Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to taxis

Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by stephenr on Sunday August 21, 2016 @02:11AM (#12329656)

> If you were right, you wouldn't have employed baristas etc. quitting their jobs to drive uber.

Right. No one ever took a job without knowing the full effects of said job.

Everyone is 100% aware of the situation of their employment and of the inherent consequences of that job.

Next up: obesity is just a media circus, nobody actually eats more than they need to survive.

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Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by zaidf on Sunday August 21, 2016 @02:17AM (#12329668)

So working for uber is just like obesity? Got it!

Ironically, OP is the one arguing as if he is 100% aware of job of driving an uber and his awareness leads him to argue that it is categorically bad.

More realistically, it is good for some, bad for some...like basically any other job.

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Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by stephenr on Sunday August 21, 2016 @02:30AM (#12329690)

Do you understand what an analogy is?

You said people are leaving existing jobs to drive for uber.

My response is that people make bad decisions all the time. That doesn't make the decision any less bad.

Also, based on most research, driving for Uber is generally nowhere near as well paying as they imply it is, when all costs are taken into account.

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