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6 people · 8 quotes · 25 Aug 2021 to 21 Aug 2026
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Gurley says SEIU charges $420 annual fee to 2 million members outside ridesharing to fund this fight.
“They want their minimum member fee is $420 a year that they charge their 2,000,000 members who, by the way, aren't in the ride sharing industry. They're in hospitality and government and health care.”
Gurley cites Amazon paying $3,000 and McDonald's $500 bonuses to argue drivers prefer flexible work over shifts.
“if if if these writer drivers wanted shift work, there's unbelievable opportunity out there right now. Amazon's paying $3,000 for you to become a shift worker.”
Rowan grades the U.S. economy an A for capital allocation but a C for understanding trade's impact on labor.
“give us an a as an economy for allocation of capital and construction of assets, and give us a c for understanding trade and its impact on labor.”
Patel describes former Yandex workers paid bonuses for speed who use drugs to complete data center buildouts faster.
“Like and they get paid bonuses for being faster, and therefore, do, like, certain drugs to be able to finish the build outs faster.”
Baker calculates 20% token spend on knowledge work implies $5 trillion addressable market.
“There's 25,000,000,000,000 in knowledge work. And so let's, you know, let's say that that's, you know, let's take your 20% number. That's 5,000,000,000,000.”
Baker cites examples showing blue collar workers benefiting significantly from AI adoption.
“I think one of them gave an example of I forget if it was a plumber or an HVAC contractor, but, like, you know, everybody who's a blue collar worker is doing great because of AI.”
Vance says the administration told corporations to train and hire Americans before seeking foreign workers.
“And what we did is we told American corporations that if you wanted new workers, you gotta start by training and hiring your own countrymen.”
Williams forecasts unemployment rising to around 4.5 percent by end of 2025.
“With this slowdown in growth, I expect the unemployment rate to rise to around 4-1/2 percent by the end of this year.”