I think this meme misses a crucial point. The reality is much more devious. It’s like the post office, which has a labor union that strikes against the tax payer and has no accountability. 80% of the post office’s expenses are from labor. Why? Is working at the post office especially dangerous? No. Does it require specialized skills? No. Employees are paid that much because it’s easy to stick it to the taxpayer. Now the post office is $70 billion in the hole because it’s inefficient and overpays employees. So what’s the solution? Not pay cuts. Taxpayer bailout. The post office and it’s employees are just asserting their interests at our expense. Just as welfare queens are exploiting the system. Why get their finances under control when they can just say “look how poor we still are, we need MORE welfare!” It’s up to us to make sure there are consequences, not bailouts.
I think this meme misses a crucial point. The reality is much more devious. It’s like the post office, which has a labor union that strikes against the tax payer and has no accountability. 80% of the post office’s expenses are from labor. Why? Is working at the post office especially dangerous? No. Does it require specialized skills? No. Employees are paid that much because it’s easy to stick it to the taxpayer. Now the post office is $70 billion in the hole because it’s inefficient and overpays employees. So what’s the solution? Not pay cuts. Taxpayer bailout. The post office and it’s employees are just asserting their interests at our expense. Just as welfare queens are exploiting the system. Why get their finances under control when they can just say “look how poor we still are, we need MORE welfare!” It’s up to us to make sure there are consequences, not bailouts.