Sell Off the Post Office! Nick Gillespie on Freedom Watch with Judge Andrew Napolitano

Reason.tv's Editor-in-Chief Nick Gillespie joined Judge Napolitano on Freedom Watch to discuss the inefficient and tax-payer burdening United States Postal Service and whether or not it can be sold off. Airdate: May 11, 2011.

About 4.10 minutes.

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Comments

[Irresponsible Hater]

Get rid of the Post Office? What's next, outlawing apple pie? The pledge of allegiance? The lottery?

"Lottery in June, crops be heavy soon."

[Troy]

Nick's new years resolution must have been to learn how to use a razor.

[Aresen]

"Sell off the Post Office"

Not that I have any philosophical difficulty with that, but isn't the USPS constitutionally mandated?

Also, where are you going to find a sucker investor who would be willing to buy it?

[John from MS]

Constitutionally authorized, not mandated

[For fuck sake]

who is gonna ring twice?

[steve walsh]

With no more kids in my bucolic neighborhood who is my dog going to bark at if the mailman doesn't swing by daily?

[John from MS]

Off topic: Is your name a tribute to Kansas' lead singer?

[steve walsh]

Nope, just the name given me by my parents, but your guess is a good reference. Trust me on this, there is no shortage of people named Steve Walsh in the world, so it might as well be anonymous.

[John from MS]

Instead of just selling it off outright, the gov. should quit bailing out the post office and get rid of the anti-competition restrictions on other carriers. As with everything else, let the market decide.

[WarrenT]

I wonder what that IPO would look like if the post office was be sold with no monopoly privileges.

[Aresen]

Unfortunately, Lehman Bros is no longer around to give it a "Strong Buy" recommendation.

[PS]

Nick forgot about that other great contribution of the USPS, the term going postal.