Re: Government competition

["Eric M. Bennett" <ericb@pobox.com>]

Steve Cohen wrote:

>Any privatization
>scheme runs up against this requirement.  Typical schemes of privatization
>would usually involve "cherry picking" the profitable segments of the business
>and letting the others go, or leaving the losers to the government which makes
>their situation even worse.

Not at all.  Why not allow multiple businesses to deliver all types of mail
to every address in the US, as long as each business charges the same
amount to all its customers regardless of location?  Maybe Fed Ex could
deliver letters to everybody for only 30 cents.



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