“Over 55 million Americans live in rural areas, all deserve reliable and timely delivery of mail. No private company can do that profitably at a reasonable cost for the service,” Mandel…
I’ve been hearing Libertarian types saying since the mid-90s that, now that many people have email, that the USPS should be disbanded and replaced with email + Fedex and UPS.
My reaction back then, even as someone sympathetic to a lot of Libertarian ideas then (I got better) and VERY, VERY up on all things digital was to ask them what the fuck they are even talking about.
I’ve been hearing Libertarian types saying since the mid-90s that, now that many people have email, that the USPS should be disbanded and replaced with email + Fedex and UPS.
My reaction back then, even as someone sympathetic to a lot of Libertarian ideas then (I got better) and VERY, VERY up on all things digital was to ask them what the fuck they are even talking about.
It was crazy then, and it’s still crazy now.