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Why does everybody have a hard-on for privatizing one of the few services the Constitution explicitly authorizes the Federal government to run?
by dr_feelbad 2y ago
Why does everybody have a hard-on for privatizing one of the few services the Constitution explicitly authorizes the Federal government to run?
- slater 2y agoMoney number must go up.
- m463 2y agomoney. But unfortunately for the public, this will play out like the private equity folks who take over small businesses. Although this will raise prices and lower service, this won't only happen at the beginning.
- dr_feelbad 2y ago[dead]
- jfengel 2y agoMoney is, of course, the obvious answer. But I think more importantly, it's about demeaning government. There is a widespread notion that government does not do anything well, and private companies do everything better. The Post Office is an easy target, because people interact with it directly. Every single missing letter/parcel is evidence that the government is bad. (Even if wasn't actually sent via USPS.) Every stamp price increase is proof of government incompetence. And that means the entire government is incompetent. They may or may not actually care whether the Post Office itself is privatized. But it is an effective ideological football.