• DickFiasco@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Right? When did we start becoming concerned with a public service being “profitable”? I’ve heard this applied to the US Postal Service a lot recently.

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      1 year ago

      I first remember it becoming an issue when a failed businessman turned president wanted to run the country like one of his failed businesses.

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        1 year ago

        I remember Postal Service profitability being a political issue under the second Bush, too. Trump didn’t start that. He probably even benefited from the previous rounds because he bought a historic post office in DC when it was sold off and he turned it into a hotel. That’s the same hotel where people stayed during his presidency to curry favor with him.

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      1 year ago

      When did we start becoming concerned with a public service being “profitable”?

      Late 80s, early 90s, with the rise of the rise of the Chicago School of neoliberalism.