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Re:We mailed one hundred letters to test the postal service by rhexs on Monday May 03, 2021 @09:58AM (#27025130)
Useful union voting bloc seems to be the major reason. When they come out with PR pieces the biggest “reason” is veterans and the elderly not being able to get drugs delivered via mail, which seems like a rather tiny, solvable problem that doesn’t require flushing endless billions, but hey, here we are.
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Re:We mailed one hundred letters to test the postal service by catillac on Monday May 03, 2021 @10:06AM (#27025240)
You went from “useful union voting bloc” to “veterans and the elderly not being able to get drugs delivered by mail.” What a ride.

In reality there are lots of reasons to keep USPS, being able to get packages to all among them. Parent commenters have done a great job outlining some. I would encourage you to think more critically about reasons we would want a state-run postal system that don’t involve pet causes like union voting blocs.

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Re:We mailed one hundred letters to test the postal service by HumblyTossed on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @08:11AM (#27036709)
"...“reason” is veterans and the elderly not being able to get drugs delivered via mail, which seems like a rather tiny, solvable problem ..."

How is that a "tiny" problem?

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