[afraidfortherepublic]

Who said UPS or Fed EX is cheap(er)? UPS has just raised their prices by 5% and adds a fuel sur chorge on top of that.

Isn’t the post office established by the Constitution? That’s why we have it and why we should continue it. Now let’s take a look at their retirement plan. That’s the problem.

[GATOR NAVY]

Who said UPS or Fed EX is cheap(er)? UPS has just raised their prices by 5% and adds a fuel sur chorge on top of that.

No one said UPS or FedEx is cheaper. The operative phrase Sowell uses is "If FedEx, UPS or someone else can carry the mail cheaper or better than the Postal Service..."

And while the Constitution establishes the postal service, there is nothing in it that says the USPS needs to operate in the manner that it does.

[pabianice]

How about a bit of honesty here? The PO charge for mail is ridiculously cheap and unsupportable. 44 cents to send a Christmas letter and picture from Boston to Guam? Come on. The PO is on the hook because people demand cheap government services that have to be paid by everyone.

[ladyjane]

Now let’s take a look at their retirement plan. That’s the problem.

No. The post office has many problems, e.g., attitude, performance, the union, poor management, lack of accountability, subsidies, on and on.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Isn’t the post office established by the Constitution?

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No.

It is PERMITTED by the Constitution. Not all that is permissible is mandatory.