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Brigliadore · 04-03-2004, 02:29 AM

Wow, I didn't check this thread all day yesterday and today, and man a lot of stuff went down. I am enjoying the exchange on this thread a great deal.
I just want to point out one little insignificant detail.

The Postal System is a self funded entity of the government. They take no tax or government money of any kind, and have been that way for a number of years now. While they don't get any money from the government they still have to ask congress if they want to raise the cost of stamps. In 2002 the Postal System went into the red with their finances. They asked congress for money to help them out of the red, and were turned down. They then asked congress if they could raise the cost of stamps a few cents to help them out of the red. Congress told them to reorganize there budget, because there would be no raise on the cost of stamps.

Like I said, an insignificant detail, but I just wanted to point out that the Postal System does not need government money to function.

04-03-2004, 02:29 AM	#101
Brigliadore stays crispy in milk Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: A strange planet called Utah Posts: 270	Wow, I didn't check this thread all day yesterday and today, and man a lot of stuff went down. I am enjoying the exchange on this thread a great deal. I just want to point out one little insignificant detail. The Postal System is a self funded entity of the government. They take no tax or government money of any kind, and have been that way for a number of years now. While they don't get any money from the government they still have to ask congress if they want to raise the cost of stamps. In 2002 the Postal System went into the red with their finances. They asked congress for money to help them out of the red, and were turned down. They then asked congress if they could raise the cost of stamps a few cents to help them out of the red. Congress told them to reorganize there budget, because there would be no raise on the cost of stamps. Like I said, an insignificant detail, but I just wanted to point out that the Postal System does not need government money to function. __________________ I cant think of anything to put here so this is all I am going to write.