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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe post office is NOT a for-profit business
Although Republicans think it should be run like a for-profit business. The post office was never conceived to be a for-profit business. It is a SERVICE. It is the only agency mentioned in the constitution, Article I. Ben Franklin was the first postmaster general.
We don't run the army or the navy as for-profit businesses. We don't run the FDA, FBI, OSHA, or national parks as for-profit businesses. So the next time, someone says the post office loses money and should be run like a for-profit business, please correct them that it is a SERVICE. That's why it's called the United States Postal SERVICE!
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The post office is NOT a for-profit business (Original Post)
vlyons
Aug 2020
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kentuck
(111,052 posts)1. It's a strong talking point for Democrats, in my opinion.
If they would use it?
gademocrat7
(10,644 posts)2. K&R!
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)3. Neither is the WH
Repubes see only opportunities to grift.
Maeve
(42,271 posts)4. There is an attempt to make the national parks for-profit
Which is absolutely insane...capitalism run amok.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)5. Kick!