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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 …

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.

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Two years later, we know the answer: Gig workers make no more money, but prices went 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 … $12 grew to $32!” complains one in my new video. “I........

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