| This is kind of a bullshit argument because Uber is a venture-back corporation not a welfare agency. If there are people who truly "cannot contribute work of sufficient quality to be paid for full time work and benefits" then we give them a check. Are you really suggesting that uber/lyft driving is work therapy for mental invalids? https://www.ianwelsh.net/the-market-fairy-will-not-solve-the... > They [Uber and Lyft] don’t pay the cost of their capital. > The wages they pay to their drivers are less than the depreciation of the cars and the expense of keeping the drivers fed, housed, and healthy. They pay less than minimum wage in most markets, and, in most markets, that is not enough to pay the costs of a car plus a human. > These business models are ways of draining capital from the economy and putting them into the hands of a few investors and executives. They prey on desperate people who need money now, even if the money is insufficient to pay their total costs. Drivers are draining their own reserves to get cash now, but, hey, they gotta eat and pay the bills. > This sharing economy shit works in a shitty economy. In a good economy, where people have what they need, it doesn’t work. |