What specifically are they claiming and what data or facts would you wish to receive to back up that claim? To me it just looks like they're stating their opinion.
They're attempting to advertise lower prices than they're charging. If they want to advertise real rates and provide an itemized break down of fees on demand I'd be happy to see the increased transparency. Fees unmentioned until the last moment are designed to leverage people's sunk cost fallacy and say "Well, I'm already so close to booking a ride I might as well."
This is in no way a move to increase transparency and, uh, fuel doesn't have a flat per ride cost anyways. If I book a three thousand dollar uber to take me from LA to NYC it apparently uses just as much fuel as getting an Uber to the bus stop down the road from me.
Fuel was always included in the price. Now it's not, at least not entirely. They're not moving it out of the price out of a desire for transparency; they're trying to raise prices without getting yelled at.
There's not a "driver surcharge" and a "working doors surcharge" and a "seatbelt surcharge", right?
I wouldn’t call this transparency. It’s designed to cause confusion. Throwing too much information and too many fees to confuse the heck out of you and hope that you’d say “whatever” and book it.
If fuel cost zero yesterday and costs exactly $1 per ride (regardless of length) today then it would be transparency. What they are doing now is advertising a low up-front price and tacking on random surcharges to the final bill.
Your “proof” is incredibly lackluster. The only study it references was done on people with stage 3 kidney disease, and even the study states the conclusion might be incorrect.
Alternatively, I found a study that concludes that “consuming less than the 24-h water adequate intake may influence the risk of dysfunctional metabolism and chronic diseases” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6315424/
The study does state that the “adequate intake” is different for everyone, but at the end of the day you need to drink water. Spreading the idea that you don’t need to drink water is foolish.
but ultimately they're under contract from the city/county to provide library services? It's not like they can unilaterally add user charges. They still can if the city/county agrees, but that's still the case in the case of publicly run libraries.
Private schools are far superior to public schools and often cost far less. Private prisons are almost a non issue - they're a minuscule amount. Take a look at what the California prison guard union does - advocating against criminal justice reform to maintain large # of inmates. I'm against private prisons, but don't let it crowd out the real issue which is public prisons.
You are just making up classes. In the typical low, middle and high class structure making slightly above median definitely places you in the middle class.
I only carry my phone and my wallet when I go out. If I’m driving I bring my car’s key fob, no attached keys. I get in through my garage. If the power is out for some reason, I can grab my spare key hidden on the property. Why would I want to bring a physical, metal key around with me? Is it the 1900s?
