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Seattle doesn’t have this problem at all. You solve this problem by not enacting these rules where they don’t make sense. Seattle does have a ton of Uber driv

• noirbot 6y ago
  I'm not sure I follow? You usually don't just "not have a minimum wage when it doesn't make sense". This is a regulation on contracts - it's not something that will be decided on a case by case basis every day. I mention the difficulty getting rides because I've had this issue before in Seattle. I have a friend who lives in the far northern suburbs, but still in the city, and it can be quite hard to get a cab up there of any variety, presumably because there aren't many people in that area who want to hire one with enough regularity to make it profitable. None of this is to say people shouldn't be paid better. My point is just that there's often a conflict between the fair and just price of a service, and the value that service provides. Obviously, right now that differential is being made up on the backs of workers, which is bad, but swinging things back in the other direction will cause other issues that need to be considered.