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> Anecdotally: Just before... > Data-wise: > Where is your evidence? Too ironic. > Vote no Prop 22, otherwise you are bailing out failed companies that wor

> Anecdotally: Just before... > Data-wise: > Where is your evidence? Too ironic. > Vote no Prop 22, otherwise you are bailing out failed companies that work on unreliable business models. I love this. You're conflating a business model that doesn't work under a set of (possibly) onerous regulations to a failed business model. Who has it failed for? And don't say investors, because these are smart people who believe there is a path to profitability.

djur 6y ago
Do you have a response aside from "too ironic"?
foepys 6y ago
Uber hasn't made any profit yet. They are a worldwide operating player for years now and didn't have single profitable quarter. Do you call this sustainable? VC money and not paying benefits for their drivers is the only thing keeping it alive.
greendude29 6y ago
...no? I wasn't making a specific claim, so didn't find the need to present data, you know, for the claim I'm not making. > I love this. You're conflating a business model that doesn't work under a set of (possibly) onerous regulations to a failed business model. Who has it failed for? And don't say investors, because these are smart people who believe there is a path to profitability. It's a failed business model because it cannot operate once these companies are asked to pay living wages - which they don't. Hence...failed. If I were to open up a factory and paid my workers $0.50/hour and then got shut down for not paying minimum wage; the burden of that failure would be on me, not the state that's asking me to pay minimum wage. Who cares about investors?