Dude, what are you talking about? I don't disagree with any of your bullet points. I like Uber, I'm a heavy user, and I'm glad they exist. None of that chang

Dude, what are you talking about? I don't disagree with any of your bullet points. I like Uber, I'm a heavy user, and I'm glad they exist. None of that changes the fact that the gov't had bad policy for twenty years and then screwed over the people who decided to operate within the policy regime. I've provided ample examples above: you can't decide that every taxi operator and medallion-holder deserves getting screwed by dishonest gov't without deciding that the same is true of every doctor and homeowner in the country. Hell, you'd be hard-pressed to find an industry _is_ run fully optimally, so you're basically throwing the entire concept of a stable regulatory environment out the window, which is just ludicrous.