Comments on: Stamp Out the Postal Monopoly http://archive.mises.org/6635/stamp-out-the-postal-monopoly/ Proceeding Ever More Boldly Against Evil Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:06:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Charlie G. http://archive.mises.org/6635/stamp-out-the-postal-monopoly/comment-page-1/#comment-499142 Charlie G. Sat, 07 Feb 2009 06:27:49 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/archives/006635.asp#comment-499142 Here is an archived copy of J.H. Huebert’s op-ed in the Baltimore Sun.
http://www.webcitation.org/5ePpCyV8v

]]> By: Sol Rosenberg http://archive.mises.org/6635/stamp-out-the-postal-monopoly/comment-page-1/#comment-119191 Sol Rosenberg Wed, 16 May 2007 09:04:01 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/archives/006635.asp#comment-119191 Never gonna happen. It’s a God-given right for people in high delivery cost areas to shift their costs onto people in low delivery cost areas.

]]> By: TLWP Sam http://archive.mises.org/6635/stamp-out-the-postal-monopoly/comment-page-1/#comment-119135 TLWP Sam Tue, 15 May 2007 22:58:22 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/archives/006635.asp#comment-119135 I s’pose the obvious alternative to mail is email. Indeed the delivery efficiency of email is better than mail somuchso I mostly get emails from others I don’t even want. :P

]]> By: Mark Brabson http://archive.mises.org/6635/stamp-out-the-postal-monopoly/comment-page-1/#comment-119119 Mark Brabson Tue, 15 May 2007 15:50:06 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/archives/006635.asp#comment-119119 I fully agree the Postal Service should be privatized, but I think it can and should be done without destroying the postal service. In transition, the USPS could be totally privatized, eliminating the Postal Service commission, while temporarily retaining the first class monopoly. During this same time, potential competitors could prepare to enter the first class mail business on the day the monopoly ended. This period would give the newly privatized company a chance to trim down and shed its current civil service workforce and adopt a privatized workforce structure. At the end of the interim period, likely two to three years, competitors could enter the business on equal footing with the USPS.

This method would preserve the USPS and avoid the unpleasant possibility of extended postal service disruptions which would likely happen if the Postal Service was cut loose without a chance to trim down. It also leaves the possibility that Fedex, UPS, DHL and other competitors could divvy up the Postal Service, buying out certain post offices or taking over certain delivery routes. Fedex could end up with Postal Air routes while UPS ended up with the individual offices. The possibilities are literally endless. My personal opinion is that given my scenario, the USPS would likely survice, but might not be present in every city and town as it is now.

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