FWilly

Depreciation only matters if you ever intend to sell the car

I disagree. Depreciation matters a lot for at least two different reasons.

1. The vehicle cost is part of the wear and tear/maintenence cost of the activity(so is insurance). You're not making $300 a week. You're making far less and allowing Uber to trick you into thinking that your making more than you really are. The cost of the vehicle and the insurance need to be subtracted from that gross amount as well and depreciation allows you to spread that cost over time.

2. In business - and I think you're counted as self-employed - the IRS will allow you to deduct your costs, including vehicle cost, insurance) as a business expense. But it only allows for a fixed annual amount over the course of the asset's(car) lifetime. So depreciation is how that amount is spread over the life of the car.

You need to look at depreciation and you need to look at IRS mileage allowances for your taxes. Did you pay self-employment tax(social security and medicare) like you're required to? These are things to ask a tax expert or accountant, another expense.

Also, you need to look at your healthcare costs as an expense that comes out of your $300. Presumably you would get that from a W-2 type employer, or at least something towards it.

Regardless of your specific situation, the point I'm trying to make is that just because you receive a check for $300 does not mean that you are making $300.

So, other than promoting this film, what do you do now?

Do you feel that anything really changed, or that the "game" simply shifted a bit?

This answer does not fit the desired narrative. Please develop a bad attitude and demand $15/hr minimum wage.

You've fought the good fight for seven years. I'm positive that it has cost you plenty, despite ACLU freebies and even if you never have to write a check for it.

But, now you're seven years in and what few detractors there were are growing increasingly apathetic. Do you feel like you have effected any change? Do you feel like you will ever achieve success in this battle? Are you yet growing weary, as I am sure they expect you to? At what point is it no longer worth your effort?

Why aren't those rescued at sea repatriated, rather than landed in Europe?