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In reply to the discussion: Where do people here come down on Uber et. al.? [View all]HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)9. I know some carless people that use Uber...
And it saves them some money. A couple people have been charged more than a taxi. No background check isn't good. Taxi drivers here don't make that much, and Uber cuts in to their fares. The negatives outweigh the one or two positives, imo.
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Typical captialist organization, using workers with no benefits, working under no reglations,
Agnosticsherbet
Jul 2015
#1
Sometimes the reason there are regulations is to protect a monopoly. This is often the case
PoliticAverse
Jul 2015
#11
My post concerned the case when the number of licenses granted is limited regardless
PoliticAverse
Jul 2015
#68
I'm waiting for automobile insurance companies to figure out that they can justify
Maedhros
Jul 2015
#6
Its a transitional company that will eventually replace most taxi services with automated cars...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2015
#8
What you say is true, but, if we are able to implement good public policy to...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2015
#53
You don't need a background check to drive a yellow cab, either, in most places
Recursion
Jul 2015
#85
It's an unlicensed, unregulated commercial taxi service which is also skirting tax law
groundloop
Jul 2015
#18
What makes you credit Uber with a drop in DUIs? And do you have a link to support that?
randome
Jul 2015
#38
So because you could drink more than usual, Uber contractors (not employees, remember)...
randome
Jul 2015
#50
The owners make millions. Drivers, for the most part, break even or lose money.
randome
Jul 2015
#46
Laura Washington, an AA columnist in Chicago, wrote a column about how Uber
former9thward
Jul 2015
#41
Definitely not for the elite. Elites have car services with luxury cars and limos.
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#59
In big coastal cities it's breaking the political power of rich medallion owners
Recursion
Jul 2015
#76
I generally accept the notion that Uber is first and foremost a software company
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Jul 2015
#88
I'm only vaguely failiar with Uber. Have any cabbies weighed in on the issues, pro or con?
pinto
Jul 2015
#94
I've only ridden Uber once, to a concert, and the car was nice and the driver was friendly
petronius
Jul 2015
#95