AB5

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    • #2138
      Avatarrogpodge
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      https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/19/uber-and-lyft-competitors-prepare-to-grab-market-share-in-california.html

      The “competitors” are deluding themselves into thinking they can compete in this space.  You can compete… it’s called a taxi company, and you will have to comply with the existing taxi regulations.  The employee / contractor distinction is much more than these naive “competitors” think.  Well, having Uber and Lyft was nice while it lasted.

    • #2139
      Genuine RealistGenuine Realist
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      Lyft and Uber have put an initiative on the ballot to reverse this Superior Court decision. My bet is it passes by 70 percent, as shared ride services are extremely popular and the whole elite onslaught that began with AB5 is not.

      I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness - yeah, and a little looking out for the other fella, too.

    • #2193
      MickMick
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      I remember the last time I voluntarily took a taxi.  Dropped my youngest son off at college.  We needed to go to a Target store to stock up.  Took a taxi.  It was 3.4 miles.  $26!!  I complained and the cabbie said “You need to get used to New Jersey cab fares.”

      Well, I’d taken my fair share of fares in NYC, NJ, SF, LA, Chicago and other high-cost transportation towns.  $26 to go 3.4 miles seemed a bit unreasonable to me.  I downloaded Uber while I was in Target and got an Uber back to the college.  $12.

      No sir.  I don’t need to get accustomed to New Jersey cab fares.

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