Today's announcement by the Postal Service of the discontinuing of Saturday service was met with sadness by many in rural areas and by some businesses and apathy by a majority of people in large urban areas (What ad flyer that isn't delivered on Saturday will simply be at the mail box on Monday), but with complete inner glee in one place: The Tea Party.
The entire premise of the Tea Party is that the government doesn't work and isn't needed. It doesn't matter if taxes are lower than they've been since the 1920s, and revenue is 4 percentage points lower than normal. To them, since no government is needed, taxes are way too high. Now, this view is one that is held by very few people. But for the Tea Party, this just means that they need to get others to agree with em. How? Their favorite tactic is to slash the funds, and defund if possible, any government program that works and is liked by Americans. Americans like Medicare and Social Security, so to them, let's slash the funds, block grant it to the states, and allow it to die there. People love the Postal Service, and it's protected by its inclusion to the Constitution, so what is the Tea Party to do? Well, they start by forcing it to fund future retirement funds, which no other business does. This forces the Postal Service to cut hours, creating longer lines, which people in cities dislike. Then the Postal Service is forced to cut Saturday service to save more money, upsetting people in rural areas, many who need 6 day Postal Services, and others that at least appreciate it. All this causes many people to like the Postal Service less. None of this bothers the Tea Party at all. In fact, they are glad to see people react this way.
Today's announcement by the Postal Service that they were stopping Saturday service upset many people, but not the Tea Party. They were smiling on the inside. Some of them were smiling on the outside, too.
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