Exactly. For reference, taxi drivers had to pay to work[1], to the benefit of medalion owners like Gene Freidman[2] (a guy who makes Travis Kalanick look like

Exactly. For reference, taxi drivers had to pay to work[1], to the benefit of medalion owners like Gene Freidman[2] (a guy who makes Travis Kalanick look like a pretty good person). [1] https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/09/nyregion/driving-a-taxi-difficult-in-best-of-times-gets-tougher.html https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/09/nyregion/driving-a-taxi-d... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Freidman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Freidman