[drzaiusapelord]

>. Taxi drivers didn't necessarily lobby for market restrictions

Drivers are out in the street protesting anything that allows ride sharing and demanding further restrictions. The idea that employees are innocents is riduculous. This ignores 100+ years of unions, associations, legislation, etc. Its the rank and file demanding these laws, not shadowy men cutting backroom deals. If these deals get made its because the rank and file have a enough political capital to make them happen.

>Essentially, the incumbents have been lied to for years

This seems to be politically biased. These people know exactly what they're doing. When the Chicago Teacher's Union marches and claims low pay (instead they are some of the highest paid teachers in the nation), they know exactly what they are doing. When cab drivers block streets to protest Uber, they know exactly what they are doing.

[venning]

There is a difference between the creation of the status quo and the defense of it.

> ...out in the street protesting...

> ...Chicago Teacher's Union marches...

> ...cab drivers block streets...

Your examples are all of its defense which, while understandable, is largely ignorant of the protections' unintended consequences. My earlier comments addressed the creation of those protections and the effects of their inevitable repeal.

> The idea that employees are innocents is riduculous.

I in no way implied innocence of any party.

> This seems to be politically biased.

Not that it matters, but I am contractually obligated to not display political bias in public. Even without that, as a matter of course and as a non-political resident of Capitol Hill, I avoid politically-biased discussion.