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Why gig economy workers feel abandoned by tax-funded benefits

I work two jobs to make ends meet but because they're both part-time I don't get benefits from either, and tax time reminds me how much I'm paying into systems that don't protect me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Contributing to collective systems while being excluded from their protections creates resentment and alienation from civic participation.

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