[calvinbhai]

I cannot understand, why even highly educated people fail to make this distinction between gross pay and the net pay.

If that "provided you accept certain amount of rides" keeps increasing since more people will make use of such subscriptions, the operating expenses (fuel + wear and tear) continues to increase.

[koolba]

Plus gas. Plus depreciating your car. Plus paying your own benefits. Plus 1099 double taxation.

Yes that's pretty disingenuous.

[linkregister]

After deducting the IRS per-mile amount, the 1099 double taxation drastically drops.