Please note that I specifically stated First Class Mail. You are correct
that most other delivery types have competition. First Class Mail must
be used for several types of official business, like tax mailings (yes
efile is eating in to that, but if you can't efile, you must mail with
USPS). Legal docs which require certified mail or registered mail can
only be delivered by USPS.
I'm on your side here. The companies you mention would love to bid for
First Class business, but have been thwarted by congress, as there would
then be no need for the USPS and it could be closed down. But the dems,
with their strong union support, wouldn't allow that.
As for the Army, subcontractors don't compete with you; they work for you.
Apple is not a subcontractor to MS.
Jeff Miles wrote:
I hardly think of either of these two as monopolies. The post
office not only has competition from the internet, but also DHL,
Fed-ex, UPS, etc. The Armies have competition from all the groups such
as Blackwater, etc. Sure these companies aren't as big as the
government branded like, but neither is Apple as compared to MS.
Jeff M
On Jul 28, 2009, at 11:06 PM, t.piwowar wrote:
On Jul 28, 2009, at 5:58 PM, Steve at Verizon wrote:
Armies and delivery of First Class Mail are two examples.
Single-payer would be another, and, from your response, one of which
you approve.
OK. I'm up for closing down the Army and the Post Office. All we
really need to do is revisit and pass the NRA's gun carry law and we
can dispense with the Army. The Post Office is a dead duck anyway --
killed by the Internet. Think of all the money we would save!
Do you want to defend either of these wasteful institutions?
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