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

Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by JoeAltmaier on Sunday August 21, 2016 @09:06AM (#12330798)

Actually some of those buggy-whip makes just died of starvation. Folks used to fight hard against mechanization (the word Sabotage is said to originate when workers in Japan hurled their wooden shoes called 'Sabo' into the looms to break them) because their fate was starvation and death.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by JoeAltmaier on Sunday August 21, 2016 @12:38PM (#12331506)

This may be an unpopular observation, but it is nevertheless true.

http://webs.bcp.org/sites/vcleary/ModernWorldHistoryTextbook...

tl;dr: In 1832, one observer saw how the skilled hand weavers had lost their way and were reduced to starvation. “It is truly lamentable to behold so many thousands of men who formerly earned 20 to 30 shillings per week, now compelled to live on 5, 4, or even less”

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by randallsquared on Sunday August 21, 2016 @09:08AM (#12330804)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabotage#Etymology

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by JoeAltmaier on Sunday August 21, 2016 @09:18AM (#12330828)

Thanks! The final definition in that article, "In Japanese, the verb saboru (サボる) means to skip school or loaf on the job." may be closer to the real origin.

[ Parent | on HN ]