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I invite a discussion of how we interface with our governmental entities on the scale of M. Planet's popular Religion Thread.

The linked article is the best metaphor I can find for my thoughts on the subject. Here's hoping you have a moment to wade through the whole thing, but it's something we can all relate to, as we all have a mailbox on our domiciles and on our computers/devices. I will preface this by alerting all outside the USA of the continuing fiscal peril of the business model of the US Postal Service, which is completely unsustainable without an ongoing subsidy. The word of the day is "disruption".

http://www.insidesources.com/outbox-vs-usps-how-the-post-office-killed-digital-mail/

Evan Baehr and Will Davis, were summoned to Washington for a meeting with the Postmaster General. Evan and Will wondered what it could be, “They must have seen the recent coverage in CNBC, maybe they’ll help our company expand?” Or, “maybe they wanted the traditional photo opportunity and positive media buzz that political actors care so much about. Surely their company made the Post Office look good, right?” But when the Postmaster General came out to meet them, the stark reality became clear, they weren’t interested in a photo-op.

As Evan and Will describe it: “This 30-minute meeting was the end of our business model.”
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The US Postal Service is NOT completely unsustainable. It's all a charade set up by Congress via unreasonable requirements for employee healthcare funding.

Due to the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006, the Postal Service was required to prefund 75 years worth of healthcare benefit payments in a span of 10 years. In 2011, this cost the USPS around $20 billion, and in 2013 the amount was around $5.6 billion.

The USPS's losses in 2013? Right around $5 billion.

It's an entirely manufactured crisis to discredit the Postal Service. Why do this? Well... Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution. It calls on the federal government to run a mail service. In order to privatize the USPS, we'd have to amend the Constitution. Not an easy task.

Whether we should still have a government-run postal service is worthy of debate. Plenty of other top economies get along just fine without one. Germany privatized Deutsche Post, for example. But, it should at the very least debated on real world merits, not forced because of an artificial crisis.
 
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Good factual response, Garrick. Congress is a Governmental entity, is it not?

Did the postal unions negotiate their benefits with the USPS, also a Governmental entity?

We have one entity in conflict with another entity, as I interpret your response. BTW, the mail actually works remarkably well for me. I think the world of my postman.

Did you read the attached article?
 
Government of the people, by some of the people, for the benefit of a few people..

Frank Zappa once described governments in the west of being a Fascist theocracy, which when explained is hard to argue with.

From feudal fiefdoms through to today's globalism, elected officials in high office play a system which has a primary concern to maintain the existing power structure, the means change with available technology.

Governments serve capital only and dish up, in various guises, to the 'electorate' benefits to the populace of doing so, the Common Market going from trade to governance, with no mandate, is a prime example of this.

The control of people and their ability to protest and change is an indication that the system means to win out and has now gone that far that only by some minor miracle can the structure be challenged.

Everything about governance is wrong now, there is no representation, no conviction in politicians to stand for anything and the inevitable apathy is evident.

Where we see 'government' or 'opposition politicians', they are just puppets dancing to the same masters, bankers, corporations and such, and they will all appease these people before they consider the affects on the population.
 

magicjuan said:
Government of the people, by some of the people, for the benefit of a few people..

Frank Zappa once described governments in the west of being a Fascist theocracy, which when explained is hard to argue with.

From feudal fiefdoms through to today's globalism, elected officials in high office play a system which has a primary concern to maintain the existing power structure, the means change with available technology.

Governments serve capital only and dish up, in various guises, to the 'electorate' benefits to the populace of doing so, the Common Market going from trade to governance, with no mandate, is a prime example of this.

The control of people and their ability to protest and change is an indication that the system means to win out and has now gone that far that only by some minor miracle can the structure be challenged.

Everything about governance is wrong now, there is no representation, no conviction in politicians to stand for anything and the inevitable apathy is evident.

Where we see 'government' or 'opposition politicians', they are just puppets dancing to the same masters, bankers, corporations and such, and they will all appease these people before they consider the affects on the population.
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As you say, it was ever thus.........
 
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