Taxpayers Are Bailing Out Uber and Lyft — Again

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By Kea WilsonMar 26, 2020, 5:55 pm924 ptsInteresting
Uber and their ilk are old pros at gaming the system to maximize profits as they undermine our nation’s transit networks. But this time, they may have pulled off their most outrageous heist yet: getting taxpayers to pay 100 percent of unemployment benefits to their workers, while their multi-billion dollar…

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