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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 1401620" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution" target="_blank">Article I</a>, Section 8, Clause 7</strong> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution" target="_blank">United States Constitution</a>, known as the <strong>Postal Clause</strong> or the <strong>Postal Power</strong>, empowers <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" target="_blank">Congress</a> "To establish <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_office" target="_blank">Post Offices</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_road" target="_blank">post Roads</a>".</p><p></p><p>The <strong>United States Postal Service</strong> (originally called the <strong>U.S. Post Office Department</strong>, when it was completely managed by the U.S. Government before 1971) also known as the <strong>Post Office</strong>, <strong>U.S. Mail</strong>, or <strong>Postal Service</strong> is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_agencies_of_the_United_States_government" target="_blank">independent agency of the United States federal government</a> responsible for providing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail" target="_blank">postal service</a> in the United States. It is one of the few government agencies <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Clause" target="_blank">explicitly authorized by the United States Constitution</a>. The USPS traces its roots to 1775 during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress" target="_blank">Second Continental Congress</a>, where<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" target="_blank">Benjamin Franklin</a> was appointed the first <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postmaster_General" target="_blank">postmaster general</a>. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">cabinet-level</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_Department" target="_blank">Post Office Department</a> was created in 1792 from Franklin's operation and transformed into its current form in 1971 under the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Reorganization_Act" target="_blank">Postal Reorganization Act</a>.</p><p></p><p>No where in there does it state the the USPS shall not have the ability to operate like any other business, to raise rates as needed, to consolidate and/or close less than profitable branches, to expand as need and, most importantly, to pre-fund 75 years worth of pension obligations.</p><p></p><p>If they were allowed to operate like any other business the Post Office would prosper.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 1401620, member: 12570"] [B][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution']Article I[/URL], Section 8, Clause 7[/B] of the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution']United States Constitution[/URL], known as the [B]Postal Clause[/B] or the [B]Postal Power[/B], empowers [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress']Congress[/URL] "To establish [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_office']Post Offices[/URL] and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_road']post Roads[/URL]". The [B]United States Postal Service[/B] (originally called the [B]U.S. Post Office Department[/B], when it was completely managed by the U.S. Government before 1971) also known as the [B]Post Office[/B], [B]U.S. Mail[/B], or [B]Postal Service[/B] is an [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_agencies_of_the_United_States_government']independent agency of the United States federal government[/URL] responsible for providing [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail']postal service[/URL] in the United States. It is one of the few government agencies [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Clause']explicitly authorized by the United States Constitution[/URL]. The USPS traces its roots to 1775 during the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress']Second Continental Congress[/URL], where[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin']Benjamin Franklin[/URL] was appointed the first [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postmaster_General']postmaster general[/URL]. The [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States']cabinet-level[/URL] [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_Department']Post Office Department[/URL] was created in 1792 from Franklin's operation and transformed into its current form in 1971 under the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Reorganization_Act']Postal Reorganization Act[/URL]. No where in there does it state the the USPS shall not have the ability to operate like any other business, to raise rates as needed, to consolidate and/or close less than profitable branches, to expand as need and, most importantly, to pre-fund 75 years worth of pension obligations. If they were allowed to operate like any other business the Post Office would prosper. [/QUOTE]
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