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Re:USPS' long-awaited new mail truck makes its debut to rave... by helgie on Thursday September 12, 2024 @05:37PM (#41525844)
Yes, there was a bidding process, you can see some of the entrants that lost here: https://jalopnik.com/here-are-all-the-mail-trucks-that-didn-...

In any case, even if the process was terribly corrupt, I'm not sure why that would have you so bothered. Last sentence from the USPS press release on Oshkosh winning: "The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations." https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2021/0223-...

Both results are on the first page of a google search for 'usps truck bids'.

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Re:USPS' long-awaited new mail truck makes its debut to rave... by philwelch on Friday September 13, 2024 @02:09AM (#41528427)
> The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

The Postal Service has a legally enforced monopoly that it abuses to deliver literal metric tons of spam into our mailboxes every single day.

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Re:USPS' long-awaited new mail truck makes its debut to rave... by jazzyjackson on Sunday September 15, 2024 @11:45PM (#41552561)
What law is it that prevents UPS/FedEx from carrying spam?
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