US gubmint shutdown + default + subprime sequel?

[ICantSpellDawg]

That reply made no sense gramatically, but I think I got the point.

I was using the property tax thing as an example of why, when the government sells a function, it still owns the land and the function (and the right to charge rent through "taxes"), even though others are working it and paying the government money. This creates growth potential in private sector. For example, the post office is almost completely irrelevant. If anyone is still dumb enough to send things through the mail, they should pay more to do it and convert their bulk correspondence to digital. This would increase the volume of fedex and UPS while saving the federal government 10 billion per year. Additionally, post offices have prime real estate which would net the government untold billions, for sale over time as the economy picks up. There is no reason to have these stupid fossils sitting in the best areas of towns. They are taking away from tax revenue potential and they no longer even serve the interests of the poor - they are a tumor on the taxpayer with no added value. Add more computers to library's if lower income people need to send correspondence.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

That reply made no sense gramatically, but I think I got the point.

I was using the property tax thing as an example of why, when the government sells a function, it still owns the land and the function (and the right to charge rent through "taxes"), even though others are working it and paying the government money. This creates growth potential in private sector. For example, the post office is almost completely irrelevant. If anyone is still dumb enough to send things through the mail, they should pay more to do it and convert their bulk correspondence to digital. This would increase the volume of fedex and UPS while saving the federal government 10 billion per year. Additionally, post offices have prime real estate which would net the government untold billions, for sale over time as the economy picks up. There is no reason to have these stupid fossils sitting in the best areas of towns. They are taking away from tax revenue potential and they no longer even serve the interests of the poor - they are a tumor on the taxpayer with no added value. Add more computers to library's if lower income people need to send correspondence.

A better plan would be to reform the Post Office and get it working so that it can undercut FedEx etc. and become a useful service again. The Postal Service is like the road and rail network, it's existence is a anecessary part of the country's infastructure. So is the Health Service - which is, incidentally, someone Americans pay for twice, in taxes and insurrence.

Get rid of the US mail and the US government would have to subsidise another carryier to bring down prices and ensure it didn't go under.