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thrownaway13371

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    Comment #39718629

    It's not unprofitable, it's them posturing that they will refuse to lower their profit margins. Do you honestly think they can't afford to pay their employees the bare minimum that…

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    Comment #39718602

    Those workers often had no other choice other than to get exploited to scrape by, and now businesses who will refuse to pay a living wage have thrown them to the street. It's clear…

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    Comment #39718557

    Yeah it's unfortunate a corporate giant would rather throw them to the street rather than pay them a living wage. It's a good thing to root out exploitation like Uber and Lyft.

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    Comment #39718547

    Exactly, if you can't afford to pay a living wage you have a bad business model, which is exactly what the comment you responded to was pointing out.

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    Comment #39718531

    Uber and Lyft can easily afford to pay their workers the minimum wage, it would however hurt their record profits and set a precedence that they would need to pay a living wage acr…