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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo how do we mail in votes if there is no USPS?
What does Captain Clusterfuck have against the USPS?
CurtEastPoint
(18,664 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(18,874 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,729 posts)Intelllicast wanted US Weather Service to not provide forecasts to the public, only data for the others to sell.
underpants
(182,904 posts)Government that works and it was unionized.
0rganism
(23,971 posts)or we use whatever substitute private sector system they put in place and hope they're honest. another sweet Republican deal.
Srkdqltr
(6,326 posts)In It to Win It
(8,286 posts)...and had the USPS argument with a group of Trump humpers.
I read in an article that Trump said he won't sign if there's money allocated to USPS because USPS is unprofitable. My reaction to that was "so what? It's not designed to be profitable. It's a public service. It's just supposed to operate."
I tried to paint a picture or plot some dots in hopes they would connect them.
1) Do you believe you are entitled to receive your letters and packages that come in the mail?
2) If yes, you'd be shit outta luck if UPS and FedEx won't deliver anything to you if they believe delivering to your area is unprofitable. The post office will deliver to you regardless. The postal service will deliver to the most remote parts of the country if that means the people get their mail.
The GOP has done a great job with convincing people that the postal service isn't a public good but rather a for-profit entity, which I'm sure is apart of the larger scheme of discrediting mail-in voting.
Wounded Bear
(58,721 posts)npk
(3,660 posts)Republicans would like to eliminate voting if they could.
CousinIT
(9,259 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Voting by mail is the one thing they want to prevent because they know they would lose.
samnsara
(17,640 posts)..to someone coming to your door to collect them
shanti
(21,675 posts)And what does he have against veterans, who work for the PO?
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)dawg
(10,624 posts)Beaverhausen
(24,472 posts)stopwastingmymoney
(2,042 posts)Because my husband is blind. We never mail our ballots though, we drop them at the local school on voting day
Curbside drop off would be fairly easy to set up in an organized state
LisaL
(44,974 posts)If you have to go somewhere to pick up your ballot, you might as well just go and vote in person.
stopwastingmymoney
(2,042 posts)Local county offices maybe
I actually dont see the USPS shutting down, reduced service days maybe. Were getting very little mail right now as it is. Twice a week might be a good step to take.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,369 posts)I drive (or cycle, weather permitting) to city hall and hand them to the city clerk staff. They have a drop box if weather's too lousy to get out of the car.
Without the USPS, I won't get advertising and requests for money from the Republican party.
I don't think the USPS will actually be shut down for any length of time. (I hope)