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To: Elroy who wrote (155448)	1/30/2011 9:56:11 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543061

>>I agree it's preferable to read magazines and books on hard copy, but at what cost? Surely the benefit of reading a real magazine versus a tablet download is not worth the cost of the entire (Go) Postal system.<< Elroy, I hope you won't mind if I quibble with what you're doing here, because it's not the first time I've seen you do it. You're asking a question which implies that the magazine argument has been presented as the sole necessary justification for the continued existence of the USPS. Obviously, that's not the case. It's only one argument of many that have already been presented, and many more that could be. By the way, the USPS is one of only a few federal institutions that are explicitly established by the Constitution. It's not even in an amendment. It's part of the basic document. I'm only mentioning this parenthetically, because I think the definition of what a Postal Service is could be adapted to apply to all manner of alternatively designed sets of services. And before you ask, no, I don't think the fact that it was authorized by the Constitution by itself is a justification for its continued existence in its present form, necessarily. But I actually do think that one fact justifies its existence.