Boomer Socialism at it again
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This is contrary to human nature. People don't work because they "feel valued" or that the "pay is fair" or whatever hippie bullshit, they work because they need the money to meet their needs - present and future - which once met most people don't work anymore (only a small few do).
Somebody making $100k doesn't work Uber not because they aren't taking home as much relative to somebody else, but because they don't need any more money. It's how you imagine them acting because you want to justify a belief that's clearly false, but ask any middle-class/wealthy person why they aren't out driving for tips, zero are going to say "because it's unfair".
It's obvious that with no tax people wouldn't work jobs in all their free time - they'd do hobbies or sit around playing games or with their AI girlfriend.
So you didn't actually read what I said. Basically a Laffer Curve is similar to this in that it says there's a ideal tax rate, but that's focused on economic growth whereas the ideal tax rate for worker happiness is probably not exactly this.
Perhaps you're only accustomed to lazy people? Most people I know earning $150k/yr are working on business ventures and side-hustles to make more money. I think your theory is flawed and is based more on arm-chair university theories. The $100k/yr earner working Uber was literally based on a co-worker on mine who was earning that and literally working Uber but he stopped because he found the earnings wasn't wroth it for what he did when factoring in taxes.
A lot of people don't work more because they don't want 50% of what they earn going to the government and because most businesses won't let you so they're forced to work in non-traditional means. There was just a story posted here of a woman working 3 jobs and was a top performer making like $300k/yr. People want to work but only if they're paid appropriately for what they do and they aren't stuck in archaic show-up, swipe-in and swipe-out models of working. Yes, there will be some people who don't work but there will be others who do work and that will cancel out.
If only that were the case. There's way more people content to live in huts and open sewers than those addicted to work and improvement. Look at India for example.
First of all, so he didn't know he had to pay taxes on his Uber income? Or what the tax rate was? So basically he's a moron. You're basing your views on what a moron said. But good on him landing that $100k parasite job at whatever unfortunate company hired him.
You may be right, he might work Uber on top of his extra $30k from no taxes, but for a different reason: because basic needs and everything else would cost much more than now (this was my original contention, btw, that you're agreeing with).