Democratic socialists say theyll save the workers but their rescues ALWAYS fail

Not long ago, new kinds of jobs appeared: app-based gig work.They include jobs like dog walking on Rover, Taskrabbit work, DoorDash food delivery, Uber and Lyft driving, and many more.Lots of people like gig work.It’s flexible; you work when you want to work.But “workers’ rights” activists and governing socialists don’t like that.Gig workers rarely join unions.They don’t get a minimum wage.“Uber and Lyft exploit their workers” is a headline at MS NOW.

“We can’t ignore it.”The democratic socialists said they had a solution.Seattle’s City Council imposed a $26 delivery-driver minimum wage. What could go wrong?Two years later, we know the answer: Gig workers make no more money, but prices go up.Apps like DoorDash and Uber Eats added a $5 fee for consumers “to help cover the costs of these ..

.regulations.”Now Seattle residents complain about prices.“I ordered a $12 sandwich .

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$12 grew to $32!” one complained to me recently.“I just deleted the app.” App drivers are complaining, too.Work “has become slow because of the new law,” one of them said.And DoorDash itself got 1.7 million fewer Seattle orders.This is what happens when politicians dictate wages.“Obviously, when you’re increasing cost to businesses, you’re going to increase costs to customers,” said economics professor Judge Glock.“These are unimaginably complicated markets where the company’s main job is interfacing between restaurants and delivery workers and customers,” he explained.“Then you have an economically illiterate city council or mayor who thinks, basically by looking at an industry through reading the news, they can appropriately regulate the exact wage.” Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Please provide a valid email.By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

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