Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers::Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.

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      Uber & Lyft drivers assume all the financial risk and responsibility for their car payment, maintenance, insurance, cleaning, health and dental insurance, etc. You’ll find that once you factor in the externalities the tech companies push into their workers, they don’t necessarily make good money at all.

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        Because it’s a custom minimum wage that only their companies have to pay, set arbitrarily to make shit like taxis more competitive.

        Yellow Cab fucking admitted in NYC that they only pushed the “Uber drivers make lower wages” rhetoric because they couldn’t compete, when in fact Uber drivers make what taxi drivers make.

        So now Uber just contracts out taxis, and gets their money anyway

        https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/business/uber-new-york-taxis.html

        But at least people have to pay more for rides.

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          How the hell does a minimum wage make taxis more competitive? That doesn’t make any sense. If uber drivers already make more than the minimum wage then a minimum wage would have no effect on that.

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            You should read the article, because it’s only a set minimum for those two companies, not a general min wage.

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          I don’t know why you’re getting downvoted. I am in Portland and Uber & Lyft are so popular here that the cabs here mostly do medical transport for non-emergency situations. I use to be a dispatcher here for several years. All cabs did were go to various hospitals and doctor offices.

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        It’s weird that you think someone making more than 30-35% of the country is “poor”

        You’ll forgive me for not putting much stock in your “total guess” when you believe as you do.

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            A) it’s fun how I can tell you’re from a wealthy family

            B) all averages are calculated the same way. That’s what “average” means. It’s literally a method of calculation.

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                If I’d meant median or mode I would have used those words. Average is equivalent to mean.

                Your link even says this, if you’d bothered to read it.

                Mean: The mean is what you get by adding up all of the numbers and dividing by how many numbers were in the list. Most people think of the mean when they use the word ‘average’ in a mathematical sense.

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                No it’s just calling out the “rich progressive savior” mindset, and it’s always been derogatory.

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                  It’s sure neat how when centrists can no longer defend exploitative labor practices, they attack the person they’re talking to. Usually it’s with “You don’t understand how anything works” or “I assume you’re young and therefore wrong.” “I assume you have money and are therefore wrong” is a new one.

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                    He’s wrong without his money, his money just informed me of why he is wrong in this particular way.

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            Tell me you have rich parents without telling me you have rich parents.

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              Tell me you expect people to pretend they’re not poor in order to validate exploitative practices of a massive corporation without telling me you’re a centrist.