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The existence of a well-run government agency goes against free-marketeer beliefs that the government can never do anything right. The USPS flies in the face of
by pradn 6y ago
The existence of a well-run government agency goes against free-marketeer beliefs that the government can never do anything right. The USPS flies in the face of that.
Unionized government employees also typically lean Democratic, too.
- munk-a 6y agoThat actually seems pretty credible - get rid of the big counter-example to your argument.
- throwaway5752 6y agoYou have to look at the breakup of the Soviet state to modern Russia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_oligarch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_oligarch) and see the massive, massive profit opportunities with USPS privatization. DeJoy made his fortune from selling a logistic company to XPO, where he was an executive for a while post-acquistion, in addition to his political beliefs and alliances.