While you are making a great point, what is preventing the common-folk / lesser lords from flocking to Jon 2 weeks after the battle? He has a better claim than Dany, he was born in Westeros, he’s a man (which Varys does state really does matter), and he has the adoration of a large amount of the population (at least 2…

Not at all. But not like these workers can afford to go another day without money, so not sure there is another option.

Once you ring the bell you can’t unring it. We have a minimum wage and that’s not going away. By finding a way to have the system update itself without legislative input is a way to reduce those flaws in the government process.

Good catch on the math error there.  Of course, unless you do what he/she did and move to a cheaper market, its not profit if you have to put it in the next house which likely increased the same %.  Its only profit when you finally leave the market, otherwise its more or less unrealized gain.

I agree with pretty much everything you said. If you want to unionize and be employees realize that a collective bargaining agreement is going to be WAY more binding than what you have now.

I get it. Also then those people can work more than 40 hours or find a way to make more per hour. You can want a better living situation, or the ability to have a kid, but that requires you to go and get more than the minimum to make it happen. Right now that Uber driver can’t live in Oakland, but in Fresno.

You don’t. I am not targeting this to you specifically, but we are all entitled to be selfish assholes. And I don’t feel a lot of pity for the drivers either to be honest.

Ah, that’s the missing piece.... You downsized (in value and not in size) by leaving the market.  Not something I’d really consider sustainable for most though, but glad it worked out for you.

As long as Uber can attract enough drivers and enough passangers, you are correct. But I think that everyday more and more drivers don’t think its worth it, and eventually as they slowly burn through the amount of available pool of drivers (at some point having a Uber-quality car prevents anyone from being a driver)…

I didn’t argue for a minimum wage for all 50 states anywhere in the above did I? I would be perfectly fine if Uber guaranteed a wage of $10/hr in Detroit but $25/hr in the Bay Area (or whatever the math works out to).

Roughly, yeah. The pace with which the CPI has grown (even though the bucket is flawed its as good as anything) has far outpaced the effective wage for most, and has absolutely crushed the minimum wage.  In 1970 a person could get by on minimum wage, now they can’t.  And I’d rather have the company pay their employees…

Makes sense. The MetroPlex has been growing in value pretty consistently from what I understand.

Sure you can. They didn’t sign up for a long-term commitment, and neither did Uber. They can complain (and choose to not drive) every single day since they accept them each day they turn on the app. Doesn’t mean Uber has to listen, but if you are ok with giving Uber a tax break (by subsiding the wages they should be…

Out of idle curiosity, where/when was this? Because while I believe it is possible what you are saying is that the value of your house went up about 22% a year, since seller costs are generally 8-10% of the total price (so if you were there less than 5 years you’d need to grow a $150K house into a $330K house in 4…

What are you basing that on? When you factor in closing costs, realtor costs, moving costs, legal fees, taxes and other fees related to the overall home transaction you really need to be in an insanely hot real estate market to sustain a “less than 5 years to recover” model.

Very fair points. That being said here is a simple answer:

An Angeleno is a resident of Los Angeles, California.

No it doesn’t. A summer job is a side gig. When you are 20 and working 40 hours a week when home from college as a waitress, you are not a professional food service employee, you are a college student home on break.

That would be dumb. The one person I know that does this is a teacher. 95% of their rides are in July and August as a way to supplement their income when they aren’t getting paid. Its clearly a side gig, but they want to put in 40-50 hours in a few weeks to help pay for the summer trip they want to take.

I hate to admit this, but in college I worked as a valet. I’ll give you one guess how I learned to drive stick.....