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In reply to the discussion: Help me out here. 2 dems co-sponsored the bill to kill the postal service? [View all]busterbrown
(8,515 posts)7. Republicans want the P.O. to close so fucking badly..................
Already setting up private companies to deliver mail on a non scheduled basis." Monday...Maybe tues. perhaps wed"....We have to wait and see what works best for us."
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Help me out here. 2 dems co-sponsored the bill to kill the postal service? [View all]
boomer55
Feb 2013
OP
I think your experience is not the norm.... P.O. cutbacks could now be starting to effect time.
busterbrown
Feb 2013
#22
National postal service was written into the Constitution. GOP wants it privatized,
blm
Feb 2013
#37
did you know usps delivers a substantial number of packages for ups and fedex?
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#73
um, you notice fedex and ups are delivering packages? that's because congress gave that business
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#56
Parcel service *is* 'snail mail'. It involves a carrier bringing something to your house, and far
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#66
it's small: 37-89 miles across, 159 miles long. So you're always within an hours drive of some-
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#72
Plus the bill's author, Tom Davis (R-VA) so it was a bipartisan knifing. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#8
Is there another civilized nation without a national postal service? This is disgraceful.
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#21
I have a hard time understanding why those particular individuals would sponsor such a bill.
Music Man
Feb 2013
#24
+1. and looks like there's a hell of a lot of so-called democrats who think that's fine & dandy.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#67
20 Republicans in the House opposed it. Not one single Democrat in the House or Senate voted against
Freddie Stubbs
Feb 2013
#64
Or perhaps house dems are in the pockets of the corporate interests backing the legislation.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#68
How hard were they trying? Democrats controlled both chambers of Congress from 2007 to 2011
Freddie Stubbs
Feb 2013
#75