I thought it was the other way around. Bulk subsidizes 1st class. That's what they told me when I worked for them.

The US Postal Service does not get any money from the federal government and has not since President Nixon made it quasi-private. In fact, they have had to pay back to the fed's billions of dollars for pensions. That's one of the reasons they keep losing money. They actually overpaid by a few hundred million and Congress refuses to return the money.

Are you referring to 'conservatives' as in the well-known political term or as in 'no changes?' Because the political conservatives have been pushing to totally privatize the postal service for many years.

(speaking from a small ent.) We're running "N" right now. If it can be rolled out in a firmware update, we may push for it. But, if worst case, we had to swap out all the AP's and possibly the controllers, then we'll have to wait a while. That wouldn't be cheap.

That's a strawman argument. He didn't write no taxes, he stated an idea that if you raise a tax, someone will find a way to not pay it. (Except for those of us who don't have access to highly paid tax attorneys or accountants.)

A lot of people working in the US under a visa program send money home to their families. Should they have to pay that tax, too?

Good point.

Similar to Hate Crime. (i.e. we're adding a few years to the sentence because you think you're superior.)

Communists had a tendency to spread their dogma to other countries whereas monarchists are perfectly happy abusing their own people. Unless, of course, they aspire to abuse everyone such as Mussolini (avoiding H so someone can't sling Godwin's law at me).

I remember as a kid, Consumer's Power and Detroit Edison built the Ludington Pumped Storage facility which can generate quite a bit of power: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludington_Pumped_Storage_Power_Plant

Perhaps but it is filed under Entertainment. And what's the matter with a little silliness now and then?

Depends on how big a 'stink' the corp. exec causes. Enron and Global Crossings come to mind.

I work in healthcare also (IT). It may not be of value (PHI) to most people but CMS will fine your company if it gets out.

Nice, 1950's management style you got there. You do realize that threats reduce productivity to the minimum necessary to keep a job?

But in this case, it's (if a previous post is correct) a bunch of lawyers. I don't think (just guessing here, tho) that it would be that costly for them. Obviously, their time is free so it would appear court costs are all that's left. And I'd guess they'd only have to win one or two of their cases to get their other targets to settle.