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Re:French government orders Uber taxi ban after protests by asift on Friday June 26, 2015 @11:48AM (#9785370)
Why should labor rights supercede consumer rights? By trying to regulate an "acceptable quality of life" for drivers, protectionism is imposing a lower standard of living on everyone else.
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Re:French government orders Uber taxi ban after protests by toomuchtodo on Friday June 26, 2015 @12:12PM (#9785624)
Because society has collectively agreed on what an acceptable quality of life is defined by.

Frankly, consumer's demands and rights take a backseat to the rights of citizens of a country.

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Re:French government orders Uber taxi ban after protests by dimino on Friday June 26, 2015 @12:33PM (#9785837)
The rioting tells me that we haven't agreed, at all.
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Re:French government orders Uber taxi ban after protests by asift on Friday June 26, 2015 @12:35PM (#9785856)
>Frankly, consumer's demands and rights take a backseat to the rights of citizens of a country.

What? Consumers are citizens as well...

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