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Kay Bailey Hutchison: “Not only that, since we have virtually a monopoly in the postal system, it is like a taxpayer subsidy because it is…”

On the recordJune 25, 1996
Not only that, since we have virtually a monopoly in the postal system, it is like a taxpayer subsidy because it is requiring every person in America that wants to send a letter to pay more for this limitation that we are putting in place. It just does not qualify as a true voluntary limitation.
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the implications of postal system limitations on taxpayers.

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