Jesus christ, dude. You took a simple bureaucratic blunder and turned it into a government conspiracy to keep a poor taxpayer from receiving her mail...

The USPS isn't subsidized by tax dollars, and hasn't been since the 80's.

Also, what demon_ix said.

So anxious to find problems caused by government that we're making up facts now to make things sound worse?

Can't say I'm too surprised...facts don't seem to count for much among the libertarian crowd. Just like the communists, theory is more important than fact.

It was my understanding they are subsidized. A couple quick google searches and I cannot find any information about it, so I'll just remove the comment and apologize ahead of time if I was spreading false information. When a government created company loses nearly 4 billion in yearly revenue, you have to wonder how they stay afloat.

Still, they do own a first class non-urgent mail monopoly, so if you want to mail something first class you're forced to use their service, which is exactly what the lady in the video was experiencing. It's atrocious she has to jump through so many hoops to receive her fucking mail, and I'm glad the 'pile-on-bullying' statist apologists on here refuse to see that and instead feel it necessary to attack someone for the content of the videos he posts. Word up.

"The USPS is often mistaken for a government-owned corporation (e.g., Amtrak), but as noted above is legally defined as an "independent establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States," (39 U.S.C. § 201) as it is wholly owned by the government and controlled by the Presidential appointees and the Postmaster General. As a quasi-governmental agency, it has many special privileges, including sovereign immunity, eminent domain powers, powers to negotiate postal treaties with foreign nations, and an exclusive legal right to deliver first-class and third-class mail. "

-Wiki

No doubt there are loans from the fed and stuff going on to support this "non-tax" dollar muti-billion dollar losses quarter after quarter.

Ask yourself this question...who are the share holds of USPS? Who are reaping the profits or feeling the losses? The people at the top are mostly government officials. No doubt the trail of money leads back to the government somewhere. I am going to use my google powers to find out more.

They get tax money

A lot, and regularly.

moar

The idea that they are completely independent is bull crap, complete and utter bologna. They send in more funding requests than a hooker makes street calls.

>> ^demon_ix:
Jesus christ, dude. You took a simple bureaucratic blunder and turned it into a government conspiracy to keep a poor taxpayer from receiving her mail...


Well, it is a story on a Fox affiliate...

From my readings, USPS is kind of like the FED. They enjoy all the benefits of both worlds and none of the negative consequence. They are still under direct government control though, they have to testify before congress all the time about budget matters. 9 of the 11 board members are selected by the president and approved by congress, very different from any other REAL private company in the world. They DO get government assistance regularly, just like the boy scouts do, in the way of tax breaks and other indirect subsidy in ADDITION to direct money injection.

That is the basic run down. I am trying to find out who is financing their debt. I have my money on secret loans from the fed which I will never be able to find via the net. It is possible they have some kind of cash reserve, but I doubt they have something large enough to cover the billions they are hemorrhaging. I shall continue to dig this up. My recent business has gotten more more involved with USPS of late, so the subject has an interest to me

Post offices offer a speedy service. Post offices offer a friendly service. All of the Postal Workers are pleasant. All of the lines are quick. [/sarcasm]