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The Postal Service is one of the few government agencies which pre-date the Constitution and creation of the United States. If the Founding Fathers kept it around, it must be important.
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Neither Snow nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service (2016) - amzn.to/2BJPgCO
USPS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - • USPS: Last Week Tonigh...
Voting by Mail: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - • Voting by Mail: Last W...
How the Post Office Made America - • How the Post Office Ma...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation...
facts.usps.com/table-facts/
about.usps.com/who-we-are/pos...
www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default...
books.google.com/books?id=9Bk...
about.usps.com/who-we-are/pos...
www.politifact.com/factchecks...
www.inthepublicinterest.org/w...
www.politico.com/news/2020/04...
www.nytimes.com/2018/04/21/ny...
about.usps.com/who-we-are/pos...
www.gao.gov/assets/230/224237...
about.usps.com/news/state-rel...
www.history.com/news/mailing-...
apnews.com/59c25efd4d325c4895...
facts.usps.com/top-facts/#:~:....
web.archive.org/web/201308142...
www.commondreams.org/news/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/busine...
www.campaignforpostalbanking.org/
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Video Credits -
Why We Should Privatize the Postal Service - • Why We Should Privatiz...
March of Time - Your Postal Service (1948)
Zip Code with the Swingin' Six (1963) - • "Swingin' Six" ZIP Cod...
Cheers (1982)
Seinfeld (1992)
Rambo: First Blood (1982)
Men in Black II (2002)
• US Postal Service mail...
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