[TAForObvReasons]

What's the difference between the "bs regulations" like the "taxi union" and other regulations like tax? I'm not saying one is better than the other, but it's hard to appeal to the idea of "BS regulations" without admitting the possibility that VAT is BS.

[JumpCrisscross]

Popular opinion. Uber are a populist company, political entrepreneurs as much as economic ones. People will call their representatives and show up for events to fight the taxi unions [1]. Few will do the same for tax dodgers.

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ubers-bare-knuckle-b...

[TeMPOraL]

Or, conversely, that maybe "taxi union" regulations are not BS.

Either way, arbitrarily ignoring laws is not how one should run business in a civilized society.

[xixi77]

Regardless of the merits of the suit, taxes are not regulations in the same way taxi union rules are: they are a way to provide the government with revenue. People may disagree about whether government should involve itself in the taxi business, but as long as we have one, we need a way to fund it somehow.

[StClaire]

Uber needs roads. Uber does damage to roads. Uber should help pay for the roads.