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Which critical infrastructure cannot be profitable?
by dylanjermiah 11y ago
Which critical infrastructure cannot be profitable?
- Daishiman 11y agoI have never seen buses and trains being profitable. Postal services in rural areas operate at a loss. Same thing with internet and phone connectivity.
- dylanjermiah 11y agoI'm very skeptical on all three, do you have any supportive data?
- Daishiman 11y agoIt's a Google search away. Seriously, the story of the cost of supporting public transportation. But you can have a link to the latter assertion http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/should-we-continue-to-subsidize-rural-mail-delivery/ http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/should-we-continue-to-subsi...
- dylanjermiah 11y agoIt is most certainly not. The inefficiency of USPS doesn't speak to the inherent inability for buses, trains, postal services and internet providers need to be subsidised. That it a huge claim you've made, one link on the inefficiency of USPS(a government funded service...) does not suffice. The inefficiency of the USPS speaks to the inefficiency of government services. They've lost $47bn over 10 years. Why? Because they have no incentive to care about their business model, because they can be apparently infinitely supplied by taxpayers.