PoliticalChic
Diamond Member
How much money did the military make last year?
Where are you going with this? They aren't suppossed to make money. Nothing government does is suppossed to be profitable.
Here is the backstory on that:
In 1971, the Post Office Department was turned into a quasi-governmental corporation, the US Postal Service, which has a federally mandated monopoly on regular mail delivery. The majority of the USPS board are presidential appointees. There are no government appropriations, and a Postal Rate Commission that determines rates.
In the 70s the USPS tried to close 12,000 underperforming or underutilized post offices, but politicians amended the Postal Reorganization Act to prohibit the closings. Why? Unions.
In 77 the same thing happened when the USPS tried to suspend Saturday delivery. The result lost $2.8 billion in 08 and expects to lose another $3 to $6 billion in 2009.Who will ultimately be responsible for paying these debts? The taxpayer. Such is it when government masquerades as free market entities.
If actual corporations are allowed to perform under free market capitalism rules, where the decisions are based on profit, productivity, and efficiency, the taxpayer is not left holding the bag.
You might want to rethink this process, and see the effect of unions on productivity.