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Would it though? How do you get to that conclusion? My understanding is that many drivers for those companies do it as supplemental income because their regular
by fcsp 6y ago
Would it though? How do you get to that conclusion? My understanding is that many drivers for those companies do it as supplemental income because their regular jobs seem to be unable to cover their living expenses. But doesn't that then lead to additional economic pressure for everyone else because i.e. now there's more renters willing to pay inflated prices, so more people get economically desperate and need to get supplemental income?
- lhh 6y agoUber/Lyft/etc create jobs that otherwise didn't exist, thus providing an additional option for potential workers. With the additional option, maybe that option is better than some people's alternative options. We can surmise that it probably is for a lot of them, as evidenced by their choice to be drivers for these companies. If they had a better option, they would presumably take that instead. Your proposition that if one person makes more money then other people are worse off has an element of truth to it, since, sure, more demand for a given item (like housing) will tend to increase its price, all else equal. But I think that's the wrong way to think about the situation. Wealth creation is not zero sum.
- throw_m239339 6y ago> Uber/Lyft/etc create jobs that otherwise didn't exist Uber/Lyft business model has just been deemed illegal. let's see if it now can be both legal and sustainable. Uber/Lyft only existed up until now because they were violating employment laws.
- google234123 6y agoIllegal in one state with a vendetta against them