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In reply to the discussion: Postal Service lost $14M a day in 1st quarter [View all]roxy1234
(117 posts)22. Thanks for the link
Isnt it amazing that 20 house reps voted no to the bill while 0 house dems voted no for it. Saying dems should step up to the plate for this is one big understatement.
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With the 75 year funding. The post offices starts each fical year 8.5 billion in the hole.
Katashi_itto
Feb 2013
#45
That's actually remarkable since the congressional mandated pre funding of health care
tularetom
Feb 2013
#2
As pushed by the PukeBaggers...if the USPS fails, you will just use UPS, FedEx or other such...
SoapBox
Feb 2013
#12
Yes but apparently its VERY expensive to maintain the small, rural post offices.
elleng
Feb 2013
#29
Not LOST. Was ROBBED by the GOP Congress and their anti-union, privatization sponsors.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#10
There's been some pretty ignorant replies to that story, maybe some of us could help that out....
groundloop
Feb 2013
#16
This year they had to borrow the money to pay for the 75 year pre-funding of healthcare
librechik
Feb 2013
#23
on the bright side, if I go away for the weekend, I wont have to ask the neighbor to get my mail.
olddad56
Feb 2013
#34
What they won't tell you: Without the GOP poison pill, it would have had a $4 million a day profit.
PSPS
Feb 2013
#38
It's not something that Republicans pushed through against the will of Democrats.
oberliner
Feb 2013
#46