Quote Originally Posted by CountArach View Post
Once something becomes privatised it will only serve the interest of its shareholders, not the wider society - which is clearly undesirable when it comes to something this crucial.
Sounds like another hair-brained privatisation scheme with no guarantees of genuine competition and no benefits to the public.

We've seen this in The Neds where TNT took over. My mail is now delivered by a 16-year-old incompetent on a bike, usually to a guy three blocks removed who happens to have the same name as me. And if I want to file a complaint, I am connected to a 'call center' where other 16-year-old incompetents work the phones. Oh, and it's become more expensive than ever to send a package and no one can explain why that is. Apparently the TNT managers have decided that package mail is an inelastic demand and they can charge whatever the hell they like. It sure is. Granny is going to send that home-knitted sweater to her grandchild anyway.

For 15 euros...