Not sure how your conclusion could've been inferred from anything I written.
It's exactly the opposite, the taxi companies are being anti-competitive.
Uber and its clients do not affect you or the taxi industry at all.
3d party is somebody not involved in the transaction.
Government has important and legitimate functions such as defense, border control, minting currency, punishing *real* crimes (homicide, rape, larceny etc) and others. All those functions are listed in the constitution.
Unlike the nanny-state folks, I feel that adults should have the freedom to decide for themselves. With freedom comes responsibility. There are risks. You cannot eliminate all risks without removing freedoms.
Regulations serve a purpose when they protect 3rd parties from harm. But not when the laws interfere with activities of consenting adults.
> the market can only support one or the other.
No
If one entity provides added value for added price it can compete with other, cheaper "budget" entities. That's why Taxis co-existed with more expensive limo service since forever.
>complete lack of regulation
B.S. and you know it. Uber drivers follow the same rules of the road as every other driver on the road. To level the playing field, the outdated and irrelevant rules applicable to the taxi companies should be repealed, not enforced.
> I don't believe the entertainment industry should offer their products for free because there is illegal downloading, do you?
Good example. The entertainment industry is like most industries where I don't need anybody's permission to enter. I can buy a video camera, shoot a movie and try to sell it just like anybody else. 20CenturyFox will not whine and cry that I am stepping on their "industry". Taxis think they are special and get to corner the market. Well, not anymore.
Regarding the first paragraph - overcharging is charging more than the competition. The stuff about respect for drivers is B.S.
Regarding the second:
There's no evidence that taxi service is safer than Uber. Even if it was, I want a freedom to choose. Pay more for supposedly safer service or save money and take alleged risk.
The greedy taxi industry wants to take away that choice. Because they know they have nothing to offer to justify the higher price.
And why can't the taxi drivers use Uber to help them "make a living"?
Because they want to overcharge us, the customers.
So them protecting their industry is a code for robbing the customers.
It's too bad we don't have the consumers of the drives informing other consumers.
we need the greasy, grabby hand of the Big Brother to make things right.
/sarc
logistics vs mail-order is irrelevant red-herring misdirection.
What's relevant is the fact that people voluntarily applied for jobs, were offered jobs and accepted them. Voluntarily. Salary, hours and all.
If they changed their minds and decided they don't like the job, quit.
but no, they want to have their cake and eat it.
state-by-state corporate legislation works about as well as state-by-state marriage legislation.
That's right.
We should have one government for the entire planet.
And without saying, you should be the Chair of the planet government.
Because you know what's best for everybody
Right?
Yes, that was the good intention which together with other good intentions paved the road to the continued Depression which in turn was only "cured" by the World War and destruction or re-purposing of the industrial capacity of most of the rest of civilized world.
1st, I am not a wizard of "the wall street" (sic). Although I did work at FINRA for awhile.
2nd, whether or not an activity serves our economy makes no difference to me. If the activity serves the people who participate in it, that's good enough reason for the activity to exist. If I don't approve of the equities markets, it's trivial for me to avoid it. Just don't invest. That's it.
Not just "those on top"
I immigrated to the USA from the socialist paradise and I am not looking back.
As far as RAM - I am quite happy that over the last 20 years the density has increased about 1000-fold, the speed has increased substantially, all at the same price-points.
It's no coincidence that the improvement happen in the capitalist economy.
But keep demanding "bread and circuses" See how that works out.
As an American I needed to unlock one of my phone about 2 weeks ago and my ATT contract was not up yet.
I called ATT, gave them IMEI and within a minute they gave me an unlock code.
I had the same experience previously. Not once was I denied an unlock request.
Perhaps if you have the phone by a specific manufacturer, they don't allow unlocking.
But it's not ATT's fault.
I was born in a poor country and came to the USA with little more than a bag of clothes.
My thankfulness goes only to my drive to work full time and study full time in a community college at the same time. That's the only reason I am not poor.
But don't let me keep you from fatalistic, lazy belief that poverty or prosperity are results of mere luck.
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As long as the employees are not forcibly coerced to work there, I fail to be outraged.
Is it April 1st already somewhere on the planet? Crap.
All he did was facilitate transactions among consenting adults.
Something is wrong with our country.
Not sure how your conclusion could've been inferred from anything I written.
It's exactly the opposite, the taxi companies are being anti-competitive. Uber and its clients do not affect you or the taxi industry at all.
