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For example, how many times have you said "where's a cab when you need one?"?

In Manhattan? Never. (but I've never tried to get a cab in Harlem or north of that)

You think that the loss of the "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval", or "UL Certification", or the like is nothing? Don't you think that potential customers would quickly learn to look for that emblem on a cab?

Are you serious? The only thing people look for is if the cab is yellow.

Nonsense. You're just making stuff up, without the slightest evidence.

I'm not just making stuff up, those are all things that cab drivers used to do until the city told them to stop doing those things.

Do you really believe that cab customers would turn away paying customers just because they're not white?

Yes.

And even if they did, that would just open an opportunity for a minority-catering company to make a killing.

Do you live in New York? There already are car services, livery cars and gypsy cabs.




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