U.S. Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They Were Ignored

Re:U.S. Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They ... by pietrovismara on Monday April 13, 2020 @04:56PM (#22859867)

I don't get why public infrastructure and services are supposed to make a profit. They are already funded by taxes, why are we supposed to pay them again?

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Re:U.S. Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They ... by socalnate1 on Monday April 13, 2020 @05:01PM (#22859917)

In this case, the USPS is not funded by taxes. It has a nightmarish duality of both getting no public funds and being controlled by congress.

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Re:U.S. Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They ... by pietrovismara on Monday April 13, 2020 @07:07PM (#22861167)

Well that sounds like an aberration of neoliberalism. My point still stands though.

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Re:U.S. Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They ... by cameronbrown on Monday April 13, 2020 @05:03PM (#22859937)

In an ideal world, healthy profits are just taxpayer money saved that can be re-invested or returned to the budget. In reality this never happens because there's an incentive to spend, spend and overspend.

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Re:U.S. Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They ... by m0zg on Monday April 13, 2020 @05:09PM (#22859987)

USPS is not "funded by taxes". Or at least it's not designed to be. It's not a part of the government either.

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Re:U.S. Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They ... by bmelton on Monday April 13, 2020 @05:48PM (#22860499)

It is an "establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States" specifically authorized by the United States constitution, and (if you ignore its transition from the USPOD) predates America.

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