What people don't realize is neither Uber nor medallion owners care one bit for the people they are meant to serve. Arguments on all sides are driven by selfish

What people don't realize is neither Uber nor medallion owners care one bit for the people they are meant to serve. Arguments on all sides are driven by selfish parties that only want to set up a system to benefit them. At the end of the day Uber would like to be the only game in town and Uber investors would like nothing more than a well-oiled corporate machine that prints money. So all this talk of consumer choice and safety is a red herring. It's definitely good marketing but don't be fooled into thinking Uber is helping anyone but themselves when they push for deregulation. So yes I'm with you on this one. I also find it a little funny that everyone brings up anecdotal evidence about shitty cab drivers and awesome Uber drivers as an argument for deregulation. Such micro activities are meaningless in the face of what happens at the macro-economic scale.