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Frondo on July 22, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Po...

The postal service is in fact the only agency explicitly mentioned in the US Constitution:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Clause

Whether it operates like a business now, it was absolutely intended to be a function of government.

AnthonyMouse on July 22, 2020 [–]

The constitution also gives Congress the power to borrow money and declare war. That doesn't mean they have to do so at any given time.

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