> The idea that the taxis are corrupt and despicable is 100% Uber/Lyft propaganda. Here's links to stories of investigations into taxi bureaus and dispatchers

> The idea that the taxis are corrupt and despicable is 100% Uber/Lyft propaganda. Here's links to stories of investigations into taxi bureaus and dispatchers for bribery and other schemes in 3 states: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2011/06/federal_investigators_are_look.html http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2011/06/federal_investig... http://astoriapost.com/taxi-dispatchers-arrested-for-allegedly-taking-bribes http://astoriapost.com/taxi-dispatchers-arrested-for-alleged... https://nypost.com/2014/03/19/16-jfk-taxi-dispatchers-busted-for-taking-bribes-from-queue-jumpers/ https://nypost.com/2014/03/19/16-jfk-taxi-dispatchers-busted... Perhaps there's a city where Taxis are a good, clean business, but there are enough bad ones to support the generalization. > The idea that a bunch of immigrants driving 12 hours a day to support a meager income for their families are a cabal of special interests is ridiculous. There's a distinction between the drivers and the taxi regulatory agencies and dispatchers in the above stories. In this case, Uber/Lyft are replacing the agencies and dispatchers that are the bad actors, not the drivers. Your point about not making drivers out to be evil is well taken, but I don't think that's what anyone refers when they talk about "the evil taxi industry."