Washington's Wake

This irks me. No, let’s be honest, this pisses me off.  With unemployment hugging nearly 1 out of 10 people, somehow (thanks to unions) the United States Postal Service has about 11,000 idle employees at any given time at a cost of about $50 million annually.

Did I mention the post office has an $8 billion dollar deficit this year, and is positioned for a $4 billion bailout?  I know $50 million is a tiny drop in the $8 billion bucket, but still, it’s 50-freaking-million.

So let’s get this straight:

• I cannot be idle at work, lest I lose my underpaying job.
• I pay taxes on my too-small paycheck.
• Said taxes go to DC to be funneled to the bailout du jour, in this case, the USPS.
• While some of that cash actually goes to pay someone to sort and deliver our junkmail, plenty of those taxes pay someone to sleep in a “blue room.”

Did I mention how exhausted I am?  I mean, how come I’m not getting paid to sleep?  I must be doing something wrong.

PS – Yeah, sounds like a great model for our healthcare system.

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