Just from the headline, I’m trembling in fear of my 90 year old Father in Law taking this up...
“Doing jobs Somali do badly”
Key line is here: Life Reimagined, a subsidiary of AARP, the organization for people over 50.
Thus a Democrat party affiliated organization is exploiting old folks.
Typical NY Times article. Now comes the clarion call from elected liberals that something “must be done” and calls for regulations.
If they can't find jobs, it's discrimination. If they can find jobs, it's exploitation. Libs can only see the negative side of everything.
Explain to me why an older person, who is already retired needs retirement benefits? If they have medicare why do they need medical?
Lets understand that driving people around is a low-skill job. It is never going to be a highly-paid profession.
It seems to me that this is a perfect fit for retired people who can work part-time, on their own schedule, and make some extra income. A great way to provide jobs for those forced out of the job market by their age.
And, if it throws a bunch of low-skilled, dog-eating, moon god worshiping, surly immigrants out of work, they can go back where they came from.
Check your auto insurance policy. Mine was amended so that our vehicles are NOT insured if they are used in any ride share program.
I was recently in Ft Lauderdale for a long weekend. Our Uber drivers were retired construction workers, real estate agents with free time and a mom. All were looking for an extra buck and worked when they wanted. Vehicles spotless and everyone a pleasure to talk to. The drivers and passengers rate each other on the app. I will never take a filthy stinking taxi again.
I had planned to retain my bus drivers license for after I retired. But the DOT came up with some incredibly low bar to force me to get a CPAP. My sleep Specialist doctor at Johns Hopkins tells me that my sleep apnea is so mild, he wouldn’t bother treating it, but since some nameless wonk in Washington says so, he’d have to get me a CPAP.
I had the license to drive as a volunteer to take kids to a Bible camp in northern Michigan. I live in Maryland, so I drive 600 miles to Michigan just to drive a bus. 1000 mile round trip with several drivers, then back to MD. Made for a long weekend.
Since I couldn’t afford multiple sleep studies and a needless CPAP, I gave up my license.
I could see me doing Uber though. Seems like it would be fun.
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But others, including some drivers, say it is exploitation of older people who work as independent contractors, without any benefits,
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Guess I must be ‘older than dirt’.
At 14 when I had a job setting pins in a bowling alley the ONLY benefit I expected or was offered was that check every week or so and an occasional tip from the bowlers. (Don’t stand too long in one place).
Of course that was before adults started taking jobs that were ‘designed’ for kids and Government mandates for ‘FREEBIES??????’ made it the norm for non 40 hour weeks.
Also, even in the 70s/80s would tell my ‘crews’ that they were entitled to paid holidays and paid vacations.
Just designate whatever vacation you want and show up for work then and on the holidays and you would get paid.
So, part time work WAS the benefit, just there to supplement your full time work.
Think it was P J O’Rourke that quipped Health Care/Hospitalization was never so expensive until it became ‘free’ or govt subsidized .
As usual, when the ‘government’ adds it hand and skills, they couldn’t successfully put together a ‘soup sandwich’ BUT will sure kill thousands of trees etc making up rules and regs restricting how one does it.
After a little more research, Uber and Lyft both forbid you to carry while driving. No thank you.
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