Sacramento, CA – Uber liberal California needs a face Lyft. Our best effort at a pun, rate it in the comments below and on social media. California has done everything in its power to drive businesses and people out of their state. Now ride-sharing services Uber and Lyft are targets.
We can make fun of California and how idiotic and non-sensical their political leaders are. But what California is doing by driving businesses and people out of their state is causing a political, demographic shift. Western states like Colorado that were once Red States turned to purple and then blue. Much of this has to do with the exodus from Califonia. People are moving and bringing their politics with them.
Of course, we all know that California, since Ronald Reagan was governor, almost a half-century ago, has drifted left. These same lefty policies that destroyed California are carried to other states. It’s almost like a virus, parasite, or disease that spreads and causes destruction in its path. When its host dies, it moves on. This is dangerous, or maybe it’s by design by the left.
Enough ranting and philosophizing, let’s talk about the UBER and Lyft problem in California. Please note that UBER and Lyft are relatively liberal companies with liberal policies on discrimination, Black Lives Matter, and hate guns. We don’t have much sympathy for them and find it ironic that the liberal causes they support may ultimately lead to their destruction.
Uber liberal California needs a face Lyft.
So here is the deal: California passed a law that will make UBER and Lyft reclassify their drivers as employees. This destroys their business model that allows these companies to deliver relatively inexpensive travel services. UBER and Lyft, redefined the “Gig” economy, and provide income opportunities from all swaths of life. For the Dad that wants to drive a few nights a week to put money away for his daughter’s tuition to the gal that can’t find work with her Ph.D. in Underwater Basket Weaving, UBER and Lyft have a place for them.
From CNNBusiness:
A reclassification of their workers would represent a radical shift forced on the two businesses. Uber and Lyft have both built up massive fleets of drivers by treating them as independent contractors. Making the drivers contractors rather than employees has meant they are not entitled to benefits like minimum wage, overtime pay, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and paid sick leave.
Sara Ashley O’Brien, Uber and Lyft get reprieve from court, won’t shut down in California for now, CNNBusiness, August 20, 2020
This would drive up costs and would destroy the company financially. UBER and Lyft have become a convenient means of transportation for all walks of life. According to Wired magazine, these changes would affect 220,000 employees, and UBER alone (not Lyft) would need to spend $500 million to comply. We’re guessing they meant $500 million per year, AKA one half-billion dollars in extra expense in California for one company.
UBER and Lyft (competitors) sought injunctive relief in the courts and got a temporary reprieve. From CNNBusiness:
Uber (UBER) and Lyft (LYFT) narrowly avoided shutting down their ride-hailing services in California after an appellate court granted the companies a temporary reprieve delaying an order that would have forced them to reclassify their drivers in the state by Friday[yesterday].
Sara Ashley O’Brien, Uber and Lyft get reprieve from court, won’t shut down in California for now, CNNBusiness, August 20, 2020
Uber liberal California needs a face Lyft.
Don’t believe that UBER and Lyft would leave California, think again:
In response to that court order, both companies warned that they might suspend operations in California. Each coupled those warnings with a push for a referendum in November to exempt them from the law, known as AB-5, if they could not successfully appeal for a longer stay on the order…Under AB-5, which went into effect January 1, companies must prove workers are free from company control and perform work outside the usual course of the company’s business in order to classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees.
Sara Ashley O’Brien, Uber and Lyft get reprieve from court, won’t shut down in California for now, CNNBusiness, August 20, 2020
The deadlines are looming; this was only a temporary reprieve:
Thursday’s order lays out new deadlines for the companies. By September 4, 2020, the CEOs of Uber and Lyft must submit sworn statements with “implementation plans” for complying with the law within 30 days if the court upholds the earlier injunction order and if the ballot initiative does not pass. Oral arguments are scheduled for October 13, 2020.
Sara Ashley O’Brien, Uber and Lyft get reprieve from court, won’t shut down in California for now, CNNBusiness, August 20, 2020
California is at it again. People are out of work, and the Gig economy has helped some of these displaced workers. UBER and Lyft are “ride-sharing” companies. They provide an app to connect a passenger with a driver. The passenger and driver get paid through the app. Technically these services only provide software, and this is how the business model outsmarts the Government to keep costs low.
President and Former Governor of California famously said this about the Government and business: “Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” California government doesn’t need to subsidize these ride-sharing services; they need to get out of the way before we get to that stage.
Uber liberal California needs a face Lyft. What do you think? Did we use a good pun? Will California drive another business from its borders? Has the politics in your state been affected by the liberal exodus? Write your comments below and on social media!
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