https://freerepublic.com/tag/bovardtheshill/ en-us Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:34:58 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2821441/posts The U.S. Postal Service announced plans this month to phase out overnight delivery of first-class mail. Postal officials are portraying the decision as a painful but necessary budget-induced departure from a long history of exemplary service. In reality, the Postal Service has been intentionally slowing down first-class mail for almost 50 years. It's time to end the post office's monopoly on letter delivery. [snip] The Postal Service has gotten away with scorning its customers because it is effectively a federal crime to provide better mail service than the government. The Postal Service has a monopoly over letter delivery (with a... Los Angeles Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2821441/posts#comment Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:34:58 GMT