inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agoTrump considers privatizing US Postal Service, Washington Post reportswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down13
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minus-squarewhotookkarl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-21 month ago “The U.S. Postal Service, which has lost more than $100 billion since 2007,” How much did the military “lose” during the same period? It “lost” $842 billion last year and it’s proposed next year “loss” is $849.8 billion. It’s not a fucking business with a profit motive, that’s the dumbest way to conceptualize a government. Edit: 2007-2022 was $11,293.64B, 2023-2024 was $1,624B. The US military budget for the same period USPS cost $100B was $12,917.64 billion dollars. Edit edit: counted 2022 twice
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThey can’t even pick a lane. Congress critters “You should act like a business” USPS “We want to get into banking to increase revenue” Congress critters “No.”
How much did the military “lose” during the same period? It “lost” $842 billion last year and it’s proposed next year “loss” is $849.8 billion.
It’s not a fucking business with a profit motive, that’s the dumbest way to conceptualize a government.
Edit: 2007-2022 was $11,293.64B, 2023-2024 was $1,624B. The US military budget for the same period USPS cost $100B was $12,917.64 billion dollars.
Edit edit: counted 2022 twice
They can’t even pick a lane. Congress critters “You should act like a business” USPS “We want to get into banking to increase revenue” Congress critters “No.”