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Re:Justice Department meeting state AG offices Tuesday to di... by iron0013 on Monday February 03, 2020 @09:19PM (#22231730)
It kinda seems to me that the fact that the government has proven to be able to successfully provide postal service is evidence that we don’t need private alternatives introducing inefficiencies in the form of rent seeking
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Re:Justice Department meeting state AG offices Tuesday to di... by pdonis on Monday February 03, 2020 @10:23PM (#22232058)
> private alternatives introducing inefficiencies in the form of rent seeking

Um, what? Rent seeking is one way of taking advantage of government-granted privileges. How are FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc. rent seeking?

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