[Mr. Mojo]

The meme says that the largest taxi service in the world doesn’t own a single taxi, the largest hotel and lodging company doesn’t own a single hotel, and the largest restaurant delivery business doesn’t own a single restaurant.

"You didn't build that!" - Barack al-Hussein

[fella]

Read up on the city-states of the ancient world and you’ll see what our nation is devolving into.

[Squantos]

Unions win ..... polidiots bought and paid for ?

[EBH]

Well, AirBnB is actually having other troubles as well. They are currently under going a class lawsuit investigation into discrimination. It seems some operators are not willing to rent out their “bed and breakfast” to just anyone. Many operators do screen people seeking to book at their B & B.

I looked in to doing this myself as I have several empty spare bedrooms. Having a respectable guest, in my college town, basically “share” my home. Yes, it could be risky as you are inviting strangers into you home!

A few years back I inquired with my city if I could convert my property to an actual B&B, they declined my request. So I honestly am not sure how people in general can get away with offering a room for rent. Essentially a commercial enterprise in a residential area.

[G Larry]

Union thugs getting protection from their Dem beneficiaries.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

This is not Big Government vs. Entrepreneurial Start Up. This is Big Government vs. Big Business. If someone or some small group of people had decided a while ago to create something in their city like Uber or AirBnB they would have been out of business in weeks due to violating one or more local laws.

The only reason that Uber and AirBnB are still operating is because they are so HUGE. They got a large amount of money to start up in multiple cities all at once. That allowed them to generate enough income that they could fight lawsuits and bribe politicians in the cities that fought back.

So I will cry no tears for Uber or AirBnB. When Uber starts replacing real drivers with autonomous vehicles they will have even less support. And if they come up with a Roomba like device that can entirely clean an apartment, then AirBnB rooms will mostly be let out by major corporations owning scads of apartments.

[centurion316]

Trouble brewing. The union members are supporting Trump in overwhelming numbers (excepting public employee unions) while the supporters of the AirBnB and Uber phenomena are social liberals who love Obama. This could get ugly for the Democrats.

[The Great RJ]

The move is to kill competition. Taxi medallions in New York City sell for more than half a million dollars and that outrageous price is due to a government maintained shortage of cabs. Needless to say the fleet owners of these madallions have the money to buy politicians and maintain their monopoly.

[VanDeKoik]

Well all of the leftists that rave about them will still vote for these people regardless.

[Lazamataz]

I left New York State for a reason.

Well, many reasons, actually.