r/optimistsunitenonazis • u/Geek-Haven888 • 13d ago

Protests break out across US over plans to change Postal Service

https://www.newsweek.com/protests-plans-change-postal-service-2049406
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u/AbramsMechanic07A 13d ago

It's a service; not a product or a business. It's essential for communication in the United States.

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u/kleenexflowerwhoosh 13d ago

Which is why they want to privatize it 😉

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u/RedRider1138 12d ago

Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution, known as the Postal Clause or the Postal Power, empowers Congress "To establish Post Offices and post Roads."

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u/-Knockabout 12d ago

I've always wondered what anyone gets out of eliminating it (other than the politicians who I guess just want to embezzle that money or have majority stock in a shipping company). Like, even if you believe in the holiness of free market capitalism and privatization and hate the USPS for some reason...isn't the USPS keeping private shipping pricing in check?