Uber and Lyft granted an emergency stay

https://twitter.com/DaveLeeFT/status/1296519924618207232

by derwiki • 6 years ago

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erichocean2• 6 years ago

It's far better to let CA voters decide in November how they want Uber/Lyft to be regulated on this issue.

Once that's done, the court can either continue the stay or enforce it depending on the outcome. Either way, democracy wins.

controversy3• 6 years ago

Direct democracy is bad. All one has to do is whip people into an emotional frenzy. Essentially you are arguing that the people should further circumscribe Individual rights like entering into a contract. Now people that made extra money, probably needed extra money, will be denied this option because the people will put the requirement of health benefits onto the contracting company.

drummer3• 6 years ago

All 'democracy' is bad. People should just decide for themselves and not for others and not enforce their opinions ("laws") on others using government force.

erichocean2• 6 years ago

We don't support democracy because it always produces the "right' answer, we support it because the alternative is authoritarian rule and violence.

Far better to have the consent of the governed, even when imperfect.

jakobmartz3• 6 years ago

This is disappointing..

WrtCdEvrydy• 6 years ago

This goes to show... if you burn enough VC money to get yourself into an IPO, you can leverage that "for the jobs"...

deft• 6 years ago

Every time a government is bullied by a corporation is just as disgusting as the last.

pochamago• 6 years ago

This feels like the inverse to me. Every traditional industry has gotten an exception carved out for itself in the law, this is basically just discriminate targeting of Uber and Lyft.

tareqak• 6 years ago

This story is currently on the front page from a different source here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24227340 .

derwiki• 6 years ago

The story “broke” on this and another tweet. The Verge originally just posted the tweet but then updated to a full article.

Btw not criticizing this comment :D just adding context

Uber and Lyft granted an emergency stay

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