“No, we don’t need a government post office”
Interesting article from the Mises Institute posted on Parler:
https://mises.org/wire/no-we-dont-need-government-post-office
A governenment-run post office is, by definition. a socialist organization, and only progressives (who believe the government can do everything better) would support such a thing if it was proposed from scratch today. Consider for example the idea of a “United States National Airline” or “US Internet Service”...
It’s time to end the monopoly and allow competition for all forms of mail and parcel delivery. Private companies have already demonstrated they can run circles around USPS when it comes to innovation and cost efficiency, that’s why USPS contracts with them for popular services.
And passports? Why should I be forced to wait in line while someone goes through that nonsense when it could be outsourced like any other service?
We need a government run post office because the free flow of information to the voting public is vital to a republic and a government PO can be forced to be neutral and obey the 1stA.
Think about a PO controlled by Bezos or @Jack etc.
I think the PO should be updated to include web services like email, site hosting and DNS registration etc.
If we want to abolish the USPS, then we have to amend the Constitution. However, two paragraphs before that stated Power of Congress it also states Congress should coin and regulate money. That was outsourced to the Fed, so maybe you have a point.