daniel_callahan@jlai.lu to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agoThis is how Uber is manipulating americans. They sent an emergency message to everyone in the city, telling them to protest. The tax is $1 to improve public transitcdn.bsky.appexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1573arrow-down16
arrow-up1567arrow-down1external-linkThis is how Uber is manipulating americans. They sent an emergency message to everyone in the city, telling them to protest. The tax is $1 to improve public transitcdn.bsky.appdaniel_callahan@jlai.lu to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 days agoI don’t think so. When my city had a soda tax, every fucking store put a sign out calling it a war on poor people tax. But it was a $0.10 increase on sugary drinks to add to the educational budget. Or maybe it is illegal but I live in a shit hole country.
minus-squarejaschen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoI live in Taiwan and I don’t think it’s legal for companies to sway policy.
minus-squareByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoAh yeah so definitely America is a shit hole country.
I don’t think so.
When my city had a soda tax, every fucking store put a sign out calling it a war on poor people tax. But it was a $0.10 increase on sugary drinks to add to the educational budget.
Or maybe it is illegal but I live in a shit hole country.
I live in Taiwan and I don’t think it’s legal for companies to sway policy.
Ah yeah so definitely America is a shit hole country.