the government raises the toll on the road he travels everyday.
See you could always find another job that paid better but you can never not pay the government more when they want it.