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In reply to the discussion: Return to Sender: US Post Office actually has an operating PROFIT [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)41. you're naive.
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"The $5 aspirin is to pay for all of the aspirins they give to uninsured deadbeats...
MannyGoldstein
Mar 2013
#43
This whole "privatization" crap re: the post office REALLY makes me mad as hell.
loudsue
Mar 2013
#4
Don't throw 'em away. "no postage necessary..."gets mailed back to sender if it's from a hated corp.
canoeist52
Mar 2013
#14
I'd like to again point out that you can get removed from their mailing lists
They_Live
Mar 2013
#21
The Democrats thought they were helping the union. The Republicans knew they were stangling govt. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2013
#27
Just a ploy to have a Private Equity Firm seize the USPS and plunder the pension fund. nt
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2013
#30
Even thought that's contrary to your Birther mentality, it's not surprising.
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2013
#34
Not to 'plunder', no sane person would telegraph that. But a PE privatization, definitely.
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2013
#38
they may be stupid (though i think that's doubtful). the people who fund them are not. and
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#45
Here is the appropriate section from the House Bill as it was introduced on 7 Dec 2006
hack89
Mar 2013
#63
K&R Just another scheme to enhance corporate welfare at taxpayer expense. USPS gets no taxpayer
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#28
What HiPointDem said. I am consistently amazed at how many far right-wing distortions and
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#46
Just as I suspected, there is no point. You don't understand and don't want to understand.
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#50
the link shows how the 'loss' was created by congress. but you'd have to read the article to
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#49
There are no gov't agencies or private co's which prepay for unhired future retiree health benefits
brentspeak
Mar 2013
#75
There was an accounting rule change in 1990 which caused companies to pre fund retiree benefits.
former9thward
Mar 2013
#76
The pre-funded payments maybe the bulk, but according to Donohoe they still would have lost $3B
tammywammy
Mar 2013
#66