<p>^ A pretty quick google search (I started with “taxi driver NYC income”) will show you that on the whole, that’s incorrect (both re: annual income + licensing fee). Significantly incorrect, from what I can tell. </p>
<p>(Sounded interesting but unbelievable, so I looked it up. And for what it’s worth, the original story isn’t so terribly weird. I had a teacher who went to MIT, but afterwards, spent time working on a salmon boat. He needed a change of scene and the opportunity presented itself. Why not?)</p>
<p>This said, I’m going to have to echo posts 4, 9, 11, 12…you get the idea (at least, one would hope).</p>