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sulphurdunn

(6,891 posts)
17. The next step
Thu Feb 14, 2013, 06:20 PM
Feb 2013

will be the postal service subcontracting to private carriers who don't contribute to the medical or pension systems, further exacerbating the problem created by Congress with its 75 year mandate and thus accelerating the planned privatization of the postal service for profit. The white knight will probably be UPS or FedEx which will be highly subsidized with public money, much of which will go to stockholders and political bribes.

get rid of door delivery KatyMan Feb 2013 #1
reduced days and service should mean a lower fee/stamp cost...right? or how dems just fix the msongs Feb 2013 #4
Very hard on the handicapped, however. dgibby Feb 2013 #5
I don't know where you live, but if you live in a house Light House Feb 2013 #6
Thanks! dgibby Feb 2013 #9
You're right, no piece of mail is worth a broken hip. Light House Feb 2013 #10
I'm a Senior and I put a mail box slot goclark Feb 2013 #37
The mail slot in the door is a helluva good idea. Light House Feb 2013 #38
America Home Of Stupid Asses TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #2
Canada eliminated Saturday mail delivery in 1969. So is Canada home of the even more stupid asses? Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #22
People may understand, but it is so unnecessary. earthside Feb 2013 #3
I could support that move, but only if the post offices were kept open on Saturday bluestateguy Feb 2013 #7
Last I heard, they were going to keep the POs open on Saturday Maeve Feb 2013 #40
I'd wager most don't know why the Post Office is having to do this. Hong Kong Cavalier Feb 2013 #8
+1 Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #25
Were they even able to communicate with those who will be most hurt by this? sketchy Feb 2013 #11
One more way in which we fall behind the rest of the western world mainer Feb 2013 #12
When I spent a year in France in 1999, they delivered twice a day aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #13
It use to be that way here many years ago. LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #30
France is smaller and more densely populated than the US Thor_MN Feb 2013 #39
But the cost of transportation is much higher aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #41
The size is also much smaller. Thor_MN Feb 2013 #45
The size is not that small aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #46
And US first class postage is good for Guam... France is still smaller and almost twice the price. Thor_MN Feb 2013 #55
The problem is the service is not able to adapt to the changing economy davidn3600 Feb 2013 #47
OMFG - POOR PEOPLE DON'T HAVE INTERNET bread_and_roses Feb 2013 #52
I am continually amazed at the stupidity of USAmericans. Proletariatprincess Feb 2013 #14
Who are these "most?" All the young with smartphones sprouting from their ears? question everything Feb 2013 #15
I really want to learn more about Pew's methodology sketchy Feb 2013 #19
"For many, this is a major daily contact with the outside world" snooper2 Feb 2013 #27
Yet it was okay to pick up the mail on Sunday many years ago. LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #31
Why do you need to mock many with whose lifestyle question everything Feb 2013 #48
my sister is a mail carrier and this is going to be devastating to rural workers backtoblue Feb 2013 #16
She is an RCA, a Rural Letter Associate. She will have a better chance at a fulltime job mikekohr Feb 2013 #50
The next step sulphurdunn Feb 2013 #17
I'd tacitly support it (knowing the reasons), but I know a few Saturday delivery contractors.. Alamuti Lotus Feb 2013 #18
Austerity for the Post Office. blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #20
It was coming to an end eventually customerserviceguy Feb 2013 #28
Most are ok with the the increasingly rapid slide of civilization into the abyss deutsey Feb 2013 #21
So who watches the tube anymore? n/t Psephos Feb 2013 #23
If a TV is on and no one is there to watch it deutsey Feb 2013 #24
:) good question...I think the answer is no Psephos Feb 2013 #34
You're right deutsey Feb 2013 #42
Sort of like a computer, huh? nt Llewlladdwr Feb 2013 #67
Exactly deutsey Feb 2013 #68
And I bet some think Politicalboi Feb 2013 #26
I'm sure the ones that support eliminating Saturday mail think they won't. LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #33
What about my Netflix!! Trascoli Feb 2013 #29
End Saturday mail deliveries and who'll deliver the mail? Nobody will! rachel1 Feb 2013 #32
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This message was self-deleted by its author alp227 Feb 2013 #36
I want mail delivered on a Sunday too Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2013 #43
Hate Radio & cable "news" could get "most Americans" to approve Doctor_J Feb 2013 #44
I do too, so what?... OneMoreDemocrat Feb 2013 #49
Bingo. nt mikekohr Feb 2013 #51
A different perspective TM99 Feb 2013 #53
Perspective is not reality mikekohr Feb 2013 #54
Wrong perspective, different reality TM99 Feb 2013 #57
Let me repeat this, we lost +200,000 employees from approx 1996 to 2006 mikekohr Feb 2013 #62
I think we are just going to have to agree TM99 Feb 2013 #63
One reason other countries Post Offices Are Not in the news mikekohr Feb 2013 #64
I suspect we are just going to go around in circles from here. TM99 Feb 2013 #65
K nt mikekohr Feb 2013 #66
My sentiments exactly. Hugin Feb 2013 #59
Agreed TM99 Feb 2013 #60
I'm one that approves - lynne Feb 2013 #56
All mail should arrive between Monday and Wednesday. truthisfreedom Feb 2013 #58
All I know is I want to keep the Post Office open madokie Feb 2013 #61
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