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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by qntty on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @07:27PM (#23912040)
On the other hand, privatized delivery poses the same problem as private control of the internet in the absence of net neutrality. If there was no USPS to compete with, what's the stop Amazon and other major retailers from coming to agreements with delivery companies to charge higher fees for "non-partner" deliveries.
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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by treis on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @07:31PM (#23912067)
The Sherman anti-trust act
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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by Avicebron on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @08:01PM (#23912309)
Which really doesn't seem to have helped the market capture by massive companies...with enough money behind it, it's unlikely the new private post company would be regulated.
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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by mediaman on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @08:09PM (#23912379)
The Sherman anti-trust act is very very rarely ever used in prosecution.
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