Why is this allowed
because the government says so
>>73355420
just take a real cab you fucking hipster
>>73355746
>Taking cabs
Sorry I prefer not to wait 20 minutes for a car that smells like BO and curry
>>73355420
because they own their company and can serve or deny service to whomever they want.
>>73355746
>wanting to pay 30-50% more for a non-loo-pooing foreigner
>>73355881
I meant why can the government interfere with my voluntary transactions
>>73355958
Because the policymakers are controlled by a cabbie union probably
http://www.naturalnews.com/051480_Uber_ridesharing_Austin_taxi_monopoly.html
"While most of Texas has the sense to respect free market dynamics in the public interest, Austin's city council is largely a cesspool of bad ideas assembled by mentally incompetent control-freaks who hate freedom."
Kek
>>73355420
Pretty shitty, but gotta keep those Unions rollin somehow
>>73355746
are you against free markets you fucking commie faggot?
>>73355420
After reading what's it about, why does the city want them to be fingerprinted in the first place?
Austin is shit anyways. Fucking place has turned to shit filled with hipsters and Californians.
>>73356252
thanks for the link, so it's government pressure instead of company abstinence.
Yeah, if the feds want money for giving rides, they can raise taxes and invest in public transportation. I suspect Uber already pays taxes as a business anyway. Could be wrong though, I don't know their business model.
>>73355746
Uber is much cheaper, much quicker and much more convenient than taking a cab. Perhaps if you'd actually actually used Uber or Lyft a few times you would know.
those california migrants starting to fuck austin good
Just shows that whoever passed this being banned either simply doesn't know what they are doing or have been coerced into voting the way they did. This is most governments unfortunately
>Get raped by strangers!
>>73355746
Cabs are a mafia of shitskins doing everything they can (including chimping out) to prevent any competition so that they can keep on inflating the prices forever. That's how it is in France and I'm pretty sure it's the same all over the world.
You sound like a french socialist.
>>73357104
They put it up to a public vote.
The public voted to keep the regulations that keep them out.
>>73357383
>mafia of shitskins doing everything they can (including chimping out)
Its exactly the same here. Even if you are just going a short distance, they make you pay a big fee just to step inside of the cab.
>>73357383
Pretty much nailed it. It cost tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars for a medallion that gives you a hereditary license to run a cab, and the kikes freak out when someone tries to take that privilege a way and has their shitskin drivers throw tantrums.
>>73357250
That was literally one of the arguments they were making against Uber
>>73358256
Which is incredibly retarded. You're more likely to be raped by the shitskin driving Mr. Shekelstein's taxi than you are someone driving their own car.
