If yellow cabs are capped Uber should be too. Congestion is a major issue. But more importantly I am 100% for Uber being taxed more as a business if they just do what they want (set own fares, surges, no labor protection or benefits for their workers, unlimited number of cars). And I don't want to hear about increased taxes on businesses will dissuade companies from operating. Uber won't leave markets, and there should be mechanisms in place so that increases in operating costs for the business can not be passed to consumers. If Uber wants to play, they need to pay. The tax collected from this should be used for improvements to city transportation infrastructure. Bottom line- any increase in cost should be put on the business not on increased subway and bus fares for individuals. Competitors of Uber should be encouraged, but face the same rules. Finally, as non-govt companies evolve and prove their efficiencies over state and federal entities, millions of tax payer dollars should not be used to prop up those archaic entities (USPS is a great example). If yellow cabs become irrelavant, so be it, thats economic evolution. That does not mean, however, that businesses should just be free to do whatever they want. Regulate.
If yellow cabs are capped Uber should be too. Congestion is a major issue. But more importantly I am 100% for Uber being taxed more as a business if they just do what they want (set own fares, surges, no labor protection or benefits for their workers, unlimited number of cars). And I don't want to hear about increased taxes on businesses will dissuade companies from operating. Uber won't leave markets, and there should be mechanisms in place so that increases in operating costs for the business can not be passed to consumers. If Uber wants to play, they need to pay. The tax collected from this should be used for improvements to city transportation infrastructure. Bottom line- any increase in cost should be put on the business not on increased subway and bus fares for individuals. Competitors of Uber should be encouraged, but face the same rules. Finally, as non-govt companies evolve and prove their efficiencies over state and federal entities, millions of tax payer dollars should not be used to prop up those archaic entities (USPS is a great example). If yellow cabs become irrelavant, so be it, thats economic evolution. That does not mean, however, that businesses should just be free to do whatever they want. Regulate.
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