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Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:35 pm to SouthPlains
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$1000 / month could afford some nice arse high end cars.
After note, insurance, gas, etc. $1000 doesn't go as far as it should.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:36 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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"They're literally going to have to quit their jobs because they will have no transportation to get to them,"
If you take an Uner to work, outside of vehicle mechanical issues, you're fricking retarded. If you don't have a car, riding public transportation or walking or riding a bike makes sense...paying for a 2-way Uber doesn't.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:37 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
This is very on brand for Minneapolis. Good job everyone.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:38 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:couldnt she rent a car for a month for $1k?
A car would put her over the medicaid asset limit and she would no longer qualify for the stipend.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:39 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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A lesson in critical thinking I got in undergrad:
Econ 1 prof hands us an article about airlines overbooking & offering money at the gate to bump passengers. Article argues we should ban this. Reasoning is that it’s exploitative: poorer people overwhelmingly more likely to get bumped because they’ll take the cash and a business traveler won’t.
Class is mostly split on whether it’s reasonable. Prof asks one question: when we ban this, will the poor people who were taking the bump fee thank us for taking away the option? Will the price they pay to fly go up or down?
Clearly people took the bump fee because the money mattered to them. Also, airlines will just raise ticket prices if they can’t overbook, which hurts poorer people more. Taking away options is almost never good.
It’s really incredible how often this pattern plays out: people like this guy below with his UCLA & law degree tell poor people: “you don’t understand, you’re being exploited. Here, let me take away this opportunity you’ve been seeking out so you don’t get exploited anymore.”
There are genuinely tons of people on Twitter right now who implicitly think drivers are going to thank Minneapolis for destroying their option to earn. They won’t.
Disclosure: I worked at Uber and helped launch UberX. My aim was not to depress wages for gig workers. My aim was to allow gig work to be an option for people in the first place.
Good Twitter post on the topic
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:40 pm to FearlessFreep
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couldnt she rent a car for a month for $1k?
That presumes she’s actually able to drive it. Maybe she isn’t. Maybe she’s blind
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:41 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Transportation desert!
Transportation is racist!
Transportation is racist!
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:42 pm to SouthPlains
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The average American would laugh in disbelief if you told them what their taxes actually pay for
I'd feel a little bit better about how much I pay if I thought it was going to shte like this or being used responsibly. Just a little bit, though.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:44 pm to BuckyCheese
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rather not pay for either.
Your taxes are going to pay for something, I'd rather it go towards someone that might at least be putting something back in.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 6:49 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Damn, the Dildo of Economic Realities is just as rough and unlubed as the Dildo of Consequences.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 7:45 pm to DeltaTigerDelta
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What are those Hadjis going to do now?
Fly their magic carpets like they were meant to
Posted on 3/17/24 at 7:46 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
When did Minneapolis become full on communist? Serious question, why does that state attract the crazy liberals?
Posted on 3/17/24 at 7:48 pm to DeltaTigerDelta
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What are those Hadjis gonna do now?
I’ve had 2 Uber drivers in the twin cities area.. both Somalian. They were cool though
Posted on 3/17/24 at 7:52 pm to Civildawg
Minnesota has been one of the more liberal States
one of the longer consecutive Dem electoral college streaks
one of the longer consecutive Dem electoral college streaks
Posted on 3/17/24 at 7:52 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Let someone married to a cousin, who are both from a 3rd World Shithole figure it out.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 7:57 pm to BigBinBR
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That includes Liz Workman's daughter, Tori, who gets a $1,000 stipend every month for rides to her job at a local grocery store. The money is funded by taxpayers.
This is peak liberal SOP to cut off their noses to spite their faces. They fund the rides with taxpayer money then decide to make a law that would price them out of being able to fund rides.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 7:57 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:if the only way to roll back taxpayer theft like this is to make it impossible, I’m all in
who gets a $1,000 stipend every month for rides to her job at a local grocery store.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 8:01 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Minneapolis is a shithole.
Posted on 3/17/24 at 8:03 pm to Street Hawk
quote:I was at the grocery store checking out and there was this young kid in front of me checking out two buggies of shite. And he had to keep in organized while he checked out. It took forever
My aim was to allow gig work to be an option for people in the first place.
I gave my wife a WTF look and she said (after he left) he was an instacart buyer and driver. I was about to judge people for being lazy but then I realized that being lazy is creating jobs. Good jobs, that anyone can do.
it’s the mowing lawns or fast food cashier of 2024
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