[Colonel Kangaroo]

If it merely exists on just taxpayer subsidies, i wonder why there is such a big deal about raising the rate. Let's just have a 2 cent stamp like a century ago and let the taxpayers foot the bill.

[Ciexyz]

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[Oceander]

Did I say it "merely exists on just taxpayer subsidies?" No, I did not. Why get me involved in a non-existent argument you're having with some strawman you set up?

I've a better idea: let's get the federal taxpayer out of the business altogether; in this day and age there is absolutely no justification for something as medieval as a state-controlled postal service - we are no longer talking about gallant King's Men braving perilous, bandit-plagued trails through primaeval forests, or even the Pony Express.

Cut the USPS and its parasitic unions free from the federal trough and let them sink or swim on their own merits (or, more to the point, lack thereof). My money's on their lunch getting eaten by FedEx, UPS, DHL, and even the half-witted bicycle messengers who race around NYC streets like maze-rats on speed and 'shrooms.