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‘It’s the Post Office That’s Always Having Problems’

He could just as well have pointed to many other programs as analogies for failed government programs, and he would've been correct.

Medicare and Medicaid are losing a lot more money than the post office. The education department is not having any success at improving students' grades. Social Security is going bankrupt.

But, the best example of all wouldve been the congress. Just about everything they do puts the country in a bigger hole. The country is already bankrupt with an unmanageable deficit and a "never will be repaid" national debt, and now they are spending money that they'll never collect.

But, the presidency is just as bad as the congress, so perhaps he should've mentioned his presidency as the biggest government failure of all.

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Medicare and Medicaid are losing a lot more money than the post office. The education department is not having any success at improving students' grades. Social Security is going bankrupt. But, the best example of all wouldve been the congress. Just about everything they do puts the country in a bigger hole.

And the little publicized truth is that Congress is the reason that the post office is losing money.

I didnt know this till it was explained here a couple weeks ago. Congress requires the postal service to pre-pay employee health benefits to the tune of billions of dollars a year. That's the cause of the red ink.

It's probably a safe bet that the money is used for Ponzi-like purposes to pay other civil service obligations.