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Since 2014 Rideshare companies have spent more money lobbying and bribing political figures than any other transportation lobby.
This has resulted in a resounding corruption of political systems in several countries.
“To showcase the differences between Democrats and Republicans, Walkers used an analogy comparing Republicans to Uber and Democrats to heavily-regulated taxis.
“Republicans, we’re like Uber or Lyft… as long as the driver and passenger are safe, they don’t care whether you drive once a day or one hundred times a day,” he said. “That’s what we’re like, as long as you don’t hurt the health and safety of your neighbor, we don’t care. Go do your own thing.”
And he is right. Uber and lyft have also:
Destroyed over 80 years of wage and labor rights.
Normalised corporate tax sheltering at a time when legislation had nearly begun regulating it.
Made the most unsafe and uninsured method of transportion since the invention of the motor car.
Normalised the idea that a record epidemic of sexual assaults commited by rideshare drivers is an acceptable collateral damage.
https://vtdigger.org/2019/05/30/hundreds-turn-burlington-protest-former-wisconsin-governor-walker/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=SocialWarfare
“Republicans, we’re like Uber or Lyft… as long as the driver and passenger are safe, they don’t care whether you drive once a day or one hundred times a day,” he said. “That’s what we’re like, as long as you don’t hurt the health and safety of your neighbor, we don’t care. Go do your own thing.”
And he is right. Uber and lyft have also:
Destroyed over 80 years of wage and labor rights.
Normalised corporate tax sheltering at a time when legislation had nearly begun regulating it.
Made the most unsafe and uninsured method of transportion since the invention of the motor car.
Normalised the idea that a record epidemic of sexual assaults commited by rideshare drivers is an acceptable collateral damage.
https://vtdigger.org/2019/05/30/hundreds-turn-burlington-protest-former-wisconsin-governor-walker/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=SocialWarfare
Hundreds turn out in Burlington to protest former Wisconsin governor Walker
Scott Walker was in town to headline a Vermont GOP fundraiser.
vtdigger.org
Weeks After Standing With Uber Drivers, Buttigieg Fundraises With Company's Executive
The South Bend mayor rolls deep with Silicon Valley management while wooing the laborers hardest hit by its sharing economy.
thedailybeast.com
Peter Buttigieg
Another #UberedPolitician?
On Dec. 13, 2018, South Bend Mayor Peter Buttigieg, Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke, Uber’s Rachel Holt, Bird’s Brandon Pollak, and Tech:NYC’s Julie Samuels, join other smart cities and transportation experts to explore the on-the-ground challenges involved in building the transportation systems and cities of tomorrow.
Another #UberedPolitician?
On Dec. 13, 2018, South Bend Mayor Peter Buttigieg, Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke, Uber’s Rachel Holt, Bird’s Brandon Pollak, and Tech:NYC’s Julie Samuels, join other smart cities and transportation experts to explore the on-the-ground challenges involved in building the transportation systems and cities of tomorrow.