About 1/6 of the working population is at employers with less than 20 employees, and so wouldn't be covered anyway. Another 1/6 is at employers with 20 to 99 employees, and many of them would also not be covered.
Why should the social safety net exclude 20% of the population?
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Most worker protections in the US apply to companies with more than some fixed number (I think it's 50) of employees.
http://www.census.gov/econ/smallbus.html
About 1/6 of the working population is at employers with less than 20 employees, and so wouldn't be covered anyway. Another 1/6 is at employers with 20 to 99 employees, and many of them would also not be covered.
Why should the social safety net exclude 20% of the population?