Newark, NJ acts to impose an annual $1,000 “Liberty License” fee on Uber drivers – IOTW Report

Newark, NJ acts to impose an annual $1,000 “Liberty License” fee on Uber drivers

Friday, 8 April 2016, 7:15 MJA Uncategorized 12

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WyBlog: The mafia called it “protection money.”

We knew it as “extortion.”

But in the Orwellian land of Newark, New Jersey, the city council calls it a “Liberty License.”

The Newark City Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to advance a measure that would require that app-based ride share drivers pay to the city an annual fee of $1,000 for a “Liberty License” to operate within city limits.

I’m pretty sure that “Liberty” and “License” don’t ever belong in the same sentence. Unless you’re a protectionist hack, bought and paid for by the taxi unions.  more

12 Comments on Newark, NJ acts to impose an annual $1,000 “Liberty License” fee on Uber drivers

  1. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it……

    There are quite a few pols who need to have this tattooed on their faces.

  6. If, and this is a mighty big if, an Uber driver makes $20/hour gross, you still have to net out gas, insurance, wear and tear on the car, and the driver’s off-driving time keeping the car clean. So be generous and assume the driver nets $10/hour. This “Liberty License” requires 100 hours of driving just to cover the cost of the license. And if you drive for Uber part-time, as a second job, that 100 hours could take you weeks to accomplish.

    The Newark city council needs to pull its head out of its ass.

  10. @Moetom – an oxymoron is a combination of words that normally don’t get used together. Examples are “exquisite pain” and “vehement agreement”. But the word oxymoron is commonly misused to mean “contradiction in terms” which is somewhat related but not the same thing.

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