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It's because people can't afford the true cost of a rideshare if a driver needs to make subsistence wage, and the company needs to be profitable. In a differen
by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
It's because people can't afford the true cost of a rideshare if a driver needs to make subsistence wage, and the company needs to be profitable.
In a difference landscape the Uber model might be sustainable, but the middle class is being completely gutted. California especially is headed toward a Hawaii-esque bifurcated economy, comprised of a wealthy minority and a massive underclass of service-industry people catering toward their every want and need.
- fumar 6y agoIs that future different in any other of the top 5 states in the US? What can be done about it?
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y agoRobust social safety nets, combined with increased access to education so unskilled workers can retool to partake in the 21st century global service economy, financed by massive pigouvian taxes on our carbon consumption, and an appropriately progressive tax structure (the latest studies suggest the optimal tax rate according to the Laffer curve for billionaires is somewhere around 73%).