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Posted on 11/08/2011 4:03:03 AM PST by Kaslin
New York City is the cesspool of corruption, “jack-booted” political self-serving mandates and Union power bestowed on the residents who once enjoyed the liberties and freedoms most of us still enjoy (for now). Free markets simply don’t exist there due to the overbearing regulations, fees and downright quelling of competition for the “favorite ones.”
You can’t feel sorry for any of the residents however since, over the years, they voted every bit of this upon themselves.
These medallions are privately owned. If I had one and wanted to retire. I’d sell it.
These medallions are privately owned. If I had one and wanted to retire. I’d sell it.
In addition to the items you noted, there is the question of numbers.
Are consumers being adequately served by the allocated number? Apparently. But we hear of “ Car Services” . The requirement for taxis apparently has been circumvented by the approval of car services. They provide a ride in a car, for hire. Do they have medallions? I wonder.
In boston it appears there are not enough medallions and one suspects political corruption, even organized crime. but since there is nothing worth a damn in Boston, Who cares?
We want to go out on the street, find a yellow cab in a minute...
Ya gotta learn to separate yer "wants" from yer "gots". :)
I hacked part time in the 70's and 80's and that's just the way it was. Both the garage I worked out of and I resided in Queens, but if you wanted to make any money, Manhattan was the place. You starved if you worked the outer boroughs.
PS, don't know if they're still around, but Skull's Angels used to be radio dispatched, medallion-ed yellow cabs.
Good point. I’m pretty Manhattan-centric.
You drove during the 70s and speak English?!!! LOL. I can remember a cabbie not knowing where Grand Central Station was in the late ‘70s.
Gee, jack-booted is a little strong! It’s a stupidly run city but I still feel pretty free. And the restaurants are great, the theatre can be magnificent and the museums - wow!
I was a dieing breed. It was blood money....but I needed it.
My husband, too, was a New York City cabbie. Hated it.
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