Better Economic Stimulus Options For Self-Employed Individuals
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Anonymous
6 years ago
1099 worker, self employed photographer
PLEASE HELP. UNABLE TO WORK.
ALMOST OUT OF MONEY.
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Jed Mickle
6 years ago
I draw caricatures for special events. This is how I make my entire living and all my events are either cancelled or tentatively rescheduled (and likely to be cancelled later). I'm sure there are many self-employed individuals like me who have lost all their means of bringing in revenue.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
DIsaster Relief for Self Employed individuals and sole propiertorships.
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Ted Coxwell
6 years ago
I and my wife to be of 25 yrs we are self employed and wont be able to.do.taxes until july but no way will we survive this without some kind of help so we can pay rent and other bills we had to let our friend go for now because of all the companies that are not no longer leave pAllets for us to haul .We haul up to 400 pallets for companies and recycle them or take them to food bank s or we fix and then resell as needed to company call A1 pAllets who pay us cash some days we make up to 1200 some days we make 60 just depends and with this crisis we are seeing more 60 days than we would like to.see .We really need to get through this and be treated like normal workers .Hospitals even have us haul there pallets away . ted coxwell 2069455123 owner of tnt dynamite service.As well as pallets.we also do mobile mechanics and buy and sell used cars as limited to .trying to stay afloat .
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Melanie Kahn
6 years ago
Allow self employed solo health provider apply for unemployment
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Rebbecca Vetting
6 years ago
I am a sole proprietor/self employed cosmetologist.
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Jane Osborn
6 years ago
I'm a self-employed entertainer & circus performer. I can not work remotely and make money from it. All my income has stopped.
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Michelle S
6 years ago
As a small business owner of a kennel and grooming shop with 9 employees we just laid off all and I do not qualify for unemployment as the owner.
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Susan Berry
6 years ago
Realtors have put in the work and are now being handicapped. We need assistance too through this!
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Anonymous
6 years ago
MY INCOME HAS HALTED TO ZERO! My world turned upside down.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
I’m a self employed makeup artist. I’ve lost all of my future earnings because of the corona virus. All production, weddings and events have been cancelled or pushed to an unknown date. My fear is that I am currently left out of unemployment benefits so what can I do? I am a working single mom that has no safety net of being covered under a small business because I am self employed. There needs to be assistance for people in my position.
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Jane Anderson
6 years ago
I am a single mom in VT. I have three children 6, 7 and 15. I have built my business around cleaning and maintaining rental homes (air bnb, vrbo) it has given me the flexibility to be there for my kids and work. As of 1 week ago I have no work for those accounts which makes up most of my income. Homeowners either moved into their homes to get out of the cities or took their listings down.
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Amanda Deleon
6 years ago
I'm an independent contractor who doesn't qualify for unemployment and cannot work until crisis is over
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Anonymous
6 years ago
Both my son and daughter are self employed and have no income right now. They need help.
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Melissa Harter
6 years ago
I did Not know that our government was able to classify what workers qualify " to receive government assistance!!! My husband and i are very hard workers . we have two local family owned and operated, licenced, insured business". We have a seasonal lawn & landscape company and a contractor company. Our company's are just as i said owned by our FAMILY and our adult kids work with the company's as they were to take over in the future. So now we do not qualify for help !! We follow all our industry guidelines, we work over time year in year out! And we work hard! We pay our taxes every year!!!!! Now our company's are getting close to shutting doors for good ! Just at the beginning of our seasonal lawn year of 2020 and all numbers and Records showed how successful business was going to be this year we were ambitious and ready to start well it turns out that people are not worried about their lawns or the look and function of their home when they believe the world is about to end that's not the first thing on their priority list so what you're saying pretty much is that we're being punished a small company business owner self-employed Freelancers ett because our government who is in charge here could not stop and protect the American people from virus but they allowed to come in please post this share this stand up American fight for what is really ours this is an outrage
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Esther Hunter
6 years ago
This is so important in that it raises awareness about how our government has viewed/or have not considered sole proprietors as valid small business owners. Thanks for starting this petition.
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Eboni Miller
6 years ago
I'm a lyft driver with 3 children....I need some help
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Robin Wiley
6 years ago
I am a widower with 3 teen boys who works part time as a 1099 subcontractor in the schools. I am also losing my SS survivor’s benefits this month. Yes the government needs to help the self employed!
