daniel_callahan@jlai.lu to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 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-square39fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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-27 days agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squarejaschen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoBut isn’t trying to influence public policy illegal?
minus-squareeureka@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoIn what country? It’s pretty normal to see companies lobbying for policy here, or urging people to sign petitions.
minus-squarejaschen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoI don’t know. It just feels like something like this shouldn’t be legal
minus-squareGriffus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoIn most of the world it is, and seeing how where it is not is developing, that is a vert god thing.
minus-squareByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 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-up0·7 days agoI live in Taiwan and I don’t think it’s legal for companies to sway policy.
But isn’t trying to influence public policy illegal?
In what country? It’s pretty normal to see companies lobbying for policy here, or urging people to sign petitions.
I don’t know. It just feels like something like this shouldn’t be legal
In most of the world it is, and seeing how where it is not is developing, that is a vert god thing.
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.