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> There is daily USPS service to a postbox at the bottom of the Grand Canyon that is only accessible by mule paths. I guarantee this service would either be cancelled or go up in cost to thousands of dollars per letter if USPS was privatized.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Why does a hill billy who insists on living at the bottom of the Grand Canyon deserve a subsidy? That public money would be better spend helping poor people.

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> Why does a hill billy who insists on living at the bottom of the Grand Canyon deserve a subsidy?

I'm going to say this nicely once instead of the reply I really wanted to say because I'll give you the benefit of the doubt of not knowing or looking it up.

Because it provides postal service to the Havasupai people living on their native land at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Would you like to take a guess as to why Supai, Arizona, the capital of the Havasupai Nation, is located at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

Eh, just give them an absolute subsidy in terms of money, if you think they deserve it.

maybe it is cheaper to send them letters by mule?

Then they can use the money you give them to pay for the mule.

that doesnt explain why it is better to spend more money than less.

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