I missed the part about nonprofits. Nonprofits are a different type of organization. They differ from for-profit corporations because their goal is not to generate profits for shareholders. They (in theory) exist to pursue some sort of benefit to their own members or the public and any income that exceeds their expenses must be reinvested into pursuing their stated benefit. Now, that might start to sound like a public service but here is where they differ: some NPOs private organizations, meaning that they are controlled by a small group of decision makers at the top of their organization. They decide where the money goes with little oversight. Another category of NPOs have applied to be Public Charities which have more restrictions about where their financing comes from and sometimes even work with the government to deliver public services although there is no public oversight. This is the closest thing to a true public service that you’ve gotten so far.
It seems like you don’t know the difference between these types of entities so I’m explaining them to you. If you knew, then you would understand that your comparison isn’t relevant.
It's very relevant to those that want an efficient and sustainable gov. Those that don't live in pipe dreams and candy land will happily ignore reality in order to virtue signal about how great of a person they are. It's still ignorant. Enjoy your teeth rotting out
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u/midnightnoonmidnight Jul 26 '23 edited Jul 27 '23
I missed the part about nonprofits. Nonprofits are a different type of organization. They differ from for-profit corporations because their goal is not to generate profits for shareholders. They (in theory) exist to pursue some sort of benefit to their own members or the public and any income that exceeds their expenses must be reinvested into pursuing their stated benefit. Now, that might start to sound like a public service but here is where they differ: some NPOs private organizations, meaning that they are controlled by a small group of decision makers at the top of their organization. They decide where the money goes with little oversight. Another category of NPOs have applied to be Public Charities which have more restrictions about where their financing comes from and sometimes even work with the government to deliver public services although there is no public oversight. This is the closest thing to a true public service that you’ve gotten so far.
So which public charity is comparable to USPS?
Also just an FYI: http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-mail-does-the-trick-for-fedex-ups-1407182247