Thats the dream.

Ordering a private taxi over a open Taxi Nostr client.

Paying the taxi driver directly to their own lightning channel through the Taxi client.

95% goes to the driver, 5% to the devs and infrastructure operators.

No taxes, no minimum wage, no licenses. Everyone is happy.

I'd bet they could earn more income than they do now while taxis could be much cheaper for customers.

Then the taxi driver could recharge their electric car tax free using something like nostr:nprofile1qqstc5wc47u27v8ud0kn7wwz6qzkh9gu0rcs2kca4ejuphgqd5vmlngpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtc7486nw 's distributed charge.

Though, as you say, the rent seeking class won't allow this, even though the tech is available. I imagine they would sue and repress taxi drivers and charging station operators participating in an ecosystem like this.