Fed-Ex and UPS ?

They're parcel services, not postal services. What's the cheapest you can get something into the Fed-Ex or UPS systems? About 4 bucks. That's a damn sight more than 42 cents.

The USPS could improve, there's no question about that. The fact that it takes an act of Congress to get some shitbird postal worker fired is a large part of it, but the system itself operates pretty well as a whole.

The problem with letting capitalism handle every need is that capitalism doesn't give a sh!t if you can't mail a letter for 42 cents. Capitalism doesn't care if you live all the way out in the sticks..........if it's not ccost-effective to deliver you a letter, then you don't get the letter. How simple.

The USPS and Amtrak fill a need for the people. If you want to save some dough, end some bullsh!t program like The Farm Bill. A useless program that serves no purpose and benefits agribusiness, not family farmers.
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