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As Trump Pushes Privatization of USPS, Amazon May Be Preparing to Take Over (truthout.org)

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[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

how? for more than half of the US fedex, ups, and for ~ two places dhl exist. vertical integration isn't prevented by anti-trust or monopoly laws.

The USPS is important because of rural and remote places that would otherwise completely lack mail services for even just sending tax to the government.