Postal Letter

Why was my Social Security used to bail out the United States Postal Service?

Is it because 1st class mail volumes have drooped and the Post office needs more money? Why can't they raise the price of the service and let the corporations pay the cost to have their mail delivered?

Public Comments

1. That ain't all it was used for.
2. yes the feds in action,Didn't you defend health care?If you did you support all federal entity's.how do you like me now?besides if the government did not tax and Limit these corps,they would be happy to pay their own way.logic is not that difficult if you look at the whole picture.
3. Why haven't they cut the number of employees as the mail volume dropped, not to mention that technology now takes the place of many workers? Oh, unions.
4. Because you claim to be "Old School" and yet fall victim to the tax and spend policies of the Democratic party that only wants to control you. Usually when you see someone claiming they are "Old School" you automatically think of someone who thinks for themselves-but you seem to have fallen victim to the Democratic welfare society mind control.
5. 1st class mail has always been subsidized by bulk rate mail. The reduction in the volume of 1st class results in substantial savings for the Postal Service. Last time I looked the Postal Service has been self supporting since the late '80's.
6. How is it your social security? What you pay in now, you will never recieve because old people today are drawing it out. The only social security that belongs to you is the money that the kids will pay in when you are drawing out your SS, or what I like to call welfare for the old. If you want money to retire on, pay into a retirement fund like the rest of us do.
7. The USPS has not received any tax dollars since 1971 when it became the United States Postal Service. Whenever the USPS needs additional funds, it relies on rate increases, not tax or Social Security monies.
8. the postal service hasn't received a bailout