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Why should the USPS be private or profitable? At best it should be operated as a break-even venture. Reliable mail service to every address in the country is
by phil21 6y ago
Why should the USPS be private or profitable? At best it should be operated as a break-even venture.
Reliable mail service to every address in the country is one of the foundational building blocks of a developed nation. Those that argue against it to me seem irrational.
No private business, especially when you compare it to a company like Verizon, will ever provide the level of universal service the USPS has historically. Rural areas have absolutely been "left behind" for Internet access just as soon as the regulators stopped regulating minimum access requirements.
No thanks. I don't want the (imo, completely and irreversibly broken) US telco landscape extended to the physical mail delivery. Not to mention the constitutional rights you get shipping with the USPS vs. any private business.
- jariel 6y ago"Reliable mail service to every address in the country is one of the foundational building blocks of a developed nation. Those that argue against it to me seem irrational." Those who would argue, blindly, that this service must be provided by the government ... seem irrational. Moreover, we are in a digital era, trying to reduce our paper usage. I have not received a paper letter of material usefulness literally in years. 95% of my mail is junk mail - wasted. The remaining 5% is the occasional letter from the government, of the bank, reminding me of what I have already received online. By any reasonable stretch, the USPS is largely just a 'junk mail service'. Society may benefit frankly from the end of this waste and the end of paper mail for most procedures. What remains for the most part is just packages and a few letters there's no reason decent regulation couldn't have it managed by private entities.