[gaius]

Yes that is the elephant in the corner of the so-called "sharing" economy - who is paying their taxes, who is paying for the basic infrastructure that all these services piggyback on? You can't have Uber without well-maintained roads for example. You can't even have AirBnB without refuse collectors.

[icebraining]

What makes you think they don't pay taxes? AirBnB has even been forced to collect hotel taxes in SF, besides the regular taxes that all companies pay.

[s73v3r]

That's one city. They operate in a hell of a lot more places than just SF.

[icebraining]

The "even" is not in my post by chance.