Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons
by frumplestlatz on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:51PM
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I give a shit; I want costs and incentives aligned as closely as possible, and that means not shifting the cost of things to the taxpayer in a way that ensures there will both never be competition, and the true costs are not borne by the people who actually incur them.
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Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons
by wallst07 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @01:51AM
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The people arguing against you are not going to see it your way.
There is a ideology of some people that think that taxes are a magical way of funding anything they feel is a common good. Most of the time these are well intended thoughts of public good. However they NEVER take into the account the unintended consequences of their ideas. It stops with tax more = more public good.
Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons
by saghm on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @10:38AM
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There are just as many people who seem to think that all taxes are inherently harmful for any possible use case and nothing will convince them otherwise. I would honestly expect fintech to have more of this group than the one you describe.
Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons
by wallst07 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @12:51AM
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Correct, however I would argue that inertia carries one area farther than another.
Meaning it's much easier to start a government program paid by tax dollars than it is to remove one, especially when the program is no longer needed (objectively).