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Re:Uber Hit with $650M Employment Tax Bill in New Jersey by atonse on Thursday November 14, 2019 @03:38PM (#21539153)
That's ok. They're welcome to pull out. But they won't. Time and time again we see that business rather just raise their fares and make money than pull out of large markets. They are after all money-driven.
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Re:Uber Hit with $650M Employment Tax Bill in New Jersey by kazen44 on Thursday November 14, 2019 @04:39PM (#21539734)
The brussels effect[1] is a good argument for this. People said the same thing with GDPR, labour laws and enviromental laws.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect

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Re:Uber Hit with $650M Employment Tax Bill in New Jersey by atonse on Friday November 15, 2019 @10:06AM (#21545364)
Wow this (and the similar California effect) are a great name for exactly the "feeling" I was talking about. I'll use this from now on. Thanks.

California's done this with emissions.

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Re:Uber Hit with $650M Employment Tax Bill in New Jersey by mtnGoat on Thursday November 14, 2019 @05:01PM (#21539950)
as long as there is a penny to be made, someone will make it. If Uber leaves another will fill the gap. I don't feel that regulation generally stifles business, only margins.
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