Postal Service

[JonL]

Not crazy about having spy equipment in the postal svc trucks. They should have that stuff at the post offices though. It might have saved some lives during the anthrax thing 10 years ago, and might save many more in the future.

Not crazy about privatizing the mail service either. There's already a number of companies providing expensive and fast document services, they seem to do just fine without having access to mailboxes. I think the post office does an excellent job on most things. Far better than their reputation. I'd like to see them raise the price by a lot on junk mail. I'm sure there's a point at which revenue would decrease, hopefully they're not already on the downside of that curve. If they could raise a little more revenue while substantially cutting down on the wastefulness of junk mail, that would be a boon.

I think the mail is one of those basic elements required for a functional society, and therefore should remain a public, not for profit endeavor. Like schools, roads, defense, *cough* health care *cough*...