Not true and neither is the house painting scenario an apt analogy. Hourly workers get a breakdown showing how many hours they worked on each day of their schedule, not just a paycheck. Breaking down the hours shows the employee whether they’re being short-shifted, whether they’re being docked for breaks they should…

Both companies should be able to make steady, reliable profits without subjecting their employees to minimum wage bondage.

The good old “pick yourself up by your bootstraps” argument. Free will is not a guarantee that you will attain the things you choose to pursue. As an occasional ride-share driver and full-time employee (at a job that calls me an employee), I too have free will to find a better paying job that will eliminate the need…

Lyft and Uber are making me seriously uncomfortable. I first encountered Uber in NYC and instantly fell in love. At the time I managed a bar/restaurant in Baltimore and regularly hailed a cab after closing. It was a nightly headache because almost NO cabbie wanted to take a chance on a younger AA male. Soon after Uber…

“Lyft and Uber should’ve been scamming these people from the start! Now it looks suspicious!”

In answer to your “why would he?” question: because they are claiming the drivers are contractors who can take or leave a fare based on whether it’s good for them or not. Hiding this information takes something that was already difficult and makes it impossible.

Has NO CLUE what hes talking about? Has NOT studied the topic? You sound pretty uninformed and miseducated. He has a DOCTORATE in FINANCE so how could he NOT know about the topic. AND he NEVER said Google was a bubble! Thats just a flat out lie. Sound like its YOU who has “no fucking clue” what you’re talking about...

Y’all stop taking this fragile clown seriously.

Agreed. It’s going to take black men to police ourselves and each other if we’re going to change this. Calling it by name and coming face to face with these types of perspective is definitely a start.

It fits a toxic white narrative that isn’t reality, that’s why.