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It's the "some" that's troublesome. Look, you want to require free service for all nonprofits? Fine. No problem. Some? Now you've got everything you need for corruption.

Type 2 is actually fairly easy to cure if you want to get rid of it.

Stop eating digestible carbohydrates.

If you wanted to make people fat, the Food Pyramid is a damned fine way to do it.

The guy who flies a private plane has already undergone an FAA medical exam. In my state, at least, the medical exam and a slightly more strenuous road test is the only real difference between a private driver's license and a taxi/limo driver's license (vehicles holding 16 or more people are different, which is why they make 15-passenger vans). That's not a big barrier to entry.

I get (and mostly agree with) your point, but a license to drive a cab/limo is barely more expensive than a regular one - in my state, $5 more every four years. It does require a medical exam and a scheduled road test, but those are one-time expenses. It's not like a year-long training program.

That's more like UberBlack and UberSUV. We're talking UberX, where you're picked up by a normal person using their personal vehicle.

You certainly do where I live in the US. A standard individual car insurance policy does not cover commercial activity - for example, delivering pizzas.

Because we routinely hold people who engage in some activity for profit to a higher standard than those that do it for fun. It's the difference between flying yourself and running an air taxi, between having friends over for dinner and opening a restaurant.

UberX is an enabler for unlicensed car service, but their Black and SUV are registered livery operators.

They're not cheaper than taxis. They're at best roughly competitive. What you get with Uber is two things: their Black and SUV service is much nicer than a taxi for little more, and UberX should - in theory, due to congestion pricing - insure that there's always a ride available, even if it isn't cheap.

Of course they are. Just look at air travel: people complain about small seats, long lines, and all the nickel-and-dime fees, but they keep on buying the cheapest seat available. OTOH you can pay more and get a first-class seat that has none of those problems and includes priority boarding and security screening. You get the service you pay for.

No, they don't.

What kind of support do you need for a DVD player?

There is a solution to this problem: goats. Turn all that thorny nuisance into yummy meat and cheese.