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Re:White House Launches US Digital Corps by edgyquant on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @02:25PM (#28371656)
Distribution of gasoline doesn't seem like it should be a government role. Distribution of mail, especially to the last mile routes that aren't profitable, does.
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Re:White House Launches US Digital Corps by WalterBright on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @02:39PM (#28371848)
> Distribution of gasoline doesn't seem like it should be a government role.

So we learned.

> Distribution of mail, especially to the last mile routes that aren't profitable, does.

UPS seems to do it just fine (for packages), at a profit.

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Re:White House Launches US Digital Corps by _-david-_ on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @03:08PM (#28372156)
UPS couldn't easily do letters since the government made competition with the USPS expensive or outright illegal in some situations.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Express_Statutes

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Re:White House Launches US Digital Corps by WalterBright on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @04:34PM (#28373268)
If the USPS was efficient, it wouldn't have been necessary to outlaw the competition.
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