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Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons by monster_truck on Monday November 09, 2026 @06:07PM (#50433648)
No??? It's an independent bit of the exec branch designed to operate as a public service. You should have learned this in high school civics class
Re:USPS now offers official ZIP Code boundary polygons by Y_Y on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @03:47AM (#50437667)
Amazingly, I'm not American!

Anyway it was just a silly joke about how your postal system is state owned but (sometimes) expected to make a lot of money, rather than run at a loss like a normal public service.