Quote:I never changed my stance. My original quote I mentioned the state mandated costs associated with fulltime employment that now, in some cases will include providing health insurance. I didn't say for everyone I gave a range.

If you want to say that the cost of labor is the same as the employee is quoted as an hourly rate that's just false. If you want to say the difference is negligible then that's your opinion and we can discuss it, but that doesn't change the fact that the increased cost exists and it prevents the employer or the employee from reinvesting in the means of production.

If you're lucky enough to 1099 everyone that works for you that's great. I didn't put the word employee in your post u did, and that's different.

In not holding anything over anyone's head in not trying to play gotcha in simply trying to have an open conversation.

Yes, you gave a range and a poster asked you to explain how you arrived at that range 3 pages ago. You gave some vague and ambiguous answers about overhead for accounting, implying that covered the gap between his numbers and yours. And seemingly every time someone counters you, you subtlety shift the argument a bit or give another vague answer or tweak a previous answer.


So... why don't you just answer the question? You said trust you because you're a self-employed son of a business owner. Seems like it should be easy to give an actual response to the actual question. Then we can all be clear on exactly what you're referring to.

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