{"id":2615,"date":"2020-03-16T09:30:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T16:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2615"},"modified":"2020-03-16T21:04:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T04:04:49","slug":"democratic-presidential-candidates-joe-biden-and-bernie-sanders-embrace-ab-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2615","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Presidential Candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders Embrace AB 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Michael Palomba\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Democrats on all sides have come out in favor of the utter disaster that is AB 5. Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden have both expressed their support, showing how widespread the Democratic delusion has become. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AB 5 is the infamous bill that requires all independent contractors be reclassified as typical employees. The bill was authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, and has been fiercely battled by independent contractors and corporations alike.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, Sanders\u2019 decision to back the bill comes as little surprise. He is one of the most far-left figures to ever run for the highest office in the land\u2014and he\u2019s doing more than just that. Sanders has introduced a plethora of topics to the American political system that were rightfully dismissed as radical in the recent past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free college, socialized healthcare, and national rent control are just a few of his fringe policies that are rejected even by European social democracies. Nonetheless, he has shifted the Democratic Party so much that even &#8220;moderate&#8221; candidates like Biden have come to embrace far-left policies, such as AB 5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some Biden supporters have even come out and condemned his decision:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">COME ON. I want to vote for you, man. You&#8217;re supposed to be the sane one. Don&#8217;t put independent contractors out of business. We&#8217;re not exploited workers. We&#8217;re business owners. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRSnotABC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IRSnotABC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoPROAct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoPROAct<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jen Hubley Luckwaldt (@jenniesmash) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jenniesmash\/status\/1236393846566723586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You are supporting a law that is devastating California! Writers, photographers, videographers, translators, indie musicians, special ed teachers, specialists of any kind have lost their livelihoods! Even the Dem lawmakers know it&#8217;s a mistake. Read <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AB5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AB5<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AB5stories?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AB5stories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PixelPosh (@SusanVoiceOver) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SusanVoiceOver\/status\/1236384326872268800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AB 5 introduces a slew of government-enforced regulations on how and when people can work. It would require a complete overhaul of many companies\u2019 business models and changes the way that everyday Americans work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Senator Brian Jones describes AB 5 as \u201ca blatant power-grab by Democrat politicians and some labor bosses,&#8221; and he&#8217;s exactly right. He also explained that\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHard-working Californians face the loss of their businesses and livelihoods. Governor Newsom never should have signed such a poorly thought-out measure and it\u2019s time to repeal it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We need a political leaders that want less government intervention in our lives, not more. AB 5 is an economic experiment that is having immense consequences for workers and businesses. This is yet another case of liberal elites legislating how <em>they<\/em> want us to live, rather than advocating for what <em>we<\/em> really want.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cornstalker\/23624062730\/in\/photolist-BZzuNo-BujvmV-CrGR8r-Buc54f-Ch8GsN-Ch8FDd-CrGYsg-Cpppwd-BZzvJm-BZzqFW-2iq8qAM-x9uKKV-x8WUsc-5k9uKN-23D99xU-Vh8qUB-Vh8qSc-UTvc1h-Vh8qTV-UTvc7E-2gBa6cy-2gBa85b-2gB9wy6-2gB9xQE-2gB9yjf-2gBa6NU-7jZaJe-vgRS25-uZNtkm-ukxiap-uZNaaL-Ddkx5y-KvXYjF-JzsdoW-Kp464k-FWHKyr-27H7fkd-2h4jaLF-2h4jakW-2h4mLNE-2h4kXcB-2h4kZLj-2h4m1r7-2h4mHvN-2h4kY4w-2h4mHJi-2h4javW-2h4j7wE-2h4m2qr-2h4kXKF\">Photo by Matt Johnson via Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Michael Palomba\u00a0 Democrats on all sides have come out in favor of the utter disaster that is AB 5. Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden have both expressed their support, showing how widespread the Democratic delusion has become. 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