"Savageduck" wrote in message
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On 2013-04-02 14:37:54 -0700, Scott Schuckert said:

In article 2013040213025428635-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom,
Savageduck wrote:

A little verifiable research provides the answers to quite a few
questions regarding this subject:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...Postal_Service

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Regards,

Savageduck

Thank you. I will throw this in the face of the Significant Other
next
time she starts up with the "I'm NOT a government employee!" stuff.

The whole issue of the private company vs Government agency argument
can be confusing, mainly due to the way it is funded and the
employees' pension fund is dealt with.
Note: that due to a bunch of Federal budget changes, postal workers
are no longer part of the Civil Service Retirement System and no
longer have payroll deductions into that system. Your wife should be
part whatever Postal Civil Service Retirement Service provides. Due to
this


seperation

she might not consider herself a "Government employee", but
she should check and confirm that the term "Civil Servant" is part of
how her wages are paid, and what she is going to depend on regarding
her pension.

Then, in the Wikipedia article above there is the confusing statement,
"The United States Postal Service is a Fortune 500 company." That of
course conflicts with the opening statement, "The USPS is an
independant agency of the United States government responsible for
providing postal service in the United States. Once one checks to
discover that there is no trading of the USPS on the NYSE or NASDAQ
that issue is a little clearer. The Fortune 500 ranking is due to its
status as the USA's second largest civilian employer with 574,000
personnel (as of 2011).

The other thing to consider is crimes associated with Postal Service
in the USA is dealt with by a Federal Law enforcement agency, and all
associated Postal crimes are Federal crimes punishable in Federal
Court, not State or local ordinances.

So while you wife might, as a Postal Worker, feel abandoned by the US
government in many ways, she is still intrinsically part of it, and
can wear the label "Civil Servant" with honor.



10-4.

There is "a rat" in "separate".

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Frank ess