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Delivery for random shit was never cheap before its not to ME shocking that it should reasonably be somewhat expensive to have someone drive their $50k car to the starbucks for you.

The government disallows work that people would otherwise do all the time for instance by instituting minimum wage, requiring benefits, or requiring regulation that drive up costs enough that marginal businesses fold. Those employees don't cease to exist they are reallocated to other parts of the market which are more worthy. In the end uber eats isn't worth anything it loses money. It's a side show until investors money runs out.

There are parts of Seattle that are shady. Unfortunately those people exist and they aren't going anywhere so we are basically playing whack a mole. If we want them out of people's faces we should probably house them. Finland did and it worked for them.



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