Liberal Forum

You didn't prove crap. You cited an opinion. Whenever I cite an opinion, you write it off as utterly worthless without even considering what's in it.It's not an opinion that the Postal Service has been forced to overfund their pension plan. It's a fact. That was done by design, by the 2006 Republican lame duck Congress, solely for the purpose of destroying it, so that they could privatize it. The federal government for decades pumped money into the Post Office to keep it afloat. No, the word "bailout" wasn't used, but that's exactly what it was.Proof?How much money does the federal government give to the Postal Service?The Postal Service is a federal entity, however unlike other government bodies it is self-funded by user fees. ThePostal Service last received a subsidy from the federal government in 1983.An exception occurred in 2001. In response to the anthrax attacks which followed September 11th, the Presidentauthorized $175 million in emergency funding while an additional $500 million was appropriated by Congress.However, the total cost of the clean-up effort and the purchase of irradiation equipment may reach $3 billion,according to (then) Postmaster General John E. Potter.http://postcom.org/p...aring/facts.pdfThe private sector is far, far, far more efficient than government bodies, and the Free Market would serve Americans better than the Post Office.The private sector cannot be forced to deliver mail to rural areas at a loss, like the Postal Service is obligated by law to do.People in rural areas will not be served by the private sector.