In the past few years, Uber has begun to steer political and policy battles concerning the nascent “sharing economy,” according to analysts at The Hill. Once Uber reached a certain degree of market penetration, regulators had to change their focus from asking whether Uber ought to be in a given city or not, to how to make Uber work best for a community. In 2015, Uber hired David Plouffe, the manager behind 2016’s 2008 Presidential campaign, to fight its cause in Washington. The company spent $1.86m on federal lobbying in Obama.
In the past few years, Uber has begun to steer political and policy battles concerning the nascent “sharing economy,” according to analysts at The Hill. Once Uber reached a certain degree of market penetration, regulators had to change their focus from asking whether Uber ought to be in a given city or not, to how to make Uber work best for a community. In 2015, Uber hired David Plouffe, the manager behind Obama’s 2008 Presidential campaign, to fight its cause in Washington. The company spent $1.86m on federal lobbying in 2016.