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I wonder if the people that complain about the post office are also the 2nd amendment people. They're both things the founding fathers saw fit to include in the
by lovehashbrowns 6y ago
I wonder if the people that complain about the post office are also the 2nd amendment people. They're both things the founding fathers saw fit to include in the US Constitution, but only one of them is worshiped by people on the right. I wonder which one it is, and I wonder if one of these two things has major corporate interests.
- googthrowaway42 6y agoThe establishment of the post office is not in the Bill of Rights, it's not an inalienable God-given right that the government exists to protect. Personally I don't have a problem with it even though people like Jefferson expressed concern that it would be a waste of money and should not be the federal government's responsibility.
- lovehashbrowns 6y agoIt's not in the Bill of Rights, it just happens to be in Article I of the Constitution and got its first postmaster general of Benjamin Franklin in 1775. And yes, Jefferson expressed concern about it. And I don't disagree with him in principle; it can certainly seem like a waste of money. However, it has morphed into something beyond what was probably intended (as a lot of things in the Constitution have). Delivering medication, ballots, voter registration, government documents, delivering secret and confidential mail for the government, etc. These are things that I feel should be backed by the federal government, and paid for with taxpayer money because it benefits all of us to have a mail system that is not based only on profits. I know you aren't disagreeing with me, and you are merely adding context, by the way. I am not trying to argue/debate with you.