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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by runako on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @08:27PM (#23912536)
Thanks!

On the one hand, it seems unfair. On the other hand, since they don't have any cost-competitive offerings, it seems like a non-issue. I'm a big fan of the USPS, but if it looked like FedEx could help push the letter rate down, I would be a fan of revoking that law. (If a private carrier committed to serving 100% of the USPS coverage area.)

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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by treis on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @10:56PM (#23913476)
They don't have a cost competitive option because they're not allowed to offer one. They can only deliver "extremely urgent material" by law.
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