So why is it that the US constitution insists upon an establishment of a postal service but the US postal service refuses to acknowledge that it is a part of the government.
Secure mail is a cornerstone to government. Thats why postal service is always government ran. Others may compete but "the man" has to make sure your summons to show up in court got to you.
Some how some way the US postal service has been mislead and in turn has mislead a nation. The postal service is not for profit. I REPEAT THE US POSTAL SERVICE IS NOT A FOR PROFIT CORPORATION. They won't be franchising any time soon. They are beholdent to us as tax payers. They are reimbursed for what ever our stamps fail to pay. And Our stamps pay for darn near everything but for the growing salaries on the 1% top. You know the assistant post master general can't skip his yearly Antarctic cruise. (sarc)
Seriously though, these people are in charge of your passports,birth certificates, and other major legal details and they want to enjoy the welfare rights of being a government operation and the lucrative profit of being a private corporation.
How the hell did we allow the US postal service to get away with the BS lie that they operate independently of the US government? The government makes the laws about the mail. The post master general is an appointed position. It may not be part of the executive branch but that does not divorce from the federal government. It does not make it its own company. We will never buy stock in the post office because we already own that!!!!
How do we as a society get the postal people to realize that they are government run and not an NGO?