In the councilor's defense; I don't think its anything really that bad or something to be concerned over for Jones.
People (especially older) don't really know much of Uber, other than it is newfangled technology charging drunk people outrageous amounts and skirting the law.
He should have researched it more before debating the issue, because you could tell he started to understand their points by the end of it. You can tell their quite shielded from a true understanding even though he is on coucil and they have been dealing with this issue.
I do agree though, that 9x is a pretty big gouge though, while I agree with the hosts it exists as an incentive to get drivers on the road, that same incentive is achieved when the surge hits 4-5x. Getting much higher than that is pretty crazy (but again, it is hard to define gouging, and no one is forcing people to use uber), but to the unknowing masses, thats an insane amount to charge.
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