Robberies and rapes are examples of coerced (lacking free will) interactions.
Why are you being obtuse?
Free society.
3d party is somebody not involved in the transaction.
Government has important and legitimate functions such as defense, border control, minting currency, punishing *real* crimes (homicide, rape, larceny etc) and others. All those functions are listed in the constitution.
Unlike the nanny-state folks, I feel that adults should have the freedom to decide for themselves. With freedom comes responsibility. There are risks. You cannot eliminate all risks without removing freedoms.
Regulations serve a purpose when they protect 3rd parties from harm. But not when the laws interfere with activities of consenting adults.
> the market can only support one or the other.
No
If one entity provides added value for added price it can compete with other, cheaper "budget" entities. That's why Taxis co-existed with more expensive limo service since forever.
>complete lack of regulation
B.S. and you know it. Uber drivers follow the same rules of the road as every other driver on the road. To level the playing field, the outdated and irrelevant rules applicable to the taxi companies should be repealed, not enforced.
> I don't believe the entertainment industry should offer their products for free because there is illegal downloading, do you?
Good example. The entertainment industry is like most industries where I don't need anybody's permission to enter. I can buy a video camera, shoot a movie and try to sell it just like anybody else. 20CenturyFox will not whine and cry that I am stepping on their "industry". Taxis think they are special and get to corner the market. Well, not anymore.
Regarding the first paragraph - overcharging is charging more than the competition. The stuff about respect for drivers is B.S.
Regarding the second: There's no evidence that taxi service is safer than Uber. Even if it was, I want a freedom to choose. Pay more for supposedly safer service or save money and take alleged risk.
The greedy taxi industry wants to take away that choice. Because they know they have nothing to offer to justify the higher price.
And why can't the taxi drivers use Uber to help them "make a living"? Because they want to overcharge us, the customers. So them protecting their industry is a code for robbing the customers.
I have been laid just once.
My condolences. Did you try paying for it?
It's not ON the air, genius. Unlike NBC and such.
Patent is a property right.
If you are suing somebody for violating that right, you have to "make your case" so to speak.
It's too bad we don't have the consumers of the drives informing other consumers.
/sarc
we need the greasy, grabby hand of the Big Brother to make things right.
logistics vs mail-order is irrelevant red-herring misdirection.
What's relevant is the fact that people voluntarily applied for jobs, were offered jobs and accepted them. Voluntarily. Salary, hours and all.
If they changed their minds and decided they don't like the job, quit.
but no, they want to have their cake and eat it.
state-by-state corporate legislation works about as well as state-by-state marriage legislation.
That's right. We should have one government for the entire planet. And without saying, you should be the Chair of the planet government. Because you know what's best for everybody Right?
Yes, that was the good intention which together with other good intentions paved the road to the continued Depression which in turn was only "cured" by the World War and destruction or re-purposing of the industrial capacity of most of the rest of civilized world.
There are no guarantees in life...
Yet disproportionate number of UI recipients find jobs within 1 month prior or after their benefits end date.
Yep. Durov offered him a job pretty much as soon as he landed in Russia
1st, I am not a wizard of "the wall street" (sic). Although I did work at FINRA for awhile.
2nd, whether or not an activity serves our economy makes no difference to me. If the activity serves the people who participate in it, that's good enough reason for the activity to exist. If I don't approve of the equities markets, it's trivial for me to avoid it. Just don't invest. That's it.
Not just "those on top"
I immigrated to the USA from the socialist paradise and I am not looking back. As far as RAM - I am quite happy that over the last 20 years the density has increased about 1000-fold, the speed has increased substantially, all at the same price-points. It's no coincidence that the improvement happen in the capitalist economy.
But keep demanding "bread and circuses" See how that works out.
As an American I needed to unlock one of my phone about 2 weeks ago and my ATT contract was not up yet. I called ATT, gave them IMEI and within a minute they gave me an unlock code. I had the same experience previously. Not once was I denied an unlock request. Perhaps if you have the phone by a specific manufacturer, they don't allow unlocking. But it's not ATT's fault.
Are you in Australia? Because on our side of the planet, June 22nd is not the onset of winter.
I was born in a poor country and came to the USA with little more than a bag of clothes.
My thankfulness goes only to my drive to work full time and study full time in a community college at the same time. That's the only reason I am not poor.
But don't let me keep you from fatalistic, lazy belief that poverty or prosperity are results of mere luck.