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  "path": "/management/2026/02/looking-at-usps-only-through-a-profit-lens-misses-rural-economic-opportunities/",
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  "textContent": "\"We need to rethink the Postal Service as a public good and fund it appropriately so that it can support rural economies,\" Elena Patel said.",
  "title": "Looking at USPS only through a profit lens misses rural economic opportunities"
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