Yisroel Markov
6/13/2014 6:19:00 PM
On Fri, 13 Jun 2014 06:30:50 +0000 (UTC),
"henry.dot.goodman.at.virgin.net" <henry.p.goodman@gmail.com> said:
>On Friday, June 13, 2014 2:27:26 AM UTC+1, malcolm...@btinternet.com wrote:
>> On Thursday, June 12, 2014 10:14:19 PM UTC+1, Yisroel Markov wrote:
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>> >
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>> Anyone with a driving licence and an $100 car can hire himself
>>
>> out to offer lifts to people, and make a living that way. So in
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>> virtually every city artificial barriers to market entry are
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>> erected, on one pretext or another like "safety" or "standards",
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>> but really to cut off such an easy and attractive way of earning
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>> a living.
>>
>> Since people are ingenious in finding ways around the law, and
>> since operating an illegal taxi service is a victimless offence,
>> law enforcement has to be pretty strict and intolerant.
>
>I don't think the licensed taxi drivers who paralysed London this week think that operating an illegal taxi service is a victimless offence,
Sure, all cartels like to play victim when their artificial hold on a
market is disrupted. But take heart, Henry. Those drivers were
protesting Uber; their strike pissed off so many people that Uber
downloads spiked over 800%. The app went from obscurity to #3 in the
UK.
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