21 Feb 2012 6:33 pm
The Postal Service weaned itself away from tax subsidies between 1971 and 1983.Then I'm factually correct, that for decades they did get subsidies.First of all, from 1971 to 1983 is not decades.And second of all, before 1971 the Postal Service was a part of the cabinet. It was the United States Post Office Department.After it was reorganized in 1970, it weaned itself off of government subsidies, and became self supporting.It has not received a dime in taxpayer money in over 25 years.So please don't try and make it sound like you were factually correct when you said that the Postal Service has been: helping itself to taxpayer money for decades.Or that: The federal government for decades pumped money into the Post Office to keep it afloat.You know damn well you were not talking about BEFORE 1983.You must really think that everyone is as stupid as you are.