Obama and the Post Office - Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. - Mises Institute

Obama and the Post Office - Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. - Mises Institute: "Writing in The State and Revolution in 1917, Vladimir Lenin summed up the economic aim of socialism as follows: 'To organize the whole economy on the lines of the postal service….'

Incredible, isn't it? After centuries of treatises and miles of paper and tubs of ink, this is the great historical turning point: government employees carrying sacks of paper mail from house to house — and operating at an economic loss.

It's fascinating how it all comes down to the post office, again and again, in the history of public policy. And so it is in our time, with Obama's admission/gaffe/slip concerning the post office and its analogy to what he wants to do with healthcare.

Here is a transcript of his spontaneous talk at a high school. A student raised a question about the government's provision of health services and its impact on private services."