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> You can send mail across the country via USPS for $.50. Or, you could pay $8 to send it privately via UPS or FedEx. This is literally the worst example you c
by nordsieck 9y ago
> You can send mail across the country via USPS for $.50. Or, you could pay $8 to send it privately via UPS or FedEx.
This is literally the worst example you could use. USPS has a legally enforced monopoly on first class mail.
- CalChris 9y agoUsually monopolies enable higher prices rather than lower ones.
- cwyers 9y agoIt's a different service. USPS has a monopoly on letter mail. FedEx is allowed to ship documents but only as an express delivery (the USPS service that is as fast as FedEx at document delivery costs roughly the same).