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Let the USPS live or die on it's own, not propped up by the taxpayer.

My local Post Office has a sign that claims that the USPS is not subsidized by taxpayers; they claim that the USPS has to earn its own way.

I have no idea whether or not that is a true statement, but the sign is there, hanging on the wall.

My default position is now that everything I read or see in the "news media," from any agency large or small, is a calculated and deliberate lie, and look for the motive behind reporting a particular event or opinion. A vast majority of the time it is, increasingly, not to inform me. If you abandon the concept of "news," it's easy, and even entertaining. The chilling reality behind this is that the zombie mob can be swayed daily one way or the other, but I would caution the manipulators that are confident of the righteousness of their cause at the cost of the truth, the torches will burn mansion and hovel alike, until the world is ashes.

Please remove the topic of the article from the discission.

The desired discussion was about the bait and switch, misleading, fabrication, and out right lies of the media that have become consumed and accepted my MOST irregardless of their political stance or views. Media is no longer being held accountable to report just the facts. Media should let the readers form their own opinions right or wrong. Instead media ads bias to things in order to sensationalize or advance media adgendas and make the sale or get the spotlight.

As one previously pointed out, critical thinking is getting scarce. Stop and wonder why...

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Please remove the topic of the article from the discission.

As you requested... I won't discuss taxpayer subsidies of the post office.

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First-class mail effectively subsidizes the national network, and the packages get a free ride. An April analysis from Citigroup estimates that if costs were fairly allocated, on average parcels would cost $1.46 more to deliver. It is as if every Amazon box comes with a dollar or two stapled to the packing slip—a gift card from Uncle Sam. ..."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/w...-delivery-1499987531

"It is as if..." is an analogy, not a truth of fact.

Sure.... "It is as if..." is an analogy not a truth of fact.

But don't most people understand that?
Especially most people who would take the time to read the WSJ?

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Originally posted by chellim1:

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Please remove the topic of the article from the discission.

As you requested... I won't discuss taxpayer subsidies of the post office.

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First-class mail effectively subsidizes the national network, and the packages get a free ride. An April analysis from Citigroup estimates that if costs were fairly allocated, on average parcels would cost $1.46 more to deliver. It is as if every Amazon box comes with a dollar or two stapled to the packing slip—a gift card from Uncle Sam. ..."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/w...-delivery-1499987531

"It is as if..." is an analogy, not a truth of fact.

Sure.... "It is as if..." is an analogy not a truth of fact.

But don't most people understand that?
Especially most people who would take the time to read the WSJ?

Sadly, many miss it and many don't see the deception. It has become an accepted norm. The authors push whatever their desired agenda is whether fact supports it or not.

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Originally posted by chellim1:
The post office can lose money on every transaction. They make it up in volume... and with the support of the US taxpayer.

If the post office lost money on every transaction, it would be out of business. It is entirely self-funded through postage and services, not taxes.

Propaganda 101

1,000,000 people read the headline
100,000 read the article too
10,000 ---> I see what you did there