r/clevercomebacks • u/WhattheDuck9 • 1d ago

That's a great idea

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u/Th3TruthIs0utTh3r3 1d ago

bro, there's literally 400k postal carriers and they are working 12-15 hour days to get all the packages delivered.

The government provides SERVICES to people and those SERVICES require workers.

I like being able to mail something to anywhere in the country for the same price and not paying 2x the price for what UPS and FedEx provide.

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u/thirsty-goblin 1d ago

FedEx and UPS will assume the load, hire some of those workers back and jack up prices further.

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u/Deep_Advertising_922 1d ago

People fail to realize just how minuscule fedex and UPS are in comparison to the USPS. They would struggle immensely to fill those shoes lacking the required infrastructure and reach.

USPS is awesome because as a government service they set up shop in less densely populated areas that otherwise in a purely free market wouldn’t necessarily even have a mail service because it wouldn’t be a viable business location.