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Quoted from Dooskie:The post office is not run by the government.
Well, yes they are considering it is a government agency. Its a establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States. My brother in law works for the PO so I get to hear about it all the time. Listen to a couple of this stories and you will understand why they lose 4 billion a year.
Quoted from Dooskie:Read closely:
"The USPS is often mistaken for a government-owned corporation (e.g., Amtrak) because it operates much like a business. It is, however, an "establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States", (39 U.S.C. § 201) as it is controlled by Presidential appointees and the Postmaster General."
Regarding why they are losing money, you may find this tidbit interesting:
"Despite a common misconception and, unlike other government agencies, the Postal Service receives zero tax dollars for its operations and is instead funded entirely by revenues from postage and services. In FY 2013, the Postal Service saw a $623 million dollar profit delivering the mail
Then why all the focus on red ink in the news? Back in 2006, Congress imposed a huge and unprecedented mandate requiring that the Postal Service pre-fund future retiree health benefits for the next 75 years and do so within a decade – something no other public agency or private company is required to do.
This unnecessary mandate is the real problem. Learn the truth about postal finances and share the real story with your family and friends!"
You should have copied and pasted the rest of the article. The article talking about the myth of the post office being independent from the government. It is not independent and is a government agency that is run by congress.
The Supreme Court has even weighed in on what being “independent” means for the USPS, in an opinion from 2004:
The PRA’s designation of the Postal Service as an “independent establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States,” 39 U. S. C. §201, is not consistent with the idea that the Postal Service is an entity existing outside the Government. Indeed, the designation indicates just the contrary. The PRA gives the Postal Service a high degree of independence from other Government offices, but it remains part of the Government.
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