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Privatizing the U.S. Postal Service

America's postal system needs a radical overhaul. In a new essay on DownsizingGovernment.org, Cato scholar Tad DeHaven discusses the problems of the USPS and looks at some recent postal reforms abroad. DeHaven concludes that taxpayers, consumers, and the broader economy would stand to gain with reforms to privatize the USPS and open U.S. mail delivery up to competition.

FCC Approves "Net Neutrality" Rules

The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday voted to approve "net neutrality" rules, essentially moving forward with public-utility-style regulation of Internet service. Cato scholar Jim Harper responds: "It's a bad idea. Too many take it as an article of faith that the FCC will do better than consumers at protecting consumers' interests. ...Time and time again, regulatory agencies have fallen into service of the industries they regulate."


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