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re: Post office beats UPS and FedEx for packages
Posted on 12/24/14 at 12:13 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Posted on 12/24/14 at 12:13 pm to RogerTheShrubber
quote:If there is such an inherent problem, how was it able to work successfully for over a century? And how would the market handle the unprofitable nature of the requirement of universal postal service? Here's how: government funding.
Which is the problem with government planning. Market based industry >>> govt funding.
And in this case, government planning is working perfectly. Because the plan was to destroy the USPS in order to privatize it.
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Posted on 12/24/14 at 12:18 pm to Korkstand
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If there is such an inherent problem, how was it able to work successfully for over a century?
It didn't. It was a failure from the start. In early US history the post office management was a place for political leaders to place supporters (the spoils system).
When private alternatives popped up in the 1800s they were squashed by laws designed to make them non competitive. The post office had govt on their side. The private start ups had no chance.
Posted on 12/24/14 at 12:19 pm to Korkstand
quote:That really SHOULD be the plan. There's literally no reason to publicly fund it.
And in this case, government planning is working perfectly. Because the plan was to destroy the USPS in order to privatize it.
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