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Old 10-18-2017, 01:58 PM   #21 (permalink)
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I'm as libertarian, small government as they come, but in defense of the post office... they at least operate completely on taxes paid only by those who freely choose to utilize the service.


When I go in to buy postal money orders to pay my bills, I occasionally chat with them about a Post Office Bank.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal...#United_States
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In the United States, the United States Postal Savings System was established in 1911 under the Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 814). It was discontinued by the Act of March 28, 1966 (80 Stat. 92).
We can't all be North Dakota:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_North_Dakota
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Under state law, the bank is the State of North Dakota doing business as the Bank of North Dakota.[3] The state and its agencies are required to place their funds in the bank, but local governments are not required to do so.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal...#United_States

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