United Parcel Service and other parcel post carriers have expanded in part because
A) the U.S. Postal Service licensed them the right to deliver first-class mail
B) Congress gave patents to these companies
C) the U.S. Postal Service does not have a monopoly on all types of mail
D) the telephone has replaced the letter as a means of correspondence
E) Congress has all but eliminated funding for the U.S. Postal Service
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