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re: Uber and Lyft Drivers Are Striking Today
Posted on 5/8/19 at 9:01 am to Kujo
Posted on 5/8/19 at 9:01 am to Kujo
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If you people wanted more passenger vehicles, then you should have asked them to increase the allowable number of taxis on the road.
I never wanted a taxi or anything similar until the folks at Uber/Lyft updated the hailing/billing/etc. with modern technology.
Even if there were 1MM cabs in my city, I'd still use Uber/Lyft instead if the alternative is to call someone and give them a damn address for a cab.
All you have done is make a beautiful case of how the free market will innovate and thrive if the government will just kindly piss off.
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My belief is that uber/lyft should follow the same ESTABLISHED laws as taxis, and operate as just another taxi company. Anything else is not debatable
stupid. The taxi industry was/is a complete joke prior to Uber. As you have pointed out, this is due to massive government intrusion and artificial barriers to entry. If you allowed Uber to be regulated the same as taxi companies, then you would end up with the same shite we had prior to Uber.
This post was edited on 5/8/19 at 9:06 am
Posted on 5/8/19 at 11:19 am to CptRusty
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All you have done is make a beautiful case of how the free market will innovate and thrive if the government will just kindly piss off.
You are missing the point. its not about what you want and how it's better for you, it's about a level playing field. My objection is why were they allowed to bypass laws.
It's like only allowing 50 restaurant permits at a fee of 10M per permit in a city. then turning around and allowing limitless food trucks with no permit fee.
You can't really hate the restaurants for long wait times because 10k people want to goto 50 restaurants, and it's not really fair either to claim that food trucks were innovative when the city was shutting down lemonade stands, girl scout cookie tables, and church bake sales as "food establishments" ...but then all of a sudden decide that food trucks are mobile and dont fall under the definition of "establishment".
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