Occulus
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Wed Sep-21-11 10:39 AM
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In reality, Presort Standard mail subsidizes the cost of First Class mail.
You pay the rest when you buy a stamp. Without Presort Standard, a stamp would likely cost close to a dollar, universal service would be too costly to maintain, and the USPS would end up being privatized.
Raising rates on Presort Standard would have the same effect, with a side bonus of local business closures because that's their primary, if not only, form of advertising.
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| -Obama's Postal Service plan would cut Saturday mail |
alp227 |
Sep-20-11 01:23 AM |
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Good they plan to restructure the payment. |
elleng |
Sep-20-11 01:31 AM |
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HR 1351 |
Born Free |
Sep-20-11 06:55 PM |
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Eliminating Saturday delivery saves money by cutting JOBS. |
tclambert |
Sep-20-11 06:18 AM |
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If saves jobs by not allowing the USPS to go bankrupt |
Freddie Stubbs |
Sep-20-11 07:57 AM |
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Yeah. Gas, wear and tear, etc. are free on Saturdays. |
joeglow3 |
Sep-20-11 12:13 PM |
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Not necessarily |
MadMaddie |
Sep-20-11 05:47 PM |
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In reality |
PATRICK |
Sep-22-11 10:31 AM |
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I'm deeply disappointed |
customerserviceguy |
Sep-20-11 06:22 AM |
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The USPS can do that without any change in the law |
Freddie Stubbs |
Sep-20-11 07:58 AM |
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This really sucks..... |
Swede Atlanta |
Sep-20-11 06:49 AM |
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Junk mail helps subsidize the delivery of first class mail |
Freddie Stubbs |
Sep-20-11 02:07 PM |
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There are better ways to generate revenue |
eringer |
Sep-20-11 07:11 AM |
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Good suggestions |
Blasphemer |
Sep-20-11 07:50 AM |
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Just charge 1st class rates to all the ad garbage they ship to our trash bins via the mail already |
on point |
Sep-20-11 07:57 AM |
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I'll bring this up again and again until my voice gets through. |
mac56 |
Sep-20-11 08:13 AM |
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It's the 'Junk Mail; |
greiner3 |
Sep-20-11 08:51 AM |
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Your Correct |
OverDone |
Sep-20-11 09:45 AM |
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No it doesn't. The USPS loses billions. So it's false to argue that "junk mail makes it possible" |
Romulox |
Sep-20-11 12:21 PM |
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The USPS gets no money from "we the people". |
Scruffy1 |
Sep-20-11 06:26 PM |
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Incorrect. |
Occulus |
Sep-21-11 10:39 AM |
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A service which loses money can't logically be said to "subsidize" anything else; |
Romulox |
Sep-21-11 11:26 AM |
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Another issue for those of us on Netflix DVD delivery |
JaneQPublic |
Sep-20-11 09:39 AM |
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So that survival of the Postal Service is at stake and all you are worried about is how many |
totodeinhere |
Sep-20-11 03:00 PM |
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Yes. |
JaneQPublic |
Sep-20-11 03:23 PM |
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About the service, the economy and ad mail |
PATRICK |
Sep-20-11 10:33 AM |
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What you said x10,000 |
zogofzorkon |
Sep-20-11 11:02 AM |
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Add another way we're worse off than our parents |
mainer |
Sep-20-11 11:32 AM |
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Name removed |
Sep-20-11 12:01 PM |
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There are very vulnerable people who NEED Saturday delivery |
sketchy |
Sep-20-11 01:01 PM |
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also the unemployed |
U4ikLefty |
Sep-20-11 02:11 PM |
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I don't know if you've heard, but a lot has changed since 1863. |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Sep-20-11 12:31 PM |
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My IPad and IPhone say welcome to the new age of electronics. |
kiranon |
Sep-21-11 10:19 AM |
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Subpoenas. |
Occulus |
Sep-21-11 10:33 AM |
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iPads and iPhones don't deliver medications to elderly relatives, though. |
SomeGuyInEagan |
Sep-21-11 11:28 AM |
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Good! One less day of junk mail, bills, and other crap. |
Township75 |
Sep-20-11 12:18 PM |
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Have you tried that modern invention-the wastebasket? |
Scruffy1 |
Sep-20-11 06:28 PM |
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Sure have. But it doesn't change the fact that I would rather have one less day |
Township75 |
Sep-21-11 07:11 AM |
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Thank GAWD it passed! nt |
Romulox |
Sep-20-11 12:24 PM |
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Yes! (nt) |
Brian Okamura |
Sep-20-11 01:12 PM |
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What a fucking joke! Money for wars, but not for the people. |
Gregorian |
Sep-20-11 12:26 PM |
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The USPS is financially self-sufficient. It is not supported by tax dollars |
Freddie Stubbs |
Sep-20-11 02:05 PM |
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Thanks. I knew that. Sometimes I lose it. |
Gregorian |
Sep-20-11 02:41 PM |
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If it was self-sufficient |
Yupster |
Sep-21-11 12:49 AM |
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It *is* self-sufficient but subject to the whims of Congress |
vminfla |
Sep-22-11 08:49 PM |
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No Saturday mail? Whoopie! |
Brian Okamura |
Sep-20-11 01:10 PM |
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I imagine that's often the case when applied to others. |
LanternWaste |
Sep-20-11 02:58 PM |
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He cuts everything else nt |
daa |
Sep-20-11 02:10 PM |
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No Saturday delivery means your bills you mailed will be late |
daa |
Sep-20-11 02:11 PM |
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Simple: Mail them earlier or pay them online |
Freddie Stubbs |
Sep-20-11 02:54 PM |
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Why can't you just mail the bill a day earlier? n/t |
totodeinhere |
Sep-20-11 03:02 PM |
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Getting bills through the mail is an antiquated form of bill payment. |
sarcasmo |
Sep-23-11 07:19 PM |
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Kinda neutral on this. I just know we need the USPS |
lindysalsagal |
Sep-20-11 06:35 PM |
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If I could just sign the envelope and not have to pay for postage I |
24601 |
Sep-20-11 06:44 PM |
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It's probably a good idea. |
Vidar |
Sep-20-11 10:56 PM |
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So bills and checks take even longer? |
alarimer |
Sep-20-11 11:01 PM |
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my sentiments exactly |
sketchy |
Sep-21-11 09:48 AM |
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3? (Sat+Sun+Mon) n/t |
alp227 |
Sep-21-11 11:18 AM |
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Why are a majority of the Postal Commissioners Republicans under a Democratic President? |
No Elephants |
Sep-20-11 11:12 PM |
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Terms of office |
PATRICK |
Sep-22-11 10:09 AM |
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Not true. |
No Elephants |
Sep-24-11 03:35 PM |
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P.S. Not only did Obama re-appoint a Republican Postal Commissioner, but his nominee |
No Elephants |
Sep-25-11 03:18 AM |
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Saturday delivery is a pretty obvious thing to cut. I don't get UPS delivery on |
TwilightGardener |
Sep-21-11 10:34 AM |
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I do. Just like I get FedEx delivery on Saturdays, too. |
mainer |
Sep-24-11 06:59 PM |
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Too bad he didn't propose... |
ljm2002 |
Sep-21-11 10:44 AM |
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A step in the right direction |
vminfla |
Sep-22-11 10:38 AM |
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Contracts, checks, legal papers, merchandise... |
mainer |
Sep-24-11 07:02 PM |
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