Mail delivery slowdown: USPS to slow delivery starting October 1

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[–]Drewski 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I want a reliable postal service, but not from a government monopoly. Europe has privatized their postal service and we should be doing the same. This page makes some good arguments for privatizing the postal service: https://www.downsizinggovernment.org/usps

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Europe has privatized their postal service

Not fully privatized across Europe.

Malta and the Netherlands have fully privatized their mail service, while Germany, Austria and now the U.K. have partially done so. And 25 of 27 countries in the European Union allow some form of private-sector competition with the official post. Source

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One can elect the people who help regulate corporations and government practices, but the institutions that are given over to private companies will spiral - and have spiraled - out of control with costs and expenses, while they pay executives in the millions and make the workforce work for peanuts. This happened with the national rail in the UK, and has happened with other companies. Government oversight can be arranged democratically, whereas corporate profit-oriented systems will abuse the workforce for the sake of a few executives.