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Privatize or downsize the USPS? Rural customers worry either option will hurt them
(www.iowapublicradio.org)
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I have a rural address.
USPS already is broken for my community. They won’t delivery at all off the paved highway. We have a line of mailboxes.
The issue is that the mailboxes are constantly broken into, so we all also have a PO Box. P.O. Boxes are not cheap.
My mailbox no longer exists to prevent packages from accidentally getting delivered to it.
If usps doesn’t want to deliver to rural addresses, fine, but set up some alternatives. Create a secured remote mailbox, or offer P.O. Boxes for free.
The fundamental problem here is that the US population doesn't really want to pay for stuff where they don't directly benefit. In "me first" politics, rural populations are screwed.
And may they have the day they voted for.
Exactly. Nothing is free, and having free po boxes just means the public will pay. And since you can't pay for things you don't directly benefit from in the current zeitgeist, it's not happening.