http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2012/08/the-u-s-postal-service-and-the-constitution/ The Tenther Grapevine Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:10:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2012/08/the-u-s-postal-service-and-the-constitution/#comment-16159 DarylLloydDavis Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:53:57 +0000 http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/?p=13012#comment-16159 Electronic mail has no doubt made the Postal Service increasingly disposable anyway. But I can’t say that I’m impressed with the rates charged by private carriers either. So, would it really be profitable for private carriers to deliver to sparsely-populated rural areas?
 
A better step would be to strip the Postal Service of its public service workers union, which, like all such unions, no doubt significantly raises the costs of public services. Taxpayers ought not be compelled to pay for services, like the postal service or school teachers, that they don’t even use or need.
 
This was the logic behind a provision I included in a revision of our Constitution–one establishing a localized, limited direct democracy:
 
Amendment XIII – Citizens shall retain the right to form workers unions whenever the labor at issue is a service for which any citizen can refuse to pay by refusing the service itself and the product of such service.

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