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ddingus on April 13, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Goldman Sachs questions whether curing patients is...

Use the Post Office model. When profitable, it contributes to the general fund. See my other comment here.

Political hobbling and fuckery related to post office operations done to marginalize otherwise exemplary performance aside, the model has merit.

fjsolwmv on April 13, 2018 [–]

The post office has a govenrment-granted monopoly on first class mail service, and does pretty poorly when it competes for non-first-class mail logistics.

ddingus on April 14, 2018 | [–]

A necessary monopoly. Without it, service would not be universal.

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