I have not defended nor participated, but now I remember you now.
You are the economic liberal, retired postal worker, who all of us are still supporting with our tax money while you drifted through your “career” (cough cough) and allowed us to support you then too. I would not expect you to understand or even support liberty or freedom because you are supported by the government enslaving those of us with real jobs. It is easy for you to ignore issues of freedom and limited government because you are enriched by unlimited government. Good day Cliff Klavan.
Employee retirements are paid for from employee salaries and payments made by USPS directly to a retirement system, plus a major part of their retirements are in the form of Thrift Savings Accounts which are, otherwise, identical to 401(k) accounts used widely in the private sector.
You are the typical mail delivery customer ~ pays nothing whatsoever for the service yets complains the employees are ripping him off.
BTW, you wouldn't enjoy my economic system ~ spartan ~ no federal personal income tax at all but everyone gets tapped on their annual profit ~ and DOD goes from a consumer agency to a producer agency by collecting tribute from foreign nations and international merchants who we protect. No department of education, no labor department, no commerce department (as it is now understood) and if you plant fence row to fence row USDA leaves you alone ~