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KakistocracyHater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 03:58 PM
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46. I wonder how many failed cities
are in America now? Will those in gov let the Country Club Class destroy our government? They don't have postal service in some very poor countries, what will it take to stop our downwardly mobile trajectory?
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  -Post office $2.8 billion in the red DogPoundPup  Nov-13-08 01:29 PM   #0 
  - Boy if the cut the junk mail out they go bankrupt completely...  Historic NY   Nov-13-08 01:32 PM   #1 
  - honestly-big deal!  dwickham   Nov-13-08 01:44 PM   #2 
  - It's fiscal responsibility.  tclambert   Nov-13-08 04:16 PM   #17 
     - Nor the rise in fuel costs.  Thothmes   Nov-13-08 05:45 PM   #20 
     - maybe other departments should become fiscally responsible  dwickham   Nov-13-08 06:21 PM   #23 
  - Oh geez! I live in rural area.. Postal service is already so bad!  Azlady   Nov-13-08 01:47 PM   #3 
  - It's not any better in the city  Mabus   Nov-13-08 09:14 PM   #36 
     - First most letter carrier no long case their own mail,  happyslug   Nov-13-08 10:35 PM   #40 
        - Thank you for the great explanation  Mabus   Nov-14-08 09:35 AM   #41 
  - The privatization of the post office seems to be going well. n/t  geomon666   Nov-13-08 01:58 PM   #4 
  - It was doing OK until it hit modern times  laptoprepairguy   Nov-13-08 02:05 PM   #8 
     - I'm sure somebody said the telegraph would be the end of the post office.  tclambert   Nov-13-08 04:19 PM   #18 
     - How much of that mail volume is junk mail?  merwin   Nov-13-08 05:45 PM   #19 
     - All of those other inventions  laptoprepairguy   Nov-14-08 10:01 AM   #45 
     - I think the USPS has realized now that parcels are the future  high density   Nov-13-08 06:33 PM   #28 
        - It's service  laptoprepairguy   Nov-14-08 09:44 AM   #42 
  - The crooks in Washington can come up with $700 billion for Wall Street  SOS   Nov-13-08 02:02 PM   #5 
  - So the rumors of 40,000 layoffs were...  depakid   Nov-13-08 02:04 PM   #6 
  - I read an article about all those layoffs yesterday...but it wasn't reported on  KoKo01   Nov-13-08 02:13 PM   #9 
  - Early outs at first  kingofalldems   Nov-13-08 06:34 PM   #29 
  - did you know that postal carriers cannot BACK THEIR VEHICLES UP?  maxsolomon   Nov-13-08 02:04 PM   #7 
  - Our carrier backs up every day, has to to get out of our driveway.  dixiegrrrrl   Nov-13-08 03:08 PM   #10 
  - very old rule.  themartyred   Nov-13-08 06:30 PM   #25 
  - Online billing, F the USPS.  sarcasmo   Nov-13-08 07:11 PM   #31 
  - i see our carriers back up that little mail vehicle all the time ...  MrsBrady   Nov-13-08 03:15 PM   #12 
  - first of all they do go in reverse sometimes  iamthebandfanman   Nov-13-08 03:20 PM   #15 
  - only told it was for safety eom  themartyred   Nov-13-08 06:30 PM   #26 
  - It's not a rule that they can't back up.  tclambert   Nov-13-08 04:05 PM   #16 
  - Calling, UPS, FED EX....  jaysunb   Nov-13-08 03:10 PM   #11 
  - uh no. just say no to private corporations. n/t  iamthebandfanman   Nov-13-08 03:17 PM   #13 
  - What do you expect their delivery fees woud be  Thothmes   Nov-13-08 05:49 PM   #21 
  - They'd raise prices by 100x and that would be that.  high density   Nov-13-08 06:26 PM   #24 
  - FedEx is already subsidized by the USPS  Born Free   Nov-13-08 08:55 PM   #35 
  - i ALWAYS use the USPS  iamthebandfanman   Nov-13-08 03:19 PM   #14 
  - rarely do I have a prob with my former employer also  themartyred   Nov-13-08 06:32 PM   #27 
  - There are some people, like any profession, who should seek other employment  Mabus   Nov-13-08 09:40 PM   #38 
  - Maybe because the level of service we get from the USPS sucks?  pimpbot   Nov-13-08 10:33 PM   #39 
  - How fvcking convenient. Isn't it funny how they're in the "red" every year.  Doremus   Nov-13-08 05:52 PM   #22 
  - USPS: One of the few things the federal government gets right  policypunk   Nov-13-08 07:08 PM   #30 
  - Good for you.  October   Nov-14-08 09:53 AM   #44 
  - It's amazing they can deliver a letter for less than $.50. No private company could do it for that.  truthisfreedom   Nov-13-08 07:39 PM   #32 
  - ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ##  DU GrovelBot   Nov-13-08 07:39 PM   #33 
  - well isnt that nice  mattfromnossa   Nov-13-08 07:42 PM   #34 
  - I've read Bush regime raided postal trust fund for Iraq  investintrains   Nov-13-08 09:18 PM   #37 
  - Does that matter  edwardlindy   Nov-14-08 09:46 AM   #43 
  - I wonder how many failed cities  KakistocracyHater   Nov-14-08 03:58 PM   #46 
  - simple fix, raise the price of stamps to $10  olddad56   Nov-14-08 04:03 PM   #47 
  - This comes as a surprise to about seven people in America  AngryAmish   Nov-14-08 04:23 PM   #48 
 

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