The funny thing is... if we abandoned the prefunding of maximum benefit pensions at the post office, a requirement put in place by the Bush administration, the post office would be profitable.
Yes! And this needs to be understood as well, Ben Franklin recognized in founding the the post office, that it may not run as a profit making enterprise, nevertheless the return on investment is hundred-fold. (BTW - early postmasters were choice presidential appointees, just like customs officer.)
Look up Curtis Yarvin. He’s one of several Silicon Valley gurus on politics & governance. He says democracy is dead. He says people should be ruled without a voice by a CEO who is accountable only to “shareholders”, tech bros & wealthy. Each geographic area would be a corp. run by an oligarch CEO.
Government is an advocate for the people. It’s not a for profit business. President Biden understands it. Trump believes USA government is there to make him rich. I voted for the competent woman to run our country.
I hear ya. I will say, though, I'm surprised post office doesn't make money. Like, how are they not? Postage goes up sometimes twice a year now, they pay one miserable human to run the front of their stores, and people use their service for so many things (eBay, Etsy, etc.)
The USPS was the victim of financial chicanery when they messed with the pension funding. As usual though one of the culprits was pre funding health care premiums. Something unnecessary if we had universal health care paid via a tax. (Similar to what everyone else does)
The post office is like the military. Show me where the military is making a profit. The post office is a necessary part of our national security!! (Which is, of course, why libertarians like Trump hate it).
Spineless Centrist Swine despise a world where there is anything their Boss cannot buy. And their God Loves them for it.
The best thing about me is I don't always say what I think. Then there are days like today.
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2. To give someone who supported him $$$$$.
1. Suck out all profit.
2. Destroy all infrastructure/services that make America Great to satisfy Putin.
Education, Healthcare, Information, Nutrition, Justice, Equality etc.
Are not inalienable human rights in this country... They are commodities to be sold for profit.
The best thing about me is I don't always say what I think. Then there are days like today.