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The Ugly Side of Uber Revealed

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The ugly side of Uber revealed its ugly head. Ads on the side of New York City MTA buses promise that drivers who leave their current taxi jobs will earn $60,000 per year with Uber. The spin is that with Uber drivers will own their own existing vehicles. However, over the summer, it was revealed that the company’s scheme included locking drivers into high-interest, high-payment car leases. What were basically unaffordable subprime loans—for example, $1,000 monthly payments at 22.75% interest—locked drivers into Uber. Under scrutiny, Uber’s subprime financing relationship ended, but not before many drivers were sucked in.







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