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In reply to the discussion: If you thought the Postal Service was bad before, just wait: [View all]Many of those who are now complaining about this turn of events.
This is what happens when Repubs control the agenda. Every. Single. Time.
Elections matter. MAJORITIES matter.
This really shouldn't be a difficult concept.
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Imagine that. Sometimes "worse" really is worse, and "not as bad" is really not as bad.
arcane1
Nov 2014
#2
Actually, I think the Postal service does an amazing job, but as you said things can get worse not
still_one
Nov 2014
#3
Tell me, which Democrats talked about the Post Office situation during their campaigns?
LondonReign2
Nov 2014
#33
The purpose of the bill was to destroy the post office. You can tell that just from the title.
merrily
Nov 2014
#156
The goal is to destroy the nation's largest union and defund the Democratic Party ....
Scuba
Nov 2014
#26
Or the tail wagged the dog until it became the dog. We all need a positive vibe every day.
merrily
Nov 2014
#159
Its straight up ridiculous.....this is NOTHING more than an attempt to bust a strong Union...
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#8
Tough! I proved you WRONG...both Bernie Sanders and Ralph Nader agree with me...
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#103
but it has to do with the FUNDING for 75 yrs in advance....what OTHER org has to do that?
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#95
My god....they call themselves Democrats...then lie like hell about them....then expect us to
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#120
because the CAN"T take the money FROM the pension plan....THAT IS WHY!!!!
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#143
I shown over and over...its OVERFUNDED...and they cannot USE that to cover the shortfall
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#147
And if you are not a Bernie Sanders fan...how about Think Progress and Ralph Nader
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#101
SAME WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION and the NEA and AFT. Union-destroying; nothing to do with teaching kids.
WinkyDink
Nov 2014
#63
UPS and FEDEX have repeatedly said that they can't go to every door every day
underpants
Nov 2014
#80
So just pay FEDEX $18.00 a letter instead of the cost of a stamp and quit complaining about the PO.
brush
Nov 2014
#152
Why don't you respond to my post rather than bringing up a strawman
taught_me_patience
Nov 2014
#149
Up To Now All The Damage To The U.S. Postal Service That Was Done By The Repubs....
global1
Nov 2014
#14
Not true. Research the history of the 2006 postal "reform" act and see Reply 57.
merrily
Nov 2014
#66
Nope. That legislation had bi-partisan support. Please see Reply 57 and look up the yeas and nays
merrily
Nov 2014
#67
That 75 year funding requirement was slipped in in the Senate to the House bill by a repug.
brush
Nov 2014
#153
Not misleading at all. It was rammed through the senate w/o yeas and nays and the House vote
merrily
Nov 2014
#155
The 75 year funding clause was slipped into the House bill in the Senate by a repug . . .
brush
Nov 2014
#157
I understood that the first time you said it. So what? The entire bill was written by a "repug"
merrily
Nov 2014
#158
Regardless. Even if so, ALEC acted through Postal Commissioner Taub, Obama's appointee.
merrily
Nov 2014
#163
If you saw nothing in my posts about the House and Senate, something is very wrong.
merrily
Nov 2014
#169
I would be curious to know how many postal workers voted for pugs in the election. I bet many.
lonestarnot
Nov 2014
#17
me either. I love the US Mail Service. I still my all my bills this way.
Tuesday Afternoon
Nov 2014
#54
Me either. It has been slandered a lot, though, by those who want privatization.
merrily
Nov 2014
#160
Me too. For under half a buck I mail a letter in the lobby of my building in Boston and
merrily
Nov 2014
#68
Privatization has had bipartisan support, subtle and not so subtle. Please see replies 57, 158 and
merrily
Nov 2014
#170
Eh...if you didn't have the USPS.....you wouldn't be getting some of your Fedex and UPS
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#52
Honestly, though, I've never had many problems with the USPS up to this point.
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2014
#39
Yep. Isn't that insane, hiring Fedex to use USPS, when you can just ship USPS yourself?
merrily
Nov 2014
#74
If things are really as bad as indicated I could go without Saturday delivery but:
Paper Roses
Nov 2014
#106