Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't USPS act as a payment processor?
by iwanttocomment on Sunday November 09, 2025 @03:46PM
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Sure, postal banking [0] has been around forever. Could it be updated to the modern day and in the US? Of course! Why not? Because we apparently just can't have nice things.
It's a perfectly good idea that just doesn't have political traction in this era.
We could also have, you know, universal health care. Like any other normal country.
It's a perfectly good idea that just doesn't have political traction in this era.
We could also have, you know, universal health care. Like any other normal country.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_savings_system