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In reply to the discussion: It's not the Internet: The real reason the post office is struggling [View all]SalviaBlue
(2,910 posts)18. K&R - Truth
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It's not the Internet: The real reason the post office is struggling [View all]
Uncle Joe
Apr 2012
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The post office is the largest company in America next to Walmart--and it's a UNIONIZED gov't agency
live love laugh
Apr 2012
#49
And they put the pre-paid funds into the general treasury where it is spent like everything else.
dkf
Apr 2012
#4
Thank you. +1. This is another part of the greatest robbery in history. K&R. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2012
#7
Personally I don't believe it makes a difference whether they were making a profit or not,
Uncle Joe
Apr 2012
#12
Yes, but it's a littly silly to suggest that the pension is the main reason the USPS is losing money
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#14
there is one key thing both of you seem to be overlooking for what might also be part of the loss.
cstanleytech
Apr 2012
#27
they didn't pre-fund the pensions from June to November of last year? How did they get around that?
yodermon
Apr 2012
#24
Excellent point. Infrastructure rarely makes a profit directly. Nor should it.
RufusTFirefly
Apr 2012
#29
that's one of the most accurate picture of the relationship between business and government ever
yurbud
Apr 2012
#19
When the Democrats took over control of the House and Senate in 2007, they had other priorities.
Selatius
Apr 2012
#55
How can exposing the calculation to destroy the post office further the lie that
Uncle Joe
Apr 2012
#58
One of the ironic things about this is the fact that the rural areas, at least in my state, which
libinnyandia
Apr 2012
#56