PV Gap

Angela Said:

Today the Post Office is raising it's prices to reinvest the profits into itself, Do you agree with this?

We Answered:

We do seem to give tax breaks to the rich or well off business at a rate far greater than the ordinary Joe whose every dollar is taxable and reported via his W-2. No wiggle room there.
With so many people paying their bills online its not surprising they have to raise their rates, their volume has to have gone down, but if it gets too high, even fewer people will use them. Like any business, it needs to keep a balance between cost and profit.
I don't think we, as in the US government, needs to take the money, I think the businesses should do their own research to remain competitive, most companies who need it do have a research and development department, these need to be headed in the direction of superior renewable energy use and the other things you mention. Not just in ways to make the less practical things they do now.
If we are going to use tax dollars, its should be to subsidize things like solar water heater and solar and geothermal heating use in private homes. Right now the payback period is too long and the start up costs too high for mass use.