OK, go back to yesterday’s blog. Re-read it. It’s on
parasites, remember? And just who is the parasite these days?
Well, that thinking – the process that leads some people to
bemoan how they are treated as a risk taker – demonstrates the following piece
found on the internet the other day.
From www.savourpostoffice.us
comes this complex but true run of statements:
Ten
Facts About The Postal Service
1. The
postal service employs 130,000 veterans. They also employ 49,000 disabled
veterans
2. It is
the single largest business with a union workforce
3. Receives
no money from taxes (which cannot be said of large oil companies and
corporations that outsource jobs to foreign countries)
4. The
postal service is established in the constitution before the army, navy, the
roads and the right to declare war
5. it is
the second largest employer behind
6. The
post office is the spark plug to the mailing industry
7. The
mailing industry is a $1 trillion industry
8. The
mailing industry employs 8 million workers.
9. The
mailing industry is 9% of the Gross National Product.
10. Is
required by Congress to prepay retirement costs for employees who haven’t been
born yet!”
This quote covers a lot of ground. It demonstrates how
Congress gets mixed up in business matters and really messes them up! It also
shows how a once proud government service has been mistakenly made into a for
profit business model when such is nearly impossible given the job requirements
placed on it by the government and its society.
The Postal Service is a huge piece of infrastructure of our
nation. Yet we treat it as a drag on our national purpose, industry, and tax
expense. And this doesn't even cover the idiocy of prepaying retirement costs.
Congress does not do that for its own pension plan!
Come to think of it, Congress reserves their own privileges
far away and above the rest of us.
Who’s the parasite now?
July 11, 2013
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