Another Gov’t run program, with zero choice.

Ahhh, but Government says:

Do as I say, not as I do.

I bet Monkeybrain marvels at the thermos too. The greatest invention ever made. It keeps hot stuff hot, and cold stuff cold. But, how do it know?

“Ahhhhh….the Great Efficiency of the Postal Service.

I knew a Lib would think that!”

And I knew a CON would have no refutation.

Here, “JimJohnson” –

This is a one-ounce envelope and here’s 44-cents.

YOU get it to a farm outside Hollyhock, West Virginia in a couple of days by yourself.

Keep the change.

1. A decline in volume

So the business should do what? Sell more? Cut costs or put their hands out for a Government Bailout or postage increase?

2. Fuel costs dropped drastically

So the business takes credit for cutting costs? Right!

We have entered the Socialist Zone where time, space, and humans all become extremely warped.

The Postal Service concluded fiscal year 2008 with a net loss of $2.8 billion as the national economic slowdown lowered mail volume and as the Postal Service bore additional costs mandated by the Postal Act of 2006.

The loss occurred despite more than $2 billion in cost-cutting measures that included the use of 50 million fewer work hours compared to the previous year. Meanwhile, the on-time delivery of First-Class mail reached record levels for FY 08. The year-end results were presented during today’s meeting of the Postal Service Board of Governors.

Mail volume in FY 08 totaled 202.7 billion pieces, a decline of 9.5 billion pieces, or 4.5 percent, compared to the previous fiscal year. Declining mail volume was a symptom of the worsening national economy, particularly related to the financial and housing industries and to trends toward the use of electronic mail.

Total revenue in FY 08 was $75 billion, unchanged from last year. Expenses totaled $77.8 billion, including the $5.6 billion payment required by the Postal Act of 2006 to pre-fund retiree health benefits.

So Government Regulation mandating the USPS to pre-fund retiree health benefits caused the loss.

That’s funny, the Government telling the USPS to pre-fund retiree health benefits, when the Government can’t even fund, much less pre-fund, its own retiree health benefits – Medicare!

I knew a Lib would think that!

And, even though the government participates in the business, UPS and FedEx seem to be doing okay.

(That, by the way, is a lesson to consider when the health care coverage issue gets around to Public Option. Even with private enterprise competing, those rose petals get to Alaska for 44 cents.)

The researcher is there under the aegis of the University of Kansas. Your tax-dollars at work, CONs. (And just so you CONs don’t jump to conclusions — she’s there exploring potential natural gas fields; she’s not up there hugging polar bears and baby seals.)

She tends to crank the electric blanket up to Broil when she visits. Maybe she’s storing it up for this summer. Maybe that’s why she’s so hot.

You’ve posted several topics in the last few weeks BEGGING for more Government money for Education.

Don’t you care about the cheeeeeelderon?