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I love that I got downvotes for this. People are mad about the post office.

• burnte 9y ago
  They should downvote it, it's entirely inaccurate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service#Governance_and_organization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service#G...
  • chrismealy 9y ago
    The USPS is often mistaken for a government-owned corporation (e.g., Amtrak) because it operates much like a business. It is, however, an "establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States", (39 U.S.C. § 201) as it is controlled by Presidential appointees and the Postmaster General. As a government agency, it has many special privileges, including sovereign immunity, eminent domain powers, powers to negotiate postal treaties with foreign nations, and an exclusive legal right to deliver first-class and third-class mail. Indeed, in 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision that the USPS was not a government-owned corporation, and therefore could not be sued under the Sherman Antitrust Act.[90]
    • burnte 9y ago
      My mistake, I misread you as stating it's 100% not government anymore. My bad!
  • mmagin 9y ago
    Thank you for correcting me.