Regulation zealots, keep your hands off Uber!

These DC interviewees know what's what:

A D.C. resident said some state and local governments are attempting to crack down on Uber and Lyft because they are more reliable than taxis.

“Uber is going to beat them there every time,” he said in a video interview at Union Station in Washington. “No, I think since they are freelance, they should stay freelance. They are not cabs, are they? They’re Uber. Let Uber do their thing.”

Another D.C. resident agreed that taxis and app-based car services should not be subject to the same requirements.

“I don’t think they should necessarily have to because I think the taxis are a little bit older, so they may not play by the same rules or adhere to the same guidelines as Uber,” she said.

A tourist from Russia said overregulation has hurt his home country’s economy. He argued that Uber should be free to compete with taxis.

“I firmly believe that any regulation of the economy is evil. It creates deficits. It creates corruption and it lowers the quality of services available to people so unless criminal damage to the passenger is done, no regulations,” he said. “Uber should work, city taxis should work, they should compete, they should be different.”

Free market economics, baby!