I agree with your former and latter point, but since I heard the middle point plenty (private business good at etc. without intervention and taxes) at BEST that&#x27;s a very optimistic generalization.  Taxis in fact are a _result_ of govt intervention (medallions) and uber&#x27;s business practices, regardless of what you feel on the company, have not always been the solution people want (see many threads on &quot;contractor&quot; treatment, etc; not necessarily my own opinion but in this context the broader sentiment seems more relevant).<p>Govt intervention results in certain downsides, private business implementation others, I don&#x27;t even have a great thought as to which is better or worse (yes, it&#x27;s a cop out, but I&#x27;ll defend that cop out as that it&#x27;s the &quot;great question of most governments&quot; that I&#x27;m dodging), but it seems shortsighted to state &quot;A does it better&quot; (for either side)<p>(I hope this doesn&#x27;t read as shutting down any rebuttal, not my intention.  Feel free to challenge any of the above)