Quoted from EJS:

You won’t find it on their site anymore either. It became a meme so fast they took it down. This was a few weeks ago but it’s common knowledge it was legit for how fast it spread.
Take it with a grain of salt. When my dad worked for the USPS in downtown Saint Paul he had access to their private shooting range in the basement. Full autos were discharged there from time to time. Now, I’m guessing your mailman doesn’t carry, but depending on the position, some USPS workers do but not mail carriers that I know.
That being said it does raise some eyebrows from an IRS perspective. It does make sense if some of the felony level tax offenders are into some other “stuff” too while being investigated.

Quoted from Spelunk71:

Pay parity with the private sector used to be closer than it is now. Professionals like lawyers, doctors, and CPAs can make way more in the private sector. Hours vary. If you are a government attorney dealing with litigation deadlines, good luck trying to keep to a 40 hour work week. The benefits aren’t bad, but probably not better than what the best of the private sector has to offer.