Vitaliy wrote:

> Carl Denk wrote:
>> The post office helped the USA greatly in the earlier years with RFD
>> (Rural free delivery) where the rural people, and the USA still has
>> lots of them got regular mail service at no premium costs. I don't
>> mind subsidizing the mail service somewhat for the service they
>> provide.
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> Many wealthy people live in the country. Why is it fair for poor
> people in the cities to subsidize their lifestyle?

Whether fair or not, this is what happens with all carriers that don't
charge per delivery mile in the last hop. AFAIK you subsidize remote
rural destinations with all common carriers, including Fedex and UPS --
that's nothing specific to USPS. If you don't want that, you need to
deliver yourself :)

Gerhard
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