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by kwertyoowiyop 1660 days ago
The post office should be run efficiently. But I don’t require it to make a profit. It is a service, for our collective benefit. Just like the Army. I don’t expect the Army to make a profit.
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As long as it’s not operating at a loss or using taxpayer money, then that’s fine. Otherwise it’s using taxpayer money to destroy competing businesses.

We don’t really care about businesses operating private militaries so the army isn’t a good comparison.