&gt; they&#x27;re also still paying local employees. Those employees will spend their Uber revenue and pay taxes, just as taxi drivers would.<p>This is drifting off-topic, but it&#x27;s worth noting that Uber&#x27;s short-term plan is to somewhat reduce the wages of people who drive taxis (or &quot;share rides,&quot; as they call it), and greatly reduce the tax cities collect on that activity.  Their long-term plan is robot cars with no paid drivers.