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▲ coryrc an hour ago

Due to Baumol's Cost Disease and email, it doesn't make sense to be paying labor to drop off junk mail every single weekday. Cutting this by 2/days a week in urban areas and by 3 days/week in rural would save incredible amounts.

▲snowwrestler 21 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

The U.S. Postal Service doesn’t make financial sense because it is fundamentally not a financial idea. Like other aspects of Constitutional U.S. governance, its purpose is to stitch a people together into a nation.

▲underlipton an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm sure Amazon would love that. Need to overnight a letter? Guess you're stuck with FedEx or UPS.