In other words, "I'm getting what I want as cheap as possible, screw everyone else and damn the consequences."

The answer to your question is in the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the Consitiution:

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

You may want to read the Constitution again. Here's a link:
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html

I know I won't marry anyone soon. My wife won't let me.

Consider that, instead of robbing someone of a few dollars, generating a bogus Uber account could make it considerably easier to steal a car.

I'd say that makes an Uber driver anything other than a "low-yield target."

Presumably, the carpool club was a group of drivers that were all going to the same place at the same time and agreed to ride to their mutual destination together instead of each driving separately.

Contrast this with the private car driver who is accepting solicitations to provide a ride somewhere they had no intention of going otherwise.

The first situation is ride-sharing, which nobody appears to have a problem with, while the second is essentially a taxi service, which is subject to various regulation that Uber is ignoring.

And how do they verify that the car is "up to their standards"?

In other words, "I'm getting what I want as cheap as possible, screw everyone else and damn the consequences."

If the police won't enforce the law against unlicensed commercial drivers providing taxi services using improperly licensed vehicles, then what choice do those following the law have?

The fact of the matter is that Uber's business model appears to be, "We're on the Internet, so we don't have to follow your regulations."

If as some say money equals speech, then I will vote for the candidate that makes the most compelling argument to me using ONLY that form of speech.

Any and all flyers, emails, and/or commercials will be relegated to the waste bin.

Translation, "We're getting what we want as cheaply as possible, screw everyone else."

N/T

Welcome to the Internet, where the unbelievable is often mistaken for the gospel truth.

My wife and I will occasionally go out to a club on Saturday nights.

While we are a little older than the "average" attendee, we are friends with many of the other regulars, and have a wonderful time when we go. We'll both spend a lot of time out on the dance floor, both separately and together. Because I am one of the few men who will get our and dance, I have often found myself literally surrounded by women, more than once having them grind on me. Meanwhile several single men, many of them younger and at least as physically attractive as me, do little more than wander around and mutter lame pick-up lines at women they find attractive (including my wife...yes, I'm a lucky man!) Most of these men only show up once or twice, and if they don't get an immediate offer of sex, they leave.

This particular club also maintains a small online group, primarily to allow members to let each other know when we're going, and to allow prospective members to post questions and receive answers. Our moderation team has lost track of the number of men who post some variant of "Who's looking to fuck?" I find it sad that so many people aren't willing to put in even a small bit of effort. I imagine that most of these men are the same ones who fill their lives with porn and video games, as it provides a modicum of reward for very little effort.

As a result, I have tried to instill in my kids the philosophy that "Life is a Mirror," in that the thoughts and emotions you put out into the world will be reflected back to you.

+1 to this.

However, the standard "Libertarian" response boils down to, "I'm getting what I want, fuck everyone else."

As far as you know...which doesn't appear to be all that far.