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To: buffyt

Uber = Profiteering syndicate succeeding on the basis of peoples’ emotional needs simplistically being met by a lawless and irresponsible corporate entity because they’re all too damned lazy to change their own local taxi services...

...the conservative argument supporting Uber is specious.


10 posted on 01/04/2015 10:57:48 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus-)
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To: logi_cal869
...a profiteering syndicate? Options before Uber - public transport, taxi, calling a friend. Options after Uber - public transport, taxi, calling a friend, using Uber (or similar programs.)

If there's enough market demand, it wouldn't surprise me that by the next holiday season, they'll be yet another alternative that ‘cuts Uber’s surge pricing in half.’

The conservative argument should be to roll back the regulation of taxis - that's what created Uber and other ridesharing programs. Cutting back government should restore the marketplace to being fully market driven.

12 posted on 01/04/2015 11:10:21 AM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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