• WhatSay@slrpnk.net
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    18 hours ago

    You know who wants to replace the postal service? Amazon. They have delivery vehicles, lockers, and so on. They have been building towards it for years. I’m sure an attack on the postal service would leave Amazon on top, and I bet it’s a plan in the works.

    As for Amtrak, maybe musk wants to swallow it up with his boring company.

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      17 hours ago

      Actually they don’t, they want to replace fedex and UPS.

      No one wants the business of daily letter service.

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        What people who want to gut the postal service don’t understand is that it’s a fucking service.

        The USPS does last mile delivery for all courier agencies. FedEx and UPS won’t pay a driver to deliver your dildo out to your cabin in bumfuck Nebraska, but the USPS will, along with your tax documents, bank statements, and anything else you need.

        If you get rid of USPS, you’re cutting anyone who isn’t in a major city off from not only packages, but critical documents.

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          It is insane to me when people complain about the failure of a public service to turn a profit as if that’s some kind of bad or unexpected outcome.

          Services cost money to operate for the benefit of those using them. That is literally the point.

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            13 hours ago

            Yes, the Republican con has been to compare government to a household budget and/or corporations, and it’s just so very stupid.

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          nah, they’d then require someone else who takes on the private company to do it, give them 10 billion dollars to ensure the infrastructure remains and the service is provided, and then they would still refuse to do it but somehow use all the money anyway.

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          I had to ups a document recently certified delivery but the company i was doing business with refuses to receive usps mail. It cost me $50 to send a fucking letter. I was so pissed.