"Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages, making Amazon richer and the Post Office dumber and poorer?
The postal service is providing a service to the public at a rate set by them. They're in direct competition with UPS and Fedex and shouldn't have HIGHER prices than their competition.
But as for those in REMOTE areas or PO Boxes that UPS and Fedex won't service affordably...... the USP
Want to live in a remote area? Well, you should be prepared to pay for it.
Want to live in an urban environment and have access to food, building materials, power, and fuel. Well, you should be prepared to pay for it. Your utopian urban environment isn't self sufficient so get off your high horse.
You missed the entire point. City dwellers don't need to make everything themselves to be self sufficient. There are literally billions of people out there who would happily give them whatever they need in exchange for what cities produce. Heck, the computer you typed on is made in a city, as is this website, amongst millions of other things.
Besides, there aren't many rural areas that are completely self-sufficient either. Modern farming requires things like fertilizers, pesticides, weather predictions,
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Competitive market (Score:2)
"Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages, making Amazon richer and the Post Office dumber and poorer?
The postal service is providing a service to the public at a rate set by them. They're in direct competition with UPS and Fedex and shouldn't have HIGHER prices than their competition.
But as for those in REMOTE areas or PO Boxes that UPS and Fedex won't service affordably...... the USP
Re:Competitive market (Score:2, Insightful)
Want to live in a remote area? Well, you should be prepared to pay for it.
Re: (Score:2)
Want to live in a remote area? Well, you should be prepared to pay for it.
Want to live in an urban environment and have access to food, building materials, power, and fuel. Well, you should be prepared to pay for it. Your utopian urban environment isn't self sufficient so get off your high horse.
You missed the entire point. City dwellers don't need to make everything themselves to be self sufficient. There are literally billions of people out there who would happily give them whatever they need in exchange for what cities produce. Heck, the computer you typed on is made in a city, as is this website, amongst millions of other things.
Besides, there aren't many rural areas that are completely self-sufficient either. Modern farming requires things like fertilizers, pesticides, weather predictions,