Uh, if that were true, no one would be driving Uber or Lyft. Secondly, if it were true, isn’t it their business if they want to drive for $3/hr?
Read the article & use that tool in front of you. They admitted the error...A YEAR AGO. Took me a few seconds to verify it, but I was already aware of the study: I’m trying to wrap up an e-book on ‘ride-sharing’ (with emphasis on Oober) and have found data which supports lower net profit than minimum wage in MANY major cities. One such study was performed by WaPo, ironically.
Thomson should have cited references. This is OLD NEWS and exhibits a very ‘special’ idiocy on both his part and AOC...the latter who deserves it most of all.
But he bears responsibility for a higher standard as a ‘journalist’, without regard for his politics: His story is artfully-deceptive.