On 04/07/2010 09:58 AM, Seth Cohn wrote: >>> > Libraries started off as _private_, please review your history of libraries. > Just because some are government funded, that doesn't have to be true. > In fact, witnessing the current debacle of Concord's library funding > problems, perhaps they shouldn't be. > > USPS is a disaster too. When you really want a package delivered > cheap and fast and accurate, you go FedEx or UPS. The only reason they > don't do 'normal' mail is because they aren't to, by law. > Let them, and the USPS wouldn't be in business for long. > Libraries have been public in the US primarily since the late 1700s. There is an ongoing debate as to which is the first.
The Post Office was created because only the Federal government could get mail delivered back in the horse and buggy days (maddog may remember the Pony Express when he was young :-) Certainly the private competitors do well (FedEx, UPS), but let's remember Airborne/DHL Express. They have their niche, but the USPS is still the only way to send a regular letter or junk mail. In some countries, it is the post office that runs the Internet. -- Jerry Feldman <g...@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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