On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:25:36 -0700 (PDT), Higgs Boson
wrote:

On Sep 14, 11:45*am, Red Green wrote:
wrote :

I'm planning to build a fence and need fence posts. *I went to the
POST OFFICE to buy the posts. *They said they dont sell posts.....
What the ****..... why are they called the POST OFFICE if they dont
sell POSTS?

That's why they lost $3 billion in 3 months.

Who ever said the Post Office has to be profitable? Are other govt.
offices profitable? Hell, no; they suck up our tax $$ to pay for
sloppy, inefficient political appointees who **** all over the work of
dedicated Civil Service public servants.

Wrong! (as is usual for the HiggsBozo). The USPS is an independent branch of
the US government. It is *supposed* to be self-sustaining. Of course, so is
AMTRAK. Remember CONRAIL? All *very* good examples of why the government
should not be in health care, or any other area where the private sector can
be.

BTW, the USPTO is also self-sustaining.