Recently, New York mayor de Blasio had gone on an all out attack on Uber, supporting a proposal to put a cap on the number of cars it uses in the city. Fortunately, this cap on Uber’s growth never saw the light of day. According to the New York Times:
The de Blasio administration has backed away from its fight with the app company Uber, agreeing on Wednesday to drop for now its plan to place a cap on the number of vehicles Uber operates in New York City.
[…]Under an agreement with the company, the city will conduct a four-month study on the effect of Uber and other for-hire vehicle operators on New York’s traffic.
A City Council bill, which was to come to a vote as early as Thursday, had called for a cap on the company’s growth during the study. Officials said that a similar restriction remained a possibility down the line.
The arrangement requires Uber to release a trove of data the city had been seeking for its analysis, officials said.
[…]In a statement, Josh Mohrer, Uber’s general manager in New York, praised the agreement, saying new drivers “will continue to be free to join the for-hire industry.”
The company said it was removing its ads criticizing the mayor and an app feature, known as “de Blasio view,” that had shown riders the lengthy projected wait times they might expect if the legislation passed.
The company had depicted Mr. de Blasio as a protector of the yellow taxi industry, whose leaders have been significant campaign contributors to the mayor.
Amid the barrage, Mr. de Blasio had moved this week to portray Uber as a Walmart on wheels, describing the company as a corporate behemoth and promoting the cap as a critical component of the traffic study.
“Uber is a multibillion-dollar corporation, and they’re acting like one,” he told reporters on Monday.
[…]Perhaps the company’s most potent new ally, though, was a less surprising mayoral critic: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who waded into the conflict on Wednesday as a staunch defender of the company.
In a radio interview, Mr. Cuomo, with whom Mr. de Blasio is enmeshed in an open feud, called Uber “one of the great inventions of this new economy.”
“I don’t think government should be in the business of trying to restrict job growth,” he said on “The Capitol Pressroom.”
Mr. Cuomo joined a growing list of prominent Democrats who denounced the Council measure, including the city comptroller, Scott M. Stringer, and the Brooklyn borough president, Eric L. Adams.
According to the office of the City Council speaker, Melissa Mark-Viverito, the legislation had the votes necessary to pass. In a statement, she suggested the agreement was a preferable path, saying the goal all along has been “to thoughtfully address the impacts of the explosive growth in the for-hire vehicle industry.”
Uber executives, administration officials and Council staff members met on Wednesday afternoon across from City Hall to finalize the terms.
The government of New York seems as if it thinks that it has the responsibility to eliminate growing businesses, as if a large, successful company was a threat to its citizens. As if this “Walmart on wheels” was the worst thing to possibly be created. A large, growing company such as Uber is only growing because of its success and its customer satisfaction. Stopping its growth in the name of “quality” would actually be cutting down on quality.
Source: New York Times
people should have a choice
Saul Alinsky a communist socialist died about 43 years ago, but his writings influenced those in political control of our nation today.
Recall that Hillary Clinton did her college thesis on his writings and Barack Hussein Obama writes about him in his books.
Died: June 12, 1972, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Ca
Education: University of Chicago
Spouse: Irene Alinsky.
Books:
Rules for Liberal Radicals
Reveille for Radicals
Anyone out there think that this stuff isn’t happening today in the U.S. ?
All eight rules are currently in play
How to create a social state by Saul Alinsky
There are eight levels of control that must be obtained before you are able to create a Liberal Socialist state.
The first is the most important.
1) Healthcare : Control healthcare and you control the people.
2) Poverty : Increase the Poverty level as high as possible, poor people are easier to control and will not fight back if you are providing everything for them to live.
3) Debt : Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way you are able to increase taxes, and this will produce more poverty.
4) Gun Control : Remove the ability to defend themselves from the Government. That way you are able to create a police state.
5) Welfare : Take control of every aspect of their lives (Food, Housing, and Income).
6) Education : Take control of what people read and listen to. take control of what children learn in school.
7) Religion : Remove the belief in the God from the Government and schools.
8) Cl$#%&!@* Warfare : Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will cause more discontent and it will be easier to take (Tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.
Does any of this sound like what is happening to the United States?
Alinsky merely simplified Vladimir Lenin’s original scheme for world conquest by communism,under Russian rule.
Stalin described his converts as “Useful Idiots.”
The Useful Liberal Idiots have destroyed every nation in which they have seized power and control. It is presently happening at an alarming rate in the U.S.
If people can read this and still say everything is just fine. they are useful idiots. “It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.”
Wake Up America…
Hillary Clinton a liberal Socialist is running for office..she is backed by
George Soros a Communist Socialist who now backs and controls the
Devout Muslim Barack Hussein Obama…….
Is Anyone paying attention to whats going on in the United States of America right now!!!!!