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Uber CEO Says Furloughed Government Workers Are Driving For Uber

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The US government has now been shut down for more than a month, and hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been without a source of income. Business Insider reports those workers are now applying to work as Uber drivers. The ride-sharing company's CEO Dara Khosrowshahi acknowledged the recent trend while speaking in Davos, Switzerland at the World Economic Forum.

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