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French cab drivers are typically way above minimum wage...

• brohee 13y ago
  Not in Paris. The independents still paying their medallion ("plaque de taxi", valued at about 240k €) are strangled by debt, and those that are employee are barely above minimum wage. It's pretty obvious to everyone that dropping the medallion system is the way forwards, but is there any example anywhere of dropping the medallion system in a fair manner for those that actually bought their medallion recently? Also, another thing I'm pretty concerned about is the qualification of non taxi drivers. The taxi license is actually very hard to get, I'm not so sure of what Uber requires of its drivers...
  • icebraining 13y ago
    is there any example anywhere of dropping the medallion system in a fair manner for those that actually bought their medallion recently? Why not just return their money?
    • brohee 13y ago
      Their money was paid to the previous holder of it, not to the state.