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Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by toomuchtodo on Sunday August 21, 2016 @12:43AM (#12329411)
Because he's a democratic socialist?

I love tech as much as the next person, but disrupting wide swaths of the country's working populace and drastically increasing income inequality and increasing unemployment in an unsustainable manner, due to the leverage tech provides, and we step in with laws to override the marketplace.

A government exists for all its citizens, after all. No man is an island.

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Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by briandear on Sunday August 21, 2016 @03:21AM (#12329831)
These were that same exact arguments made against the car and airplanes. It's like history is repeating but people think they're living in unique times.
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Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by madgar on Sunday August 21, 2016 @02:39AM (#12329714)
On HN, all men are islands looking to dominate their island's native population. Nobody on this website wants to share wealth. It's about finding the product-market fit to achieve subjugation.
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Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by toomuchtodo on Sunday August 21, 2016 @03:22PM (#12332293)
I'd agree that's the view of most HN participants, and it makes me sad.
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