Posted on 02/24/2016 10:26:29 AM PST by grundle
Just a couple months ago, Bernie Sanders lambasted Uber as an "unregulated" company with "serious problems," but financial disclosures by the Democratic presidential candidate reveal that whenever his campaign requires a taxi, they literally always turn to Uber.
According to research done by National Journal, 100 percent of Sanders' spending on taxi and ride-sharing services was spent on Uber.
Sanders describes himself as a democratic socialist and advocate for labor, so his skepticism of Uber is unsurprising. The company has been attacked on the left for evading taxi regulations in cities like New York, and the company is also criticized because its workers are classified as independent contractors rather than employees, meaning they don't receive certain government benefits and protections. An ongoing class-action lawsuit by Uber drivers seeks to have them reclassified as employees.
But Uber's innovations have also allowed it to offer cheaper service than most of its competitors, and that combined with its convenience apparently made it too compelling to the Sanders campaign to choose any other service.
The Daily Caller News Foundation reached out to the Sanders campaign for comment but did not immediately receive a reply.
Lenin’s Rolls Royce
What do you expect?
My leftist friend bashes Walmart. But for some reason always winds up buying stuff there.
More “do as I say, not as I do” hypocrisy from the left.
what a champagne socialist being hypocritical, say it ain’t so.
Sanders is a neanderthal and idiot of the highest order.
He’s an unreconstructed socialist, selling the same failed, 175 year-old economic philosophy that has failed everywhere. He’s got to be extremely stupid, or extremely evil.
“IT ISN’T EXPLOITATION OF THE WORKING CLASS WHEN WE DO IT!”
The hypocrisy of the millionaire socialists, knows no bounds
Wait until they get their hooks into Mrs Bernie Sanders driving her small private college into bankruptcy by lying on loan applications to buy a big chunk of primo Lake Champlain property “for the students” of course
Does the word liberal mean hypocrite in every language?
He hates it because it is individuals making money with a minimum of bureaucratic overhead and satisfied customers.
What else is there for a committed socialist to hate?
Uh oh. Bernie’s fanboys are in LOVE with Uber.
He had better tread carefully here.
Most über drivers are leftists-go figure.
How do you know that?
I think I’ll pass on using the Uber.
In Michigan, some rides just dont end well...
Uber Bernie has transportation to the awards show. Best supporting socialist in a kabuki theater production. Take your kabuki, Bern.
I used to work with a guy like that. Always bashing Walmart as the destroyer of worlds and all things good and PC. But, he admitted he and his wife bought all their baby products there, because nobody else could come close to matching the prices. The funniest part of listening to him rail about it was that he was most offended that Walmart had "forced" him into choosing his wallet over his values.
Thanks for the link.
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