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Drivers rarely owned the medallion. They leased the cab for 8-12 hours and drove it on behalf of the medallion owner.
by SoftTalker 1y ago
Drivers rarely owned the medallion. They leased the cab for 8-12 hours and drove it on behalf of the medallion owner.
- jvanderbot 1y agoWhat a stupid process. It bothers me that farmers rarely own the land too. We can't shake our tendency to let wealth turn us into tiny little kings that live off the rent. (not so tiny in the case of farms, but you get it).
- Isamu 1y ago>It bothers me that farmers rarely own the land too You will be glad to learn that most farmland is farmer owned: https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/land-use-land-value-tenure/farmland-ownership-and-tenure https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/land-use-land-v...
- jvanderbot 1y agoI am glad to hear that. Thank you for correcting me.
- NoGravitas 1y agoThis depends a fair bit on how you define "farmer", of course.
- Isamu 1y agoIf you raise crops or farm animals, you are a farmer. The USDA is not trying to pull a fast one with the definition of a farmer. We could have a discussion about farmers that have other jobs and so are part time farming and part time something else. That tends to correlate with less intensive farming like corn and soybeans.
- NoGravitas 1y agoIs a massive agribusiness conglomerate a farmer? Most farmland in the US is "owner operated". But really, that just means it's not rented out by a non-operator landlord, which is the distinction that USDA article makes.
- dzhiurgis 1y agoMedallion is an artificial scarcity. Land is actually scarce.
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- theoreticalmal 1y agoI work for a company that owns (iirc) a large portion the medallions issued by NYC. We rent the vehicle and medallion out to people to drive/work