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Come on Trev, you might as well have your tuppence worth . . . .

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George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Aha enter the moron, nice to see you, still practicing thuggery? (could be a typo)

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
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Why do taxi drivers want to become taxi owners? A snip at 35K . . . .


Btw, your little joke is wasted on the average Edinburgh Taxi "owner" ("who says I'm joking") aye good one Cap, but lets get back to the question.

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

what little joke?

I dont think I asked that question btw....but if you mean getting something for free then selling it for a profit....then IMO that's wrong....perhaps when the owner is finished with it, it should be handed in and re-issued. Or perhaps the law needs changed so those who get free issues are perhaps shot / and / or buggered if they sell them.

Perhaps the only people entitled to licenses should be licensed drivers.

My point was at present if a council wants restrictions it must justify those restrictions by virtue of a survey....if that survey says a certain number of vehicles is in the public interest then....

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
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You know damned well a survey is nothing but a contrived pile of shi*e. The council pays for the answers they want- he who pays the fiddler calls the tune

A driver wants to become an owner, why?

He has to pay 35K for a plate (strange when you think there is no unmet demand)


Well Captcab, oh and please spare us the bull . . .

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
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Whats the point of 1,000,000 people becoming plumbers if there is only the work for 250,000 .......................... or like everyone else do you consider there to be a lack of plumbers just because you can't get one to come to your house at 2 am when your tap won't turn on.

The culture of today .................... to important to wait and everything on a plate.

B. Lucky

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Skull on TDO

TF pi$$ed on his chips.

"Whats the point" the point is, it's not for you to decide. Now why does a driver want to become an owner?

Oh and btw, if your above scenario is correct then no one would do it.

So come on GA, answer the question.

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
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Hello Skull... I am surprise you asked the question... you said it often enough... get a free plate... like Alastair... and sell it to some mug for £50,000 .....

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Gusmac... all your argument is saying.... is then you want to replace one restriction with another.... because that restriction suits you... unfortunately your restrictions corrode overtime and more people come in to the trade.. and then more restrictions are put in place to keep people out... and then more restrictions.. and more..
let's see what is being put in place now... the new hackney driving test.. that will suit you unless you fail... and the nvq qualification.... and more patches to stop drivers as time goes on... until you become swamped then you'll be saying bring back numbers control. because I have a £30,000 vehicle and have to meet the payments..
let's face the truth.. Alastair Turnbull cried and cried saying he deserved a licence so that he could work.... and he gets one .. free... and put's a heap on for a1000 quid.. now he was telling everyone that he's earning 1200 pounds a week and has a special agreement with the taxman that he pays nothing in tax... so why would he want to sell such a profitable concern for a mere £50,000 ... personally I think he can't get out of his pit and doesn't make any money..... a man of his principles you would have thought would have gave that plate to another driver.....

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

That restriction doesn't suit me Trevor, I already have a plate which I work myself.
I also don't need restricted numbers to keep me supplied with drivers because I don't have any.
Your system would actually suit me better. I could just stick a couple of drivers on it and live off the profit of their work but I have to live with myself.

I hired cabs from money hungry tw*ts when I first got into this game and you sound a lot like them. Old gits who already made their livings from the trade and were determined to keep squeezing every last unearned penny from the guys who came in after them.



You of course prefer no restrictions on the standards of driver or vehicle because the first would erode the demand for your cabs and therefore the rental value of your assets. The second would increase the costs of providing those assets and therefore impact your profit margin.
You prefer only limits on numbers of licences.........licences which you just happen to have several of.......



It wasn't Ali T's system Trevor, it's yours. You support it.
He played the game according to your rules, and demonstrated everything that is wrong with it.
Are you saying he had no right to?
Is that right reserved for the elite like yourself who spend years living off the graft of others?

If principles bother you so much Trevor, perhaps you will consider handing your plates on to your drivers.
The people who have already paid for them several times over.

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So short of marrying a rich widow with plates or inheriting one, what other way is there to get your own plate in a restricted area, other than what I have already stated?




I didn't say "free market" - you did.
I said "market" - that's the people who actually use our services.

BTW There is little that could be called "free market" about a commodity which is as highly taxed as oil and is controlled globally by a huge cartel.



You can already drive what you want in some areas and you can charge what you like - up to the amount on your meter or whatever you like if your fare begins or ends outside your area.
So most of this you can already do, depending on the wisdom of your council, of course



Yes they should be in place already - but they are not.



Yes you did mention the free market.
I mentioned sacking limits on numbers and applying better quality controls

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There is no point in that but why on earth would the last 750,000 even consider it?
Even then what right has anyone to stop them?
Least of all the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker?



The culture of yesterday..............I'm alright Jack

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I think this thread shows that many licensed drivers have been treated as second class citizens by many council in the past.

Thankfully times are changing and the only one moaning now are the pseudo 'mill owners'.

And, oh course, the odd so-called representative who believe having two tiers of drivers is a good way forward for the trade.

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I disagree.

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Go on a waiting list?




In a market that is manipulated by people who use the term 'quality control' instead of numerical restriction?

Isnt putting an age limit on a vehicle and stating what type of vehicle must be licensed and then saying its 'quality control' equally as discriminating financially to a person who has little in terms of finances?




Nope, I'm on about when demand is high charging what I like....if were going to have no restrictions then let us have no restrictions.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin