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SomeGuyInEagan

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46. And ONLY the USPS has the coverage and network to pull it off ...

Sat Feb 18, 2012, 11:39 AM

Feb 2012

... both UPS and FedEX (or the others) use USPS to deliver their packages to places they don't cover, which is substantial.

Without USPS, all of the private delivery companies would go deeply into the red to build the network they now use via USPS, forcing prices through the roof (though, I suspect, the Republicans would find some really nice piles of the taxpayers' money to give to those companies to bring them up to current USPS network, cause that's typical Republican small guvment thinking).

For all the talk of privatizing, it would actually be a nightmare for the private companies.

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50-Cent Stamp, Other Postal Changes Coming [View all] CountAllVotes Feb 2012 OP

I heard they were closing a bunch. ScarletFyre Feb 2012 #1

The one where I live is going part-time CountAllVotes Feb 2012 #2

I am not against paying a little more for stamps bluestateguy Feb 2012 #3

I worked at the USPS for 10 years mikekohr Feb 2012 #69

Many Republicans want to put the USPS out of business. libinnyandia Feb 2012 #4

this shows how stupid the pukes are CountAllVotes Feb 2012 #5

UPS and FedEx CatholicEdHead Feb 2012 #8

fedex uses the postal service to deliver their packages in rural/remote areas of the country madrchsod Feb 2012 #11

Yes, UPS does the same thing. RC Feb 2012 #15

I believe they sometimes do. 2pooped2pop Feb 2012 #35

Not just rural BumRushDaShow Feb 2012 #37

Republicans, like Darrel Issa Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #12

They like to point out how inefficient the govt is. JohnnyRingo Feb 2012 #20

The same morons who use USPS for the campaign literature Cosmocat Feb 2012 #29

yeah and those morons pay next to nothing for their mailings blondie58 Feb 2012 #60

have they found a way 2pooped2pop Feb 2012 #34

Fuck them sideways. I love the USPS! For real - they do a great job REP Feb 2012 #59

He's getting his own stamp? Already? RZM Feb 2012 #6

A letter with a Fiddy stamp on it will be so bad-ass Codeine Feb 2012 #39

heh! flying rabbit Feb 2012 #48

The title of the OP had me thinking the same thing! Liberal_in_LA Feb 2012 #61

We never see more than one or two PO workers at sites. glinda Feb 2012 #7

Raise it to a dollar. One dollar for First Class Mail coast to coast? Bargain. nt onehandle Feb 2012 #9

+1, seriously. Fedex 3 day would be $15 for the same letter