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Joshua Hobson
6 years ago
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I am self employed and will surely lose much of everything that I have by receiving no help from the relief package. Why are 1099 employees so mistreated? From employers like Uber and Postmates, to the government, nobody is looking out for us.
1099 worker, self employed photographer PLEASE HELP. UNABLE TO WORK. ALMOST OUT OF MONEY.
I draw caricatures for special events. This is how I make my entire living and all my events are either cancelled or tentatively rescheduled (and likely to be cancelled later). I'm sure there are many self-employed individuals like me who have lost all their means of bringing in revenue.
DIsaster Relief for Self Employed individuals and sole propiertorships.
I and my wife to be of 25 yrs we are self employed and wont be able to.do.taxes until july but no way will we survive this without some kind of help so we can pay rent and other bills we had to let our friend go for now because of all the companies that are not no longer leave pAllets for us to haul .We haul up to 400 pallets for companies and recycle them or take them to food bank s or we fix and then resell as needed to company call A1 pAllets who pay us cash some days we make up to 1200 some days we make 60 just depends and with this crisis we are seeing more 60 days than we would like to.see .We really need to get through this and be treated like normal workers .Hospitals even have us haul there pallets away . ted coxwell 2069455123 owner of tnt dynamite service.As well as pallets.we also do mobile mechanics and buy and sell used cars as limited to .trying to stay afloat .
Allow self employed solo health provider apply for unemployment
I am a sole proprietor/self employed cosmetologist.
I'm a self-employed entertainer & circus performer. I can not work remotely and make money from it. All my income has stopped.
As a small business owner of a kennel and grooming shop with 9 employees we just laid off all and I do not qualify for unemployment as the owner.
Realtors have put in the work and are now being handicapped. We need assistance too through this!
MY INCOME HAS HALTED TO ZERO! My world turned upside down.
I’m a self employed makeup artist. I’ve lost all of my future earnings because of the corona virus. All production, weddings and events have been cancelled or pushed to an unknown date. My fear is that I am currently left out of unemployment benefits so what can I do? I am a working single mom that has no safety net of being covered under a small business because I am self employed. There needs to be assistance for people in my position.
I am a single mom in VT. I have three children 6, 7 and 15. I have built my business around cleaning and maintaining rental homes (air bnb, vrbo) it has given me the flexibility to be there for my kids and work. As of 1 week ago I have no work for those accounts which makes up most of my income. Homeowners either moved into their homes to get out of the cities or took their listings down.
I'm an independent contractor who doesn't qualify for unemployment and cannot work until crisis is over
Both my son and daughter are self employed and have no income right now. They need help.
I did Not know that our government was able to classify what workers qualify " to receive government assistance!!! My husband and i are very hard workers . we have two local family owned and operated, licenced, insured business". We have a seasonal lawn & landscape company and a contractor company. Our company's are just as i said owned by our FAMILY and our adult kids work with the company's as they were to take over in the future. So now we do not qualify for help !! We follow all our industry guidelines, we work over time year in year out! And we work hard! We pay our taxes every year!!!!! Now our company's are getting close to shutting doors for good ! Just at the beginning of our seasonal lawn year of 2020 and all numbers and Records showed how successful business was going to be this year we were ambitious and ready to start well it turns out that people are not worried about their lawns or the look and function of their home when they believe the world is about to end that's not the first thing on their priority list so what you're saying pretty much is that we're being punished a small company business owner self-employed Freelancers ett because our government who is in charge here could not stop and protect the American people from virus but they allowed to come in please post this share this stand up American fight for what is really ours this is an outrage
This is so important in that it raises awareness about how our government has viewed/or have not considered sole proprietors as valid small business owners. Thanks for starting this petition.
I'm a lyft driver with 3 children....I need some help
I am a widower with 3 teen boys who works part time as a 1099 subcontractor in the schools. I am also losing my SS survivor’s benefits this month. Yes the government needs to help the self employed!
I am self employed and will surely lose much of everything that I have by receiving no help from the relief package. Why are 1099 employees so mistreated? From employers like Uber and Postmates, to the government, nobody is looking out for us.
I am self employed with children.