Just to be clear, I never said That I was or was not working! just that the internet now seems to have turned full on witchhunt and that there seems to be a lot of holier than thou fingerpointing .
Most taxi men have cars and if they need to go shopping to feed themselves or their loved ones or any other essential journey I'ts quite easy .
This is not true of everyone.
Both of my parents are in their 80's and now live separately and both alone. My mother still drives and can get out easily enough if she needs to. My Father cannot and depends on me or my siblings for this. some older or disabled people don't even have that luxury.. so they get a Taxi and luckily there are still some Taxis out there to provide that service.
If for some reason we were unable to help out my father and he really needed to go somewhere, then I personally would much rather see him get a Taxi than a Bus, Luas or Dart . The reasons for this should be obvious to anyone except the hard of thinking !