I'm not against the federal government running a Postal service and it being owned by the federal government as long as it does not hold a monoply or use taxes to fund the service. Before Lysader Sponner and others started to outcompete against the USPS compention was allowed. Sponner never did recover financially after his postal delevery service was outlawed, he died a poor man.--- In [email protected], "Cory Nott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The USPS shouldn't be getting any funding at all. It should be fully > privatized and forced to compete in the free market. > > Placing bombs in mailboxes and using them in other ways that are destructive > are criminal acts regardless of whether or not mailboxes are allowed for > uses other than mail delivery. > > What you are suggesting is very much akin to suggesting that we make it a > Federal crime to use an automobile for anything but running errands or going > to the office because a kid might use one for joyriding and drunk driving. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of allie rodgers > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 5:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Libertarian] Re: Youthful Entrepreneurs > > > As a criminal justice major I do not find these issues totally > anti-libertarian The use of a mailbox for delivery by anyone other than the > USPS is a federal crime.because do u want some stranger placing a bomb in > there or a neighbor you got mad to toss some sh-- in there that you would > want you kid to open and freak out?? > just my opinion but the USPS has to get funding somewhere. Where do you > think it should be getting its funds from? > ALLIE > > Cory Nott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark, > > Just a few things about the USPS that make it very anti- Libertarian: > > 1. the USPS receives federal subsidies, sometimes billions each year. They > are *not* self supporting. > 2. Federal law makes it a crime for anyone other than the USPS to deliver > first class or 3rd class mail, unless they charge a minimum of $3.00 or 3 > times what the USPS charges (whichever is higher) per letter. > 3. The use of a mailbox for delivery by anyone other than the USPS is a > federal crime. > > Alot of people will point to the USPS as an example of what efficient > government could be. We must be diligent in pointing out why this is a > good > reason for getting government out the business altogether. > > > New Message Search > Find the message you want faster. Visit your group to try out the improved > message search. > > > > Share feedback on the new changes to Groups > > Recent Activity > a.. 4New Members > Visit Your Group > SPONSORED LINKS > a.. Libertarian > b.. English language > c.. Political parties > d.. Online dictionary > e.. American politics > . > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
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