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It won’t be missed

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Companies like this should have their board of directors and owners arrested, And be stripped of their personal wealth. You can bet these people who are not making enough money, and probably using federal and state benefits. That’s out and out theft of tax dollars. They should lose all tax deductions and be fined at an enormous rate to pay back all they have stolen. Then been be forced to pay a living wage. Fuck these rich dickheads.

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I drove a taxi up until 4 1/2 years ago when the State of California destroyed the company I worked with as a test case on this very issue. I still drive a few private clientele, mostly old & invalid.

I would never work for (or use) Uber of Lyft & have felt that since the beginning.

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THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS!!!!!

You're a taxi/livery company. There are laws that regulate taxi/livery companies.

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The only time I've heard "take the decision" has been someone saying that they'll take on the task of making that decision.

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Screw Uber. Use taxis.

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If Uber allowed drivers to set their own rates, they might be able to get away with their arguments that they are providing a service to drivers and not riders.

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They have diversity. Not so great on Blacks. It's foreigners, but not Central American. Try Asia Minor, North Africa, various FSR 'stans. I mean c'mon: do a bit of research. Or at least some googling.

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That's all Uber, et. al. are.

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General strike? I've never contracted with Uber or Lyft, nor have I used Uber Eats. Doordash, or any of the others. If I can't get where I'm going on time using a subway or bus, I hail a cab. I pick up my own food. COVID-19 hasn't changed that for me.

Back when I was job hunting, all the job sites were full of jobs for Uber drivers. I've never had a drivers license. It was bullshit.

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"irregardless," too.

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Obamagate, the biglyest crime in the history of world.

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The real fuckwads to blame for the "Democrat" nonsense are the TV media, and I'm not talking just about Fox News. The usage of the wrong word was done intentionally by the Repubs and they aimed it intentionally at TV.At the very start, a couple of intelligent TV people clapped back on the usage, but the Repubs went into overdrive, and the media didn't do shit.If I had run a media company, I would've told the employees to tell the Repubs that they are using the wrong word, and that if they did it again, the interview would be over. PERIOD. No if, ands, or buts.

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So did TimeWarner Cable, and then they got bought by Rectum (Spectrum) and it's way worse.

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Various musicians tell Spotify billionaire Daniel Ek to fuck off...

https://www.brooklynvegan.c...

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I have seen a few musicians that I respect take an Uber or Lyft but was in no way was I to tell them not to do it. Very disappointing.

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