There is a proposed regulation. The regulation may lower the number of people able to work a “bad job” and may make the job less “bad” for the remaining workers. You snarked they “want” to address the issue of bad jobs even if it will result in throwing some portion out of work so they have no jobs at all. Implicitly…

There’s any easy fix. The city could require Uber to pay the drivers who made decisions based on their shitty lies some sort of gradual severance. Then your very sincere concern about the welfare of Uber drivers who may have “invested” in driving for Uber could be addressed by the entity which caused the problem in…

Yeah! Uber paid for and built all the roads in NYC. The government had nothing to do with it. Ride sharing apps would totally exist without the government so the government has no right to poke its nose in to their business.

They don’t. But since when did not knowing something stop someone from giving their very well informed opinion?

Why doesn’t de Blasio understand his role as Mayor of NYC? It’s to make sure businesses are subject to absolutely no burdens or restrictions whatsoever in order to allow them to hire as many low wage workers as possible and make the most profit for its owner. Obviously the goals of a chief executive of a for-profit…

Yeah! We should probably end all regulations, since they might prevent even one person from getting a terrible job.

Or, just maybe, the spokesman for Uber isn’t just “laying out the facts”. He might have an incentive to “massage the truth” or even flat out lie.

A private transportation service which was available to all New Yorkers, covered by regulations, and paying the cost of at least some of the externalities caused by their presence? How awful.

I originally wrote something mean, but I really do want you to understand why you are so misguided and wrong. I don’t think you will even try to change your mind because I can’t reason you out of beliefs you didn’t reason yourself into. Everything you are saying is essentially economic “just so stories” meant to…

Talk about making up a reality. Your defense of Obama is practically Orwellian in its revisionism.

Everything you mention as DOA almost solely benefits a relatively tiny percentage of Americans. To believe they are politically inviolable is to believe a tiny percentage of Americans have political power far beyond their numbers in a “one man, one vote” system.

Is that your blog? I get it, the writer is in the upper middle class and wants to preserve the privileges that come with a stratified society but claim “we” can achieve his putative goals for the country without “hurting” anyone. And he’s totally practical and only interested in what works! Because if history has…

Is there something about being a moderate that makes one a condescending douche bag? It’s like that is part of the whole “I’m just in the middle” shtick.

It’s telling how insane some of Bernie’s positions were that a significant number of Bernie voters turned to Trump in the general. That takes a special brand of stupid.

Uh, no. They lost. Which means they weren’t running as “moderates”. Since it’s impossible to lose if you do exactly what Third Way wants since Third Way has scientifically determined exactly what American voters want. Which just coincidentally happens to align with Third Way’s ideological positions on basically every…

The centrist candidate Obama who attacked Clinton for her support of NAFTA? Or moderate candidate Obama who campaigned on completely reversing the GWB tax cuts (not just for people making more than $250k)? Maybe you’re talking about middle of the road candidate Obama who promised to end the war in Iraq on hist first…

I’m sure some rich guy is going to notice your bootlicking any day now and swoop down to take you away from the horrible proles. Actually, you might want to strap on your knee-pads one more time to really make sure they notice you. Since there are so many people trying to get the position of “Fluffer in Chief” you…

Are one of Slate’s “millionaire on the internet” conservatives? Specifically the oily one? Kudos for taking your shtick to somewhere less infested with Very Serious centrists who only disagreed with hating the poor in degree. But you must get way fewer sycophantic “likes” here. Compared to Slate where they love a…

If you are well served by the status quo then of course you’ll like that our system makes it hard to do anything outside of the status quo. Empowering the defenders of the status quo by forcing any attempts at change to “compromise” with the defenders and minimizing disruption.

Even accepting eating habits are the primary cause of obesity and are completely due to personal choices with no impact from society or government services/programs, healthcare can still mitigate the medical harms of obesity, right?