> He thinks that Uber is really unfair to union taxi drivers who jump through some hoops to get licensed, etc.

So they were forced to jump through ridiculous hoops, so should we force everyone to follow the same stupidity?

If anything, the solution is tear down these bureaucratic barriers and open up the competition for everyone. But you'll never see the taxis supporting this, because they know they'll lose, and would rather have their business propped up artificially using governmental force.