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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by RodgerTheGreat on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @07:18PM (#23911959)
To say nothing of the fact that other delivery services frequently rely upon USPS for last-mile delivery in more rural (read: less- or un-profitable) areas, and those areas would simply not be served by a privatized postal service.
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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by _emacsomancer_ on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @07:31PM (#23912072)
Yes, without the USPS lots of people would have to drive into the nearest town to get anything, and presumably letters would become completely cost-prohibitive to send even to people in cities.

But even setting these things aside, USPS is almost always a better experience as either sender or receiver than any of the other competitors in the US.

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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by variaga on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @07:39PM (#23912139)
FedEx "SmartPost" and UPS "SurePost" are both basically "drop your package off with FedEx/UPS, and they'll put it in the regular mail for you".
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