And Starring as the Federal Government, George Costanza

Steven Horwitz

CNN reports that the US Postal Service lost $3.8 billion last fiscal year.  Delivering the mail is pretty easy compared to running the health care system.  Why would anyone trust the folks who can't even deliver the mail to run health care?  As usual, the basic idea is best captured by Seinfeld with George in the role of the federal government...

Comments

[Doug]

Saying that the Post Office "...is a self-supporting government agency that receives no tax dollars" is like saying Enron was a profitable company.

[Glen]

Whenever I think of the post office... I can't help but think of Newman...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hox-ni8geIw

[Stra man]

Just wanted to let you know this made my day. Thanks!

[Steve Horwitz]

More from the "and you want to be my health care provider" file:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/18/government.improper.payments/index.html

"The federal government made $98 billion in improper payments in fiscal 2009, and President Obama will issue an executive order in coming days to combat the problem, his budget director announced Tuesday.

The 2009 total for improper payments -- from outright fraud to misdirected reimbursements due to factors such as an illegible doctor's signature -- was a 37.5 percent increase over the $72 billion in 2008, according to figures provided by Peter Orszag, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget."