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<blockquote data-quote="Xquestionman" data-source="post: 2008737" data-attributes="member: 61684"><p>Seems to me that the real risk in buying one of these routes is legislative. I don't see how a fragmented system like ground could be unionized and I presume most of the drivers don't stay in those jobs as careers etc. Seems that with Obamacare, it will only be a matter of time before congress and the lawyers start going after companies that circumvent the requirements to provide insurance to employees via a independent contractor model. There are probably companies right now and maybe even larger X contractors that are splitting up into multiple corps to circumvent it and its 'that activity' that prompts the legislative risk. A broker told me there are contractors with hundreds of routes run by managers with absentee owners. If you have hundreds of drivers, you can be sure they have those split into dozens of separate corps to circumvent obamacare. What are the collective thoughts out there on legislative risk? On a separate note...presuming you started at 5 routes and they split you with a new nearby terminal how hard is it to get other contractors to bail you out trading routes etc? Any issues with that?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Xquestionman, post: 2008737, member: 61684"] Seems to me that the real risk in buying one of these routes is legislative. I don't see how a fragmented system like ground could be unionized and I presume most of the drivers don't stay in those jobs as careers etc. Seems that with Obamacare, it will only be a matter of time before congress and the lawyers start going after companies that circumvent the requirements to provide insurance to employees via a independent contractor model. There are probably companies right now and maybe even larger X contractors that are splitting up into multiple corps to circumvent it and its 'that activity' that prompts the legislative risk. A broker told me there are contractors with hundreds of routes run by managers with absentee owners. If you have hundreds of drivers, you can be sure they have those split into dozens of separate corps to circumvent obamacare. What are the collective thoughts out there on legislative risk? On a separate note...presuming you started at 5 routes and they split you with a new nearby terminal how hard is it to get other contractors to bail you out trading routes etc? Any issues with that? [/QUOTE]
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