[jammies]

Any of you that truly believe politicians are on the take from what is a small time business like taxis are deluded. I would like to be more circumspect, but it is such a ridiculous idea that I cannot take anyone who has such a wrong headed idea seriously.

There is zero chance that decade after decade every council has been in the pay of the so-called taxi cartel. Are you under the impression that taxis make money like the real estate industry or the oil companies? How much money do you think the mayor would need to get to risk his political career? Do you think the cab companies have that kind of cash just lying around in a slush fund? Do you think hiding bribe money is trivial?

This has gone far beyond a rational discussion into some kind of theological argument between good, as exemplified by uber, and the diabolical, as exemplified by the cab companies and their corrupt minions. Even the stories of uber trips sound more like medieval hagiography than reality.

I'm not saying the taxi companies are doing a good job or that at change is not needed, but the hyperbole has gone past the merely amusing to the absolutely mind bending.