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by res0nat0r 1659 days ago
The post office has for decades been able to send mail across the country in a few days, anywhere, for less than a buck.

It can work and be efficient just fine if it weren't purposefully hamstrung by people trying to ruin it so it can be privatized.

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The post office is increasingly losing business to low cost shippers and high margin business to same-day delivery tech startups. Not only that, their trucks are older than some drivers and the contract to replace them was filled with government pork.

You're never going to get innovation from people who are just trying to work a job for a wage and pension. That's why Amazon is disrupting everyone with their logistics network.