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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by Frondo on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @08:53PM (#23912737)
The postal service is in fact the only agency explicitly mentioned in the US Constitution:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Clause

Whether it operates like a business now, it was absolutely intended to be a function of government.

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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by AnthonyMouse on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @11:06PM (#23913516)
The constitution also gives Congress the power to borrow money and declare war. That doesn't mean they have to do so at any given time.
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