I wish the news media would stop associating the Kalamazoo shooter with Uber.  See, Versy, you did it in the title of this thread. OK, he worked for Uber, but that fact has nothing to do with the event.

I'm not particularly a fan of Uber. I have never used them. However, I don't think a company should get a bad rep and possibly lose business just because one crazy guy worked for them.

bobert_FSO wrote on 02/22/16 at 19:03:50:


I feel quite the opposite, uber doesn't check their drivers at all.
drunks, felons, etc.  you don't know who's going to pick you up.

Im so torn. I know what some taxi services go through just to
Get the Badge
Like NYC... that's just extortion.

Now, toss in freelance competition.
I see victims of the system, who Paid the fees and bribes got a license being ruined by
What?
Free Market entrepreneurship.
The Libertarian in me says
Great!
The human in me feels bad and wants to protect the existing cabbies.

At the end of the day, I Have to support Uber.
Let the corrupt system die. Will psychopaths
Give the woman a ride
And she disappears? Probably.
I'm aware of cops raping women.
At the end of the day, if you take chances and Don't protect yourself, well,,, if you don't, who can?
I jumped out of a cab in Odessa. Dude couldn't drive for squat.

Interesting analogy. I dig the free market. Head to head competition. What's been
The System, like in NY,
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Really??  It guts me to think about the people who have mortgaged their lives for the Privilege of driving a Taxi...
But, just as the phone company got out competed....
And losses were incurred,, every game has a winner and a loser.
Life is tough. The Market is supposed to pick winners and losers. Not the goobs.

Hmmm,
They kinda Did in the whole
Bail out thing.
QE howevermany....