Post #2404614
2026-03-28 15:02 UTC
@dneary@mastodon.ie @rrustema020@mastodon.nl @MrAndrewD@aus.social @notjustbikes@social.notjustbikes.com many taxi drivers will be affected and will increase prices but the majority of delivery drivers on bicycles and motorbikes do not earn enough to pay any tax at all so the effect will be zero.
But there is quite a constituency of workers who use cars but don’t really need to and they get them tax free. A wealthy country is not one where everybody has a car, but where the rich use public transport.
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@rrustema020@mastodon.nl 2026-03-29 11:40
@peterbrown@mastodon.scot @dneary@mastodon.ie @MrAndrewD@aus.social @notjustbikes@social.notjustbikes.com At least in Amsterdam taxi drivers are complaining about the low prices and the abundance of taxis. They all want others to stop with this profession, stop driving a taxi, so prices can go up. The boss of the major taxi company TCA once explained to me that this profession is the most attractive job if you have zero qualifications. She added that she repeatedly sees them make extremely bad choices as entrepreneurs. Less taxis is good.