The period you're referring to was after a Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing USPS to prepay its pension for 75 yrs.. No other cooperation was forced to do this. This was meant to bankrupt it so its business could be privatized for profit. Without this penalty the USPS would hav e turned a profit. Sorry to disappoint you, but this had nothing to do with OBama! I suggest you do a little more research before posting such BS. BTW. After I returned from Nam I worked a couple years at USPS as a clerk/carrier. I spent time behind one of those counters and it requires alot of knowledge about foreign and domestic rates, shipping requirements, bulk mail permits, money orders, passports,etc.,etc. So what you refer to as "human waste" requires alot more knowledge than you might assume!