Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Here's why I was so confused about the good ol' Post Office

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an independent establishment of the executive branch of the United States government (see 39 U.S.C. § 201) responsible for providing postal service in the U.S. Within the United States, it is colloquially referred to simply as "the post office."

Read more on the Post Office and how it came about to be a monopoly here

Kind of like the Wal-Mart of mail carriers I guess? Only they apparently don't have to pay taxes.

Interesting stuff.

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