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The US is currently dismantling their Post Office, which is required to be funded by their Constitution. In Canada, we have publicly funded news (the CBC) but

The US is currently dismantling their Post Office, which is required to be funded by their Constitution. In Canada, we have publicly funded news (the CBC) but one of the major political parties runs on a platform of destroying it every election.

breckenedge 5y ago
> The US is currently dismantling their Post Office Where did you read this? The US postal system is not being dismantled, it’s meant to be self funded and it cannot meet its financial obligations. > required to be funded by their Constitution. It only empowers Congress "To establish Post Offices and post Roads." That’s the entire Post Office clause.
- sofixa 5y ago
  > it’s meant to be self funded and it cannot meet its financial obligations Since when are public services required to be self funded? Are the army, police or DMV self funded? And don't their obligations included obviously biased ( in favour of painting the post office as a financially ruinous institution and privatise/dismantle it) provisions for full pensions of future employees, which nobody else does, anywhere?
  - breckenedge 5y ago
    It’s that way because Congress makes it that way. That’s how they decided to run it and they are the only people able to change it.
dwheeler 5y ago
I know of no requirement in the US Constitution that the US government fund the US Post Office. The US Constitution grants Congress the authority to do so if it chooses to, and historically it has chosen to. Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution, known as the Postal Clause or the Postal Power, empowers Congress "To establish Post Offices and post Roads." More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Clause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Clause I do think that the US government should ensure that you should ensure that the mail continues. I just wanted to clarify that government isn't obligated to pay for it.

breckenedge 5y ago

> The US is currently dismantling their Post Office Where did you read this? The US postal system is not being dismantled, it’s meant to be self funded and it cannot meet its financial obligations. > required to be funded by their Constitution. It only empowers Congress "To establish Post Offices and post Roads." That’s the entire Post Office clause.

sofixa 5y ago
> it’s meant to be self funded and it cannot meet its financial obligations Since when are public services required to be self funded? Are the army, police or DMV self funded? And don't their obligations included obviously biased ( in favour of painting the post office as a financially ruinous institution and privatise/dismantle it) provisions for full pensions of future employees, which nobody else does, anywhere?
- breckenedge 5y ago
  It’s that way because Congress makes it that way. That’s how they decided to run it and they are the only people able to change it.

dwheeler 5y ago

I know of no requirement in the US Constitution that the US government fund the US Post Office. The US Constitution grants Congress the authority to do so if it chooses to, and historically it has chosen to. Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution, known as the Postal Clause or the Postal Power, empowers Congress "To establish Post Offices and post Roads." More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Clause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Clause I do think that the US government should ensure that you should ensure that the mail continues. I just wanted to clarify that government isn't obligated to pay for it.