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Comment by troupo

> Uber drivers should pay taxes and Uber itself pays taxes - or at least should.

Yup. The drivers should have to pay everything because despite working for Uber they are "free contractors"

> And the drivers have the free will to choose to drive for Uber

Ah yes, I forgot that's exactly how price dumping works: there are multiple companies to chose from and all of them offer competitive wages.

I mean, it's not ancient history. For half of Uber's existence the ongoing story was: drivers have to drive almost 24 hours a day to make living wage with Uber randomly stealing their wages.

This only somewhat changed once governments stepped in and forced Uber to change some of its practices.

parent troupo 1 year ago

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