17 February 2005
UK Moves to Postal Competition
Who would have ever thunk it! EngSoc lite Tony Blair's Labor government is allowing full competition for the delivery of letters.
Amazing that the Brits are doing this, given the normally socialistic tendencies of the Laborites. Predictably, their unions are alarmed.
Maybe this is an idea that is ripe for the US also. Does anyone seriously question whether UPS, or FedEx, or someone else couldn't come up with a workable scheme to do this also? Might this be an improvement over constantly escalating postal rates, and the need for continuing subsidies to keep the USPO running (after it's own fashion, at least)?
Amazing that the Brits are doing this, given the normally socialistic tendencies of the Laborites. Predictably, their unions are alarmed.
Maybe this is an idea that is ripe for the US also. Does anyone seriously question whether UPS, or FedEx, or someone else couldn't come up with a workable scheme to do this also? Might this be an improvement over constantly escalating postal rates, and the need for continuing subsidies to keep the USPO running (after it's own fashion, at least)?
