Re:Lyft Is Said to Seek New Funding as Its Rival Uber Stumbles
by Nutomic on Thursday March 02, 2017 @02:18AM
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This can't really be solved by individual consumers. Instead, the government should introduce laws to ensure that drivers make at least minimum wage (after fuel, maintenance, taxes etc). If that is not enough, it might be necessary to raise the minimum wage.
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Re:Lyft Is Said to Seek New Funding as Its Rival Uber Stumbles
by ZainRiz on Thursday March 02, 2017 @02:38AM
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Considering how Uber and Lyft are both loosing money as it is, using government intervention to force them to pay their drivers more will just increase their chances of going out of business and mean there will be no driving jobs at all.
In this situation I'd prefer letting the market decide the prices for drivers. They had jobs before Uber, and if Uber starts paying too little then they can try going back to those kinds of jobs.
Ultimately though, as we run out of unskilled jobs, we may need to implement some sort of living wage the government provides to everyone to give society a floor.