Posted on 05/18/2011 5:36:38 PM PDT by upchuck
Yes, USPS has the lowest rates because its losses are paid for by the taxpayers. It loses money year after year, to the tune of billions of dollars, while the other shipping providers have to turn a profit to stay in business. You and I pay for USPS's losses, regardless of whether we use their services. It is much more equitable and efficient to make the people who use USPS pay higher fees to cover its losses, rather than the government forcing all of us to pay even if we don't use USPS.
Or should we just, you know, take the cost of all computers purchased in a year, pay for it with government funds, and then spread the cost across all taxpayers regardless of whether or not a given taxpayer bought a computer? Is that fair?
While were at it, would you mind buying me a new plane?
As a matter of fact - again you would need to ACTUALLY READ - the government will not change the law that forces the USPS to over fund a retirees health care system. This fund is not just for postal retirees, but many other government agencies that are NOT paying nearly as much into this system. In essence, the government that will not allow the USPS to save cost by going to 5 day delivery is forcing it to pay into this system so they don't have to. Try to wrap your limited mental capacity around what that means - taxes that you should be paying to fund bloated government agencies are being pulled from the only segment of government that is actually self supporting. The truth is the reverse of what you think it is. Ignorance is bad enough. Ignorance, stupidity and sloth is just way too much.
Take some senna - clear your head.
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