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The USPS has a legal monopoly to make it artificially cheaper than competitors. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service https://en.m.wikip
by gowld 7y ago
The USPS has a legal monopoly to make it artificially cheaper than competitors.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service
Private schools are on par with public schools ($10k/yr) for the same kind of school, with large class sizes. Expensive private schools are far better "product" than public schools with small classes and better extracurriculars and amenities.
Your property taxes are subsidized by taxes paid by non-school-families.
- evanlivingston 7y agoI'm confused by the first point. The USPS has a monopoly on sending packages and letters? I recognize the USPS is subsidized by the US government but that is exactly my point. They amount of real money I'm taxed that eventually ends up subsidizing the USPS seems to me to be less than the money I pay to ship using non-subsidized services. If the government is able use my tax dollars to "artificially" push prices lower than on the "free market" while ensuring that the service is available to nearly everyone in the country, that feels like a success. Are you saying if the USPS didn't exist FedEx and UPS would be cheaper?