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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5023019" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>It's socialism to create programs that make people dependent on government largesse instead of fending for themselves. That doesn't include programs like Social Security which at least is funded from earnings. If you want people to have an available program for everything then fund it the right way. If you don't have the money then don't create ever more debt to fund it. </p><p></p><p>Your service of last resort Post Office is in the condition it's in because it didn't compete with those private enterprises all around them. It just relied on government bailouts. I don't hate the Post Office, think it's an honorable institution. But times change and you have to keep up with the changes. And people in remote areas are doing just that. Technology allows them to choose to live there, not government services. I was delivering 50 lb bags of dog food to a lady who lived 30 miles from the nearest supermarket. She bought it on Amazon, got free delivery, saved a lot of gas. Smart. People learn to cope because that's where they want to be. They don't want to be led by the hand, told how terrible their lives are because they don't have immediate access to this or that. My wife and I lived in a remote town that had plenty going on, population about 20,000, biggest town for many miles in any direction. But every weekend we drove the 240 mile roundtrip to Tucson for amenities we didn't have locally. Made a nice day of it. It's what people in such situations do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5023019, member: 24302"] It's socialism to create programs that make people dependent on government largesse instead of fending for themselves. That doesn't include programs like Social Security which at least is funded from earnings. If you want people to have an available program for everything then fund it the right way. If you don't have the money then don't create ever more debt to fund it. Your service of last resort Post Office is in the condition it's in because it didn't compete with those private enterprises all around them. It just relied on government bailouts. I don't hate the Post Office, think it's an honorable institution. But times change and you have to keep up with the changes. And people in remote areas are doing just that. Technology allows them to choose to live there, not government services. I was delivering 50 lb bags of dog food to a lady who lived 30 miles from the nearest supermarket. She bought it on Amazon, got free delivery, saved a lot of gas. Smart. People learn to cope because that's where they want to be. They don't want to be led by the hand, told how terrible their lives are because they don't have immediate access to this or that. My wife and I lived in a remote town that had plenty going on, population about 20,000, biggest town for many miles in any direction. But every weekend we drove the 240 mile roundtrip to Tucson for amenities we didn't have locally. Made a nice day of it. It's what people in such situations do. [/QUOTE]
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