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badtoworse

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60. I know what Fedex costs

Reply to wryter2000 (Reply #57)

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 08:52 PM

Feb 2013

Other than Christmas and birthday cards, there is very little I send by mail. Just about every transaction I do is done electronically.

If I do have to send something that is time sensitive, I don't mind paying $10 - $20.

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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

The Postal Office is going broke badtoworse Feb 2013 #1

The Post Office is going broke because of what Repukes did in the 90's Drale Feb 2013 #2

Well, and 2006.. X_Digger Feb 2013 #3

the problem I'm having with this prefund thing is it was consponsored by dems boomer55 Feb 2013 #4

Who gives a shit?? busterbrown Feb 2013 #17

I think I read that the move should save $2 billion a year badtoworse Feb 2013 #6

Where do you get your numbers at? Travis_0004 Feb 2013 #29

Operating loss was $4.8 billion- not $10 billion. hay rick Feb 2013 #65

Do you pay your bills on line? I do as do a hell of a lot of others cali Feb 2013 #11

By design. Congress gave a big chunk of their business to UPS & FedEx. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #52

The USPS is going broke xxqqqzme Feb 2013 #5

Republicans want the P.O. to close so fucking badly.................. busterbrown Feb 2013 #7

Do you have any specifics? badtoworse Feb 2013 #9

Yea, Give back the money that the republicans stole from them in the 90s. busterbrown Feb 2013 #10

You didn't answer my question badtoworse Feb 2013 #13

Very simple... busterbrown Feb 2013 #16

What do you consider on time? badtoworse Feb 2013 #19

I think your experience is not the norm.... P.O. cutbacks could now be starting to effect time. busterbrown Feb 2013 #22

Call up Fed Ex mikeysnot Feb 2013 #27

When I want to be sure it get's there, that's what I do. badtoworse Feb 2013 #47

So does the postal service nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #51

That would not have bothered me badtoworse Feb 2013 #55

They'll laugh at you when you ask them to do it for under 50 cents n/t wryter2000 Feb 2013 #57

I know what Fedex costs badtoworse Feb 2013 #60

Well, I do wryter2000 Feb 2013 #76

Good for you! mikeysnot Feb 2013 #77

Why does government need to be involved? Bandit Feb 2013 #18

I believe Congress is empowered to establish the Post Office badtoworse Feb 2013 #23

In other words you want to bust the union. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #32

The union has nothing to do with it badtoworse Feb 2013 #48

Yup, you want to bust it nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #49

Because it is an enumerated power and duty in the Constitution. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #31

Where does it say Congress has a duty? badtoworse Feb 2013 #50

Read the fracking document. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #53

I did. Unless I missed it, the word "duty" wasn't there. badtoworse Feb 2013 #58

National postal service was written into the Constitution. GOP wants it privatized, blm Feb 2013 #37

You realize rural areas rely on the PO nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #12

I have a summer camp in the Adirondacks badtoworse Feb 2013 #14

You mean a tourist attraction. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #15

In the long run, snail mail will become obsolete. badtoworse Feb 2013 #25

What other things do you want to get rid off nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #26

He is correct. Travis_0004 Feb 2013 #33

Conveniently ignore nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #34

Packages will still be delivered on Sat. Travis_0004 Feb 2013 #35

And you are for Union busting nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #36

My assumption is the Post office employees will handle them. Travis_0004 Feb 2013 #38

Why do you think a union was formed? nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #39

I don't think I said anywhere I want to get rid of the union or cut wages Travis_0004 Feb 2013 #40

Pre funding elimination will go a long way nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #41

I didn't say that Travis_0004 Feb 2013 #43

Good...compete change. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #45

did you know usps delivers a substantial number of packages for ups and fedex? HiPointDem Feb 2013 #73

You are obviously not in mikeysnot Feb 2013 #28

um, you notice fedex and ups are delivering packages? that's because congress gave that business HiPointDem Feb 2013 #56

It's already obsolete in my house. badtoworse Feb 2013 #61

you don't order anything online and have it delivered? HiPointDem Feb 2013 #62

We shop online a lot - usually delivery is UPS or Fedex Ground badtoworse Feb 2013 #63

Parcel service *is* 'snail mail'. It involves a carrier bringing something to your house, and far HiPointDem Feb 2013 #66

Excellent post. Thanks for compiling some of the facts. n/t Laelth Feb 2013 #78

that is increasingly less true. cali Feb 2013 #20

vermont is not representative of rural areas. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #59

according to who? YOU? cali Feb 2013 #71

it's small: 37-89 miles across, 159 miles long. So you're always within an hours drive of some- HiPointDem Feb 2013 #72

"This isn't important to me, therefore it isn't important." (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #30

+1 HiPointDem Feb 2013 #54

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

Cutting Saturday delivery The Second Stone Feb 2013 #42

Somehow, I don't think you're really a member of "our" team brentspeak Feb 2013 #44

You're making the mistake of thinking " we" have a team. MrSlayer Feb 2013 #46

+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

Every single one? Including Dennis Kucinich? And Bernie Sanders? Freddie Stubbs Feb 2013 #74

Or more likely, as we've always guessed, you're not actually a Democrat brentspeak Feb 2013 #69

How hard were they trying? Democrats controlled both chambers of Congress from 2007 to 2011 Freddie Stubbs Feb 2013 #75

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