Here’s the thing. (1) Uber is not a full time job for a lot of people. They have a couple of hours here or there that fits within their existing schedule. I don’t doubt that it’s helped put food on the table for a lot of families. Unfortunately In a few years driverless cars will take this opportunity away (2) Uber drovers are rational market participants. If they were really averaging less than $4/hour then this wouldn’t be attractive to driver given our current low unemployment rate.