I personally don't have much of a problem with the post office. It actually is a remarkable organization. However, it is inefficient as well, and it is running an $8 billion a year deficit. They just had a new contract that included across the board raises AND no loss of workers. They could easily shed 10% of their work force, yet they will not. Because it is not their money.
As for having your pensions stolen, WE ALL HAVE. We where FORCED to pay into Social Security, and Medicare to the tune of 15% of our Gross wages, I personally have paid in Hundreds of Thousands of dollars having had the benefit of topping out on many occasions over the past thirty years. Yet, They have been steeling from the ‘trust fund’ for decades. It will never pay off.
We are all in the same boat. YOU WILL GET NO PENSION! THEY LIED TO YOU TOO!
If we do not solve this problem NOW we will have a collapse in this country. If we have a collapse there WILL be blood in the streets. This is a crisis and government salaries and benefits are part of the problem. If you cannot see that than I suggest you look around.
It should be whacked first, along with other government activities like Education, and so on.
I detect a bit of evasiveness coming from folks who I suspected didn't want to hear about the USDA thing. It's rarely mentioned here unless someone wants to whack food stamps. But it's a MORE THAN $100 billion per year deal ~ and it's all giveaways.
Parts of government that serve only to satisfy contractor's cravings for large projects probably ought to be whacked.