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		By: Clay		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2014/08/26/madd-angry-at-ridesharing-regulations/#comment-94458</link>

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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2014 16:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You raise an interesting point - the laws are ridiculous to begin with.  Taxi companies are now beginning to use bogus regulations to extend the life of their businesses. Fuel is taxed, income is taxed, vehicle purchases are taxed. In fact, a taxi company likely pays less taxes than Uber drivers do collectively, as vehicle purchases are business expenses that the taxi company can use to lessen their income tax burden.

People that would never use a taxi would use uber. Uber is faster and more efficient than taxi services. California&#039;s hostility toward the ride sharing industry is indicative of the idiotic public policy in California which stifles businesses for arbitrary reasons and led to the decline in the California economy. When so many businesses are leaving or expanding outside California, maybe it&#039;s a sign that California policy is the problem.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You raise an interesting point &#8211; the laws are ridiculous to begin with.  Taxi companies are now beginning to use bogus regulations to extend the life of their businesses. Fuel is taxed, income is taxed, vehicle purchases are taxed. In fact, a taxi company likely pays less taxes than Uber drivers do collectively, as vehicle purchases are business expenses that the taxi company can use to lessen their income tax burden.</p>
<p>People that would never use a taxi would use uber. Uber is faster and more efficient than taxi services. California&#8217;s hostility toward the ride sharing industry is indicative of the idiotic public policy in California which stifles businesses for arbitrary reasons and led to the decline in the California economy. When so many businesses are leaving or expanding outside California, maybe it&#8217;s a sign that California policy is the problem.</p>
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		By: Andy		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2014/08/26/madd-angry-at-ridesharing-regulations/#comment-92561</link>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2014 15:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ride-sharing is a fraudulent business model. Not only does it not pay for any municipal business permits (or any municipal dues for that matter) while operating their supposedly &quot;taxi dispatch&quot;, they also cut corners on local taxes, on commercial insurance (and no, that gap policy that they offer doesn&#039;t cover all that needs to be covered), etc. It is a criminal enterprise that creates unfair, unethical and unlawful business environment. If they want to compete - they need to play by the rules and laws, same ones that thousands of small transportation businesses abide by daily. An iPhone app is not an excuse to evade taxes and break laws.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ride-sharing is a fraudulent business model. Not only does it not pay for any municipal business permits (or any municipal dues for that matter) while operating their supposedly &#8220;taxi dispatch&#8221;, they also cut corners on local taxes, on commercial insurance (and no, that gap policy that they offer doesn&#8217;t cover all that needs to be covered), etc. It is a criminal enterprise that creates unfair, unethical and unlawful business environment. If they want to compete &#8211; they need to play by the rules and laws, same ones that thousands of small transportation businesses abide by daily. An iPhone app is not an excuse to evade taxes and break laws.</p>
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