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In the discussion thread: Postal Service lost $14M a day in 1st quarter [View all]

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Fri Feb 8, 2013, 01:01 PM

elleng (40,928 posts)

5. 'Competition from UPS, FedEx and other shippers'

likely has NOTHING to do with this.

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54 replies	Author	Time	Post
Postal Service lost $14M a day in 1st quarter [View all]	Redfairen	Feb 2013	OP
What a Crock of Shit	montanacowboy	Feb 2013	#1
+100	Exultant Democracy	Feb 2013	#9
Thanks!	grahamhgreen	Feb 2013	#25
Exactly my cousin is the senior carrier in this part of the county...	Historic NY	Feb 2013	#31
With the 75 year funding. The post offices starts each fical year 8.5 billion in the hole.	Katashi_itto	Feb 2013	#45
That's actually remarkable since the congressional mandated pre funding of health care	tularetom	Feb 2013	#2
Why did Democrats support the bill?	former9thward	Feb 2013	#6
Apparently what they supported prevented a COMPLETE PRIVATIZATION of USPS	sketchy	Feb 2013	#8
They didn't have to support it unanimously in the Senate	magellan	Feb 2013	#15
Do you by any chance have a vote	roxy1234	Feb 2013	#19
This thread discusses the votes, with links	magellan	Feb 2013	#20
Thanks for the link	roxy1234	Feb 2013	#22
This message was self-deleted by its author	magellan	Feb 2013	#20
Yeah, I dont get that either..	DCBob	Feb 2013	#26
Oh, here is the link I was looking for	sketchy	Feb 2013	#24
ENTIRELY...	gcomeau	Feb 2013	#3
The democrats are equally at fault, so blame both parties.	Travis_0004	Feb 2013	#36
Where are the stories on how much the Pentagon loses daily??	Blue_Tires	Feb 2013	#4
+1000 /nt	Ash_F	Feb 2013	#44
'Competition from UPS, FedEx and other shippers'	elleng	Feb 2013	#5
As pushed by the PukeBaggers...if the USPS fails, you will just use UPS, FedEx or other such...	SoapBox	Feb 2013	#12
Right, of course;	elleng	Feb 2013	#14
Social reasons is a VERY strong rationale.	aquart	Feb 2013	#28
Yes but apparently its VERY expensive to maintain the small, rural post offices.	elleng	Feb 2013	#29
GFLWT...a first class letter will cost your at least $5 or perhaps $10...	Historic NY	Feb 2013	#32
UPS will charge $20 to send a birthday card.	alarimer	Feb 2013	#41
Another clueless fuckface blogger that does absolutely no research	thelordofhell	Feb 2013	#7
Not LOST. Was ROBBED by the GOP Congress and their anti-union, privatization sponsors.	freshwest	Feb 2013	#10
bullshit.	devilgrrl	Feb 2013	#11
On the flip side	neffernin	Feb 2013	#13
Until the bad guys	They_Live	Feb 2013	#35
I suppose that's what they did with SS	neffernin	Feb 2013	#37
There's been some pretty ignorant replies to that story, maybe some of us could help that out....	groundloop	Feb 2013	#16
The post offices current fiscal situation is manufactured	AgingAmerican	Feb 2013	#17
Here's the Bill, and some explanation follows:	elleng	Feb 2013	#18
This year they had to borrow the money to pay for the 75 year pre-funding of healthcare	librechik	Feb 2013	#23
This story is bogus or doesn't tell the whole story.	upaloopa	Feb 2013	#27
People resort to Facebook and email these days	Gentle-man	Feb 2013	#30
most of the comments	They_Live	Feb 2013	#33
on the bright side, if I go away for the weekend, I wont have to ask the neighbor to get my mail.	olddad56	Feb 2013	#34
What they won't tell you: Without the GOP poison pill, it would have had a $4 million a day profit.	PSPS	Feb 2013	#38
The bill was co-sponsored by two Democrats	oberliner	Feb 2013	#39
And? So the fuck what?	Occulus	Feb 2013	#42
It's not something that Republicans pushed through against the will of Democrats.	oberliner	Feb 2013	#46
Actually, yes it CAN; if they hadn't the GOP would have gone after voiding the unions' contracts.	Occulus	Feb 2013	#48
Democrats were in the majority at that time	oberliner	Feb 2013	#49
Whatever.	Occulus	Feb 2013	#50
Democrats had the power to stop that from happening	oberliner	Feb 2013	#51
Republicans still held both houses of Congress -- it was a lame duck session	sketchy	Feb 2013	#53
An exhaustive look at Democrats' involvement in this	sketchy	Feb 2013	#40
It went unnoticed BECAUSE IT ISN'T RELEVANT.	Occulus	Feb 2013	#43
Knowledge is Power, Occulus, and Sunlight is the best disinfectant	sketchy	Feb 2013	#47
I want the USPS saved...	handmade34	Feb 2013	#52
+1	sketchy	Feb 2013	#54

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