US Postal Service just defaulted

[KCHAR]

Will Barry bail them out?

[fordracing19]

Good. Just left from dealing with them not delivering my mail after spending $600 for a gravel turn a round they said I needed to deliver.

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[YALE]

They suck. Why do we need them, again?

[Forever_frost]

They suck. Why do we need them, again?

They are a required expenditure according to the constitution

[Vertnut]

They are a required expenditure according to the constitution

But it doesn't say how big they need to be. Cut personel in half and raise postage to $1 minimum. Maybe it will slow down all that fucking junk mail we all get.

[Forever_frost]

But it doesn't say how big they need to be. Cut personel in half and raise postage to $1 minimum. Maybe it will slow down all that fucking junk mail we all get.

Oh you can cut massive amounts of waste from the postal system. It'd mean politicians didn't get their named post offices though

[Chas_svo]

So it's a twofor?

[ceyko]

They are a required expenditure according to the constitution

That's interesting and one I did not know. Do you have easy access to where that is outlined? No big deal if not, I can research...

Edit: Just read up quickly...it does not seem like it's a required thing - more that they have the ability/permission of the citizens to do it. Am I interpreting it incorrectly?

[Forever_frost]

Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution, known as the Postal Clause or the Postal Power, empowers Congress "To establish Post Offices and post Roads".
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[kingjason]

Really they could run once or twice a week and no one would miss them.

[BradM]

Really they could run once or twice a week and no one would miss them.

Yep, cut bullshit junk mail, once a week I would get a bill or two.

[DON SVO]

USPS needs to be reorganized and focus on package delivery and outgunning FedEx and UPS. They might be able to turn it around.

[Trip McNeely]

Of course he will bail them out, how else is everyone going to receive their welfare checks and TIME magazines?

[Machx2]

Really they could run once or twice a week and no one would miss them.

Haha, only old, lonely ladies that sit and wait for it, like it is the highlight of their day. I agree though, run it once a week. And cut their wages. Those guys get paid more then they should.

[SMKR]

Funny how NO politician will touch this topic with a ten foot pole right now