September LC thread!!!1! - Page 25 - Politics and Economics

They're free to choose their own hours, vehicle (with some requirements), clothes (assume there's some sort of dress code), routes, customers, etc.

They pretty much fit the definition of independent contractor outside the being able to take the wage and then pay someone a portion to do the work (they might be able to, I'm not sure on this one).

09-19-2014 , 07:31 PM

#602

zikzak

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I can easily imagine a business where somebody finances vehicles for Uber drivers in a way that is no different than how cab companies operate now.

09-19-2014 , 07:34 PM

#603

rjoefish

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I just don't know if there's something in the Uber rules that would prevent it. It certainly seems feasible otherwise.

09-19-2014 , 07:40 PM

#604

ikestoys

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Quote:

Originally Posted by zikzak

I can easily imagine a business where somebody finances vehicles for Uber drivers in a way that is no different than how cab companies operate now.

Well the biggest difference would be that there would not be a monopoly enforced by medallions

09-19-2014 , 08:56 PM

#605

FlyWf

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Quote:

Originally Posted by rjoefish

I just don't know if there's something in the Uber rules that would prevent it. It certainly seems feasible otherwise.

Well, at this point Uber is just a brand name, certainly if they did oppose that someone could start their own app-based taxi service that didn't.

09-21-2014 , 02:35 PM

#606

ikestoys

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So watching non-recorded network tv because football obviously. Landrieu (the democrat) is attacking Cassidy, the republican, for not wanting to build a border fence, touting her votes against amnesty, and saying cassidy voted to cut medicare with a bunch of scared seniors.

Louisiana is bizzaro world.

09-21-2014 , 02:56 PM

#607

pvn

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What's the latest on the "laundreu lives with her mom" situation?

09-21-2014 , 03:13 PM

#608

ikestoys

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Well iirc that's how she claims louisiana residency. Know nothing beyond that haven't seen a single republican ad.

09-21-2014 , 03:33 PM

#609

[Phill]

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Upcoming Daily Show bit next week:

Spoiler:

It sounds hilarious and super super awkward all at the same time.

09-21-2014 , 04:04 PM

#610

Money2Burn

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Originally Posted by seattlelou

I hope that means they got a kid to climb the water tower.

I loled

09-22-2014 , 12:45 AM

#611

spike420211

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Not the 60 Minutes ISIS piece [not bad], the one they did after.
Does it seem kinda unfair to you folks about all the crap endured by the online pokering community 3-4 years ago regarding prepaid Visa/Mastercard
[yes, they even showed f**king GreenDot],
meanwhile, people are out filing phony returns and loading up prepaid cards, for 4k+$?
[f**k waiting for a Treasury check in the snailmail!]

This is karma on the IRS for labeling all of us as filthy degens.

NOTE: They actually predict that the IRS will be "hemorraging money" by 2016 if steps aren't taken starting like right f**king now.

It's been fun, guyz. I give up.

09-22-2014 , 12:49 AM

#612

ikestoys

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what?

09-22-2014 , 12:50 AM

#613

spike420211

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ikestoys

what?

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/irs-scam...ud-60-minutes/

09-22-2014 , 12:52 AM

#614

ikestoys

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oh thanks i wanted a 15 min movie not a simple summary

09-22-2014 , 12:54 AM

#615

MidyMat

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How about this?!? A sushi/pizza restaurant that served pizza with sushi topping and also sushi with tiny pizzas on top.

09-22-2014 , 12:55 AM

#616

JayTeeMe

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MidyMat

How about this?!? A sushi/pizza restaurant that served pizza with sushi topping and also sushi with tiny pizzas on top.

Are you looking for investors?

09-22-2014 , 01:28 AM

#617

suzzer99

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I know a computer programmer who worked for green dot and said they're all basically insane *******s. Not surprising.

09-22-2014 , 09:51 AM

#618

Ineedaride2

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Quote:

Originally Posted by zikzak

My father tried to drug test me once.

Once.

09-22-2014 , 10:43 AM

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seattlelou

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Matt Bai has a long piece in NYT magazine on Gary Hart's downfall and its lasting effect on US politics. I started reading it as a bit of nostalgia and it doesn't disappoint in that regard but it is quite a bit more.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/ma...tics.html?_r=2

09-22-2014 , 12:20 PM

#620

champstark

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epic Miss America take down by Oliver last night

09-22-2014 , 01:20 PM

#621

Money2Burn

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Originally Posted by seattlelou

Yeah, this was a great read.

09-22-2014 , 04:15 PM

#622

goofyballer

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Next time someone bitches about the price tag of some welfare thing, remember that our money currently goes towards things like this and nobody gives a ****:

U.S. Ramping Up Major Renewal in Nuclear Arms

Quote:

A sprawling new plant here in a former soybean field makes the mechanical guts of America’s atomic warheads. Bigger than the Pentagon, full of futuristic gear and thousands of workers, the plant, dedicated last month, modernizes the aging weapons that the United States can fire from missiles, bombers and submarines.

It is part of a nationwide wave of atomic revitalization that includes plans for a new generation of weapon carriers. A recent federal study put the collective price tag, over the next three decades, at up to a trillion dollars.