Posted on 01/24/2020 6:39:58 AM PST by karpov
Calif. is a long. lean, political porta-potty!
I wonder what sort of genius came up with 35? Why not 34 or 36? Or 10 or 80?
This is central planning by the control freaks, and we know how well that works.
“According to the California Labor Commissioner’s website, the misclassification of workers as independent contractors costs the state roughly $7 billion in lost payroll taxes each year.”
CA self employment tax recovers that amount though. Do they mention that?
Democrats get their way nothing turns out good only loss for the people.PC and hate speech are speech control before they go for the guns Hitler winks.
In re declining a ride,
1. The uber driver does not initially know where the rider is going.
2. He can cancel if he wants, but, Uber will drop you as a driver if you cancellation rate is over five percent or something.
As for taxis
1. I don’t know where the ride is going, either (I used to drive uber and drive a cab now)
2. I forbidden by law to decline a ride unless accepting it would keep me from turning in my cab in time. It is easy to report me to a live person at my company or at the MTA (my number is plastered all over my cab). I’d get a hearing but if I don’t give a good reason I will lose my A card (license to drive a cab)
Now it may be different in your city I don’t know.
When everyone works for the state the problem goes away, Comrades.
Uber and Lyft drivers already reject trips on their destination. There even seetings, if you don’t want trips longer than 45 minutes, for example. Some driver will go far, others only take short trips.
To the last sane people in Cali: please turn the lights off when you leave.
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