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) - https://amzn.to/2BJPgCO

USPS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) -    • USPS: Last Week Tonight with John Oli...  
Voting by Mail: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) -    • Voting by Mail: Last Week Tonight wit...  
How the Post Office Made America -    • How the Post Office Made America  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...
https://facts.usps.com/table-facts/
https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/pos...
https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default...
https://books.google.com/books?id=9Bk...
https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/pos...
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks...
https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/w...
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04...
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/21/ny...
https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/pos...
https://www.gao.gov/assets/230/224237...
https://about.usps.com/news/state-rel...
https://www.history.com/news/mailing-...
https://apnews.com/59c25efd4d325c4895...
https://facts.usps.com/top-facts/#:~:....
https://web.archive.org/web/201308142...
https://www.commondreams.org/news/202...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...
http://www.campaignforpostalbanking.org/

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Video Credits -
Why We Should Privatize the Postal Service -    • Why We Should Privatize the Postal Se...  
March of Time - Your Postal Service (1948)
Zip Code with the Swingin' Six (1963) -    • "Swingin' Six" ZIP Code Video  
Cheers (1982)
Seinfeld (1992)
Rambo: First Blood (1982)
Men in Black II (2002)
   • US Postal Service mail Processing Clerk  


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