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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 7932029" data-attributes="member: 549629">I didnt say you brought up USPS. I said its a bad example, which you tried to use as a positive one.What portions of the country does UPS not deliver to? They deliver to private homes, have saturday delivery, etc. And they do it without the advantages I mentioned the USPS having. UPS and Fedex would love to jump into the ring with standard mail delivery, they are legally obligated not to. And even with that monopoly, the USPS is failing financially (and the USPS has that monopoly in and above the same rights/ability to compete directly with UPS/Fedex for package mail delivery).Me thinking the govt is awesome and efficient wont make things better. Me (and many others) acknowledging its failings will go a lot further towards making the govt clean up its act than will burying our heads in the sand and pretending its doing things right. Its hard to believe that even right now, with our govt showing its complete inability to run on a balanced budget, that you still argue we should all gather round our politicians and praise their competence.Your horse/car analogy is silly, tbh.I didnt read much of your last reply, it was too long and I got tired of seeing the same sorts of arguments form you about a 1/4 way through it. But to be fair, Ill read it tomorrow and respond.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 7932029, member: 549629"] I didnt say you brought up USPS. I said its a bad example, which you tried to use as a positive one. What portions of the country does UPS not deliver to? They deliver to private homes, have saturday delivery, etc. And they do it without the advantages I mentioned the USPS having. UPS and Fedex would love to jump into the ring with standard mail delivery, they are legally obligated not to. And even with that monopoly, the USPS is failing financially (and the USPS has that monopoly in and above the same rights/ability to compete directly with UPS/Fedex for package mail delivery). Me thinking the govt is awesome and efficient wont make things better. Me (and many others) acknowledging its failings will go a lot further towards making the govt clean up its act than will burying our heads in the sand and pretending its doing things right. Its hard to believe that even right now, with our govt showing its complete inability to run on a balanced budget, that you still argue we should all gather round our politicians and praise their competence. Your horse/car analogy is silly, tbh. I didnt read much of your last reply, it was too long and I got tired of seeing the same sorts of arguments form you about a 1/4 way through it. But to be fair, Ill read it tomorrow and respond. [/QUOTE]

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