[ars]

People (especially California) would like you to believe that. Uber drivers are rational beings, they know exactly how much money they are making, and they are aware of their taxes.

If Uber paid their Social Security and Medicare taxes, then Uber would just lower their base pay, and the net would stay the same. Or in other words the pay is higher because the driver has to pay those taxes.

[ska]

I don't know one way or the other, but I have heard the argument that if you actually do all the math, particular with the reductions in pay more recently, it doesn't all net out.

Generally people do not act as fully rational economic actors, so we can't assume that this is not true based on the fact that people still choose to do it.

Which isn't to say they shouldn't have that option.