Uber vs. Yellow Cabs and the Medallion System

• 49:50NYC government trying to cap Uber to reduce congestion and protect yellow cab drivers' wages.
• 50:11Tim talks to his Uber drivers and one told him he makes $80k-$100k a year by working smart, going to airports for fares.
• 50:55Tim goes off about not using clickbait tags like 'Triple X Girls' and 'Big Dicks' to promote the podcast because they're artists.
• 51:53The Uber driver works 9-12 hour days on weekends but isn't being exploited—people in other jobs work just as long for similar or less money.
• 52:56Yellow cab drivers don't own their medallions; medallion owners rent them out and the drivers barely break even.
• 53:38Yellow cab drivers carry bottles around to piss in just to make their daily nut and pay the medallion rental.
• 53:57Getting rid of the medallion system would be better—cab drivers could just drive Uber instead.
• 54:17Yellow cabs always smell like piss, drivers are unfriendly and drive like maniacs in Manhattan, won't come to Brooklyn or Queens.
• 54:38Manhattan is so expensive now that poor and lower-middle-class people have moved to outer boroughs and rely on Uber for service.
• 55:23State government is extrapolating NYC data to regulate the entire state, which is insane by common sense.

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