Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
Uber/Lyft are not transportation companies like taxi firms. They are an online broker for drivers offering to share their vehicles. The common carrier standard of care was never intended to apply to this type of situation — the same reason that carpool drivers who get paid for gas and/or mileage are not held to that standard. Just the latest example of how Illinois Democrats have no clue about the things they want to regulate.