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Chicago cab drivers want to bring in 'vomit tax'!


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New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, Sep 26 (ANI): Cab drivers in Chicago are not only making a demand for a rate hike, they are also asking that riders who throw up in their cabs get slapped with a 50-dollar fee.

The cabbies said on September 24 they want the city impose the penalty because of the work, and hours lost, which comes with cleaning a passenger's vomit, reports the New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily.[3] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 .

Driver George Lutfallah said if someone throws up in the cab, it's no laughing matter No Laughing Matter is an episode of U.S. Acres from the series Garfield and Friends. It was the 74th episode produced for the series, although it is listed as the 71st episode on the Garfield and Friends DVD. It originally aired on October 21, 1989.  to a driver.

He said cleaning a taxi after a mishap like that could result in the loss of nearly two hours of work because of the time involved in scrapping the vomit off the seats and floor.

Mayor Richard Daley Richard Daley may refer to:
  • Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago (1955-1976), father of Richard M. Daley
  • Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago (1989-present), son of Richard J. Daley
 said his administration will listen to the drivers' request and review their recommendations. (ANI)

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