Did you know there is a way to escape the business regulations
that govern taxi cab drivers and similar highly regulated industries?
Well there is a way and it is modeled a little on carpooling. Here
is how it works.
How it works: The concept is simple, you set up
your clients with you as their driver and you drive them to their destination.
However, you take a suggested donation. How these drivers vet their
clients varies (some use Facebook or other social networking sites) but the
ultimate method of this underground industry is to set up a system that allows
their clients to write reviews on them and them on their clients. The
drivers of course can write reviews on their clients so as to warn other
drivers of bad tippers, bad attitudes or even black listing them.
The suggested donation part makes it
actually legal to do however. While by law, it is a donation (terminology
is subject to change based on changes in what is taxable by law) it is actually
income, with the terminology being the fine line. However, we do not care
about that as if these drivers go through traditional methods including
becoming a taxi cab driver, they would be forced to pay thousands of dollars to
be licensed to a company and would not be able to keep most of their earnings.
If fact to become an independent operator, a taxi cab driver would have
to pay almost one million dollars just to get that "privilege".
But this ride sharing scheme ensures you keep your earnings as a private
driver who can pick and choose their clients (untaxed).
Conclusion: No I am not saying break the law, but this
business is a reaction to the over-regulation that squeezes out the little guy.
Those independent drivers now have a place to practice their preferred
trade without the extra burden. So pardon me, but I am rooting for this
underdog and the success of these men and women who wish to bypass the
illogical regulations and embrace the true spirit of capitalism and freedom.
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