Re:Taxing Uber and Lyft rides is L.A's latest plan to free u...
by thisisweirdok on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @09:58PM
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Uber undercuts both public transit and traditional taxi services with prices that are unsustainable and can't provide a living wage for their drivers.
This was OK initially because taxis in many places were benefiting from localized monopolies and also screwing many drivers, but in the long run it means Uber kills all the competition and then just jacks prices back up anyway.
I don't dig the drunk driving fear mongering either. If I hired the homeless $3 a trip to carry drunk people home that doesn't mean my exploitative program should suddenly be free of municipal adjustment.
Uber undercuts both public transit and traditional taxi services with prices that are unsustainable and can't provide a living wage for their drivers.
This was OK initially because taxis in many places were benefiting from localized monopolies and also screwing many drivers, but in the long run it means Uber kills all the competition and then just jacks prices back up anyway.
I don't dig the drunk driving fear mongering either. If I hired the homeless $3 a trip to carry drunk people home that doesn't mean my exploitative program should suddenly be free of municipal adjustment.