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In reply to the discussion: Weekend Economists Stamp Out Ignorance December 27-29, 2013 [View all]Demeter
(85,373 posts)68. USPS needs to be modernized
1) postal banking (which it did before, which most civilized nations offer still)
2) universal internet....the PO should be the utility provider. Not only would it standardize the internet across the nation, I bet it would nullify the NSA. The Post Office gets privacy rights for its customers, this could be extended to both the banking and the internet....
The Post Office is INFRASTRUCTURE....furthermore, it is peace-building, community, political infrastructure.
It needs to be cherished, groomed, promoted, revitalized. We would not be the nation we are today, had the Post Office not ever been established as a public utility.
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