re: #200 Lanzman

Libraries are not sustained by late book fines. They get donations, in some cases government funding (local, state, and/or fed), and have patrons. And libraries, as non-government entities, can and do “go out of business” when their expenses exceed their revenues.

I asked earlier, but it may have gotten lost in the shuffle:

Are you aware that neither UPS nor FedEX do their own rural delivery? Both contract USPS to do so, at a loss, because they realize that they cannot do so profitably.

So that begs the question: would you prefer it if people who do not live in suburbs or cities to not have access to mail delivery, or would you instead prefer it if they paid much more for the service than they currently do?