If one looks at the governments track record/results for two very large entities that they run...Amtrak and the USPS.

Both have been losing billions per year for years. What ever gets said or done to get these businesses in the black?

Absolutely nothing. They are both political footballs in the game of vote retention. After all who in an elected position would even think about demanding whatever needs to be done to get these businesses to at least break even? Not a single one to date. They are both excellent examples of across the aisle cooperation when they want it to be.

And now the USPS is approaching a point where they may need to file for bankruptcy. Really. Seeking protection from their creditors (which is the US government born by us the taxpayers)...really.

Already they have reached a consensus to pour more money into the USPS to let it carry on for a few more months until _ _ ? _ _.

Do you see a pattern here? No budget....pour in some money to keep things afloat for a few months until we can decide to _ _ ? _ _.

Should these two losers, that for years were purported to be just around the corner from profitability (another internal political joke) be a warning to those of you who think the US Government can pull off the proposed Obamacare without taking the taxpayer, again, down the drain? No plan! No knowledge of what the costs are. But we are already implementing it and hiring more government workers to get ready for _ _ ? _ _.

If you do not see a pattern here, please by all means tell me why it is OK for the government run businesses to continue to lose billions and billions with no requirement to fix it. And why they should be allowed to proceed with Obamacare given their track record of FAILURE.

Once again I await enlightenment with a palpitating heart beat!!

btk