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I’d like to see the financial analysis. This job competes directly with San Franciscans who pay taxes and commuting drivers who spend money on food and gas. W
by 650REDHAIR 2y ago
I’d like to see the financial analysis.
This job competes directly with San Franciscans who pay taxes and commuting drivers who spend money on food and gas.
When we wipe them out and replace it with a tax-dodging multinational corporation what happens to our local economy?
- drawnwren 2y agoWhen was the last time you had an Uber driver that actually lived in San Francisco? Most of the drivers I talk to were driving in, from as far away as San Diego.
- mintplant 2y agoDoubtful. I've done that car trip multiple times, it's a 7-9 hour drive.
- drawnwren 2y agoYeah, it was extraordinarily far, which is why I remember the conversation. But he drove up to SF and slept in his car for the weekend because the trips were a lot more valuable here.
- kylehotchkiss 2y agoAre you saying a driver commuted 8 hours north to drive for Uber? and then back when he was done?
- 650REDHAIR 2y agoYeah that’s not a thing anymore and it hasn’t been lucrative to do that in quite some time.
- 650REDHAIR 2y agoMe, my neighbor, my other neighbor, two guys down the block from me… There are at least 3 people in my building that do it. I also know a handful of cabis that all live in the city.
- parkerjonez 2y ago[dead]
- jeffbee 2y agoWaymo pays 3.25% to SF and when the new tax inevitably passes in November it will be 7.75%.
- foota 2y agoThis seems strongly to me like a broken window argument. Taken another way, you're paying people that could likely be doing more productive things to sit in a car and burn gasoline. If money draining out of the economy is a major concern, there could just be a tax on AI rideshares (which given the political environment seems quite likely)
- 650REDHAIR 2y agoAre you in favor of UBI?
- foota 2y agoGenerally, yes. But implementing UBI by wasting people's time is a bad idea.