On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:22:38 -0400, wrote:

Higgs Boson writes:

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.

Are you suggesting we use taxes to get the mail delivered?

Sounds socialist to me.

Not to mention some illegal alien might use the US Mail.



Seriously, nothing wrong with setting the postage rate at break even.

Except that there is no "break even" for an organization as inefficient as the
USPS. The higher the rates, the lower the volume, until "poof". We're now
seeing the "poof" part.