> mostly That's a strong word here. I'm sure it had nothing to do with taxis being government sanctioned monopolies in most places that they operated. Wonder

> mostly That's a strong word here. I'm sure it had nothing to do with taxis being government sanctioned monopolies in most places that they operated. Wonder what the going rate for a NYC taxi medallion is these days. I bet it's 1/5th of what it was fifteen years ago.