needed. that squeezes newcomers out. newcomers should be squeezed out. why? because this is a regulated industry. how much do you get paid to lobby for them? i get paid by the hour. my rate per hour is $775. this man, he is about money. i can t blame him. but don t hustle me. i am told you are paid by the taxi king jerry schafer. he is using you to squeeze the competition out. i am being paid not by the taxi cab but by a bunch of taxi cabs kings, queens and jacks keeping the little guys out. buy jackson and poor folks. poor folks really pay lobbyists. if he gets these regulations poor people won t become taxi entrepreneurs. only a few are going to be able to afford it. washington has been sort of an open place for taxis being able to become a taxi driver.