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One thing I haven't really seen discussed (or maybe I'm just blind) is the fact that the USPS isn't a government organization quite like the others. It's suppo
by TameAntelope 6y ago
One thing I haven't really seen discussed (or maybe I'm just blind) is the fact that the USPS isn't a government organization quite like the others. It's supposed to be a more-private entity that competes in a market.
Feels weird to give them law enforcement powers while still putting them up against private industry as competition, couldn't they just arrest all the UPS workers or something (gross oversimplification but still)?
- riffic 6y agowasn't always that way. At one time the predecessor agency to the USPS was a cabinet-level department: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_Department https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_Depa... There is Constitutional authority empowering Congress "To establish post offices and post roads" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Clause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Clause) We also used to have a limited form of postal banking here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Savings_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Savings_S...
- flyingfences 6y agoUSPS is given an explicit monopoly on letter deliveries; they do not compete in their market.
- bradj 6y agoPrivate railroads also have police with law enforcement powers. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_police https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_police