[briandear]

I have no sympathy for taxi drivers. They can scream about how cars are destroying their horse and buggy business but I don't care. They want to destroy competition not by lowering their own costs, but by artificially raising someone else's. Why not eliminate the taxi license fee? Why not protest that? Who gets that license fee and for what purpose? Make licenses free and thus eliminate that cost. If insurance is the problem, require it. With more people in the insurance pool, rates should go down. Mais no; it's better to flatten tires rather than speed up the horse.

Many taxi drivers also don't accept credit cards. Many also don't have GPS so I've wasted plenty of money while the driver wanders around looking for my address. Modernize or die. The taxi business is a business, not a social welfare agency.

[crdoconnor]

Sure, blame the taxi drivers for the cost of medallions. Or the laws that require them to purchase insurance. It's their fault, right?

[UK-AL]

The taxi drivers WANT that as its a barrier to entry

[crdoconnor]

The taxi drivers simply don't want to suddenly become 40% poorer. Selfish, right?