Uber Drivers Deemed Employees by California Labor Commission

Re:Uber Drivers Deemed Employees by California Labor Commission by littletimmy on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @03:11PM (#9734504)

This is a typically nonsensical libertarian rant: "I don't want to be screwed by the government, I want to be shafted by a corporation instead."

If the government oppressed you, you can kick out your congressman. If Uber oppresses you, you stay under the boot of Travis Kalanick. That's why reasonable people advocate for labor laws.

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Re:Uber Drivers Deemed Employees by California Labor Commission by rebootthesystem on Thursday June 18, 2015 @05:06PM (#9741618)

Sorry, this is nonsense.

Nobody is saying reasonable laws and regulations are not important. This is your idea. Not that of a moderate Libertarian.

You are just making shit up. Which is great, but it doesn't change the reality that government is screwing you and me left and right.

They are not protecting the little guy through the sanctity of labor law. They are trying to figure out any way possible to destroy Uber. Why? To protect the unions that feed them money and votes. Are you that blind?

Taxi companies buy monopolies through "medallions" and other machinations and you are here actually implying that the government is protecting us through this degree of interference with the market? They don't give a shit about you, me or the little guy. All they care about is furthering their political goals. It's that simple.

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Re:Uber Drivers Deemed Employees by California Labor Commission by CamperBob2 on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @08:29PM (#9736103)

If the government oppressed you, you can kick out your congressman

Pull the other one. It has a bell attached!

If Uber oppresses you, you take Lyft instead. FTFY.

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