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Old 04-23-2005, 01:59 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Postal Service
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Originally Posted by RidinHighSpeeds
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What do you think about privatizing the United States Postal Service?
The cost of postage would surely increase. The postal service is run as a service and is mandated by law to break even over time, with no profit. No private company would deliver mail without trying to make a profit, and this would lead to higher prices.

Privatization is not a magic remedy to everything.

Go to the nearest gas station. Has the competition ensured that gas prices have stayed low?
Good point.

The gas station? Right now we are paying the transaction fee for America to launder Iraqi oil money.