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Originally Posted by HarryT
That's the point that I was making, Ralph. The post office in many European countries (including the UK) has been "privatized" and is run as a profit-making business. Many would argue that doing so has resulted in a much more efficient business, because they are competing against many other rivals, especially in the area of parcel deliveries. Why has the US reserved the postal service as a government monopoly? I would suggest that it's because it's considered that it's beneficial to the country as a whole to have it so.
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No, it is because the incumbent politicians can get all sort of free mailing priviledges with the status quo, which they use for campaigning, that they would lose if the postal service were privatized. And there is no lobby willing to spend enough money to brib---, excuse me, to lobby for the change.