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At the end of the day we end up with too few post offices where we need them and too many where we do not. And those post offices have to devote a good amount of time in accountability to the central authority. The central authority is responsible for assigning a limited number of assests to the post offices it has to supply and control. And since the central authority is responsible to politicians it has the unenviable task of providing services that the users are not really willing to pay for. The whole advantage to the system is that everyone pays equally but everyone would like to receive just a little more than their equal share. This is a recipe for disappointment, because somebody is going to get less than equal or no post office at all.
Contrast this with how the market approaches the same problem. Post offices come and go as needed. Someone figures out that, in certain areas that no longer need a post office we can just install a post box. And profitability determines what will be invested in each post office. Certain post offices may offer expensive options that their customers want, but customers at other post offices do not. And, if another businessman get's the feeling that a need is not being met, he opens his own post office to meet that need. He succeeds or fails based on his judgement about that need.
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Ya know - I copied this and was all set to reply to it - but then I realised that it's a complete waste of time.
I don't think you drank the Kool-Aid - I think you're pretty well embalmed in it by now.
So here's hoping that as your dotage creeps up on you and you grow infirm as all of us will, that you've saved enough to hold on to your health insurance, and that you are always able to afford a bus ticket up north to buy your meds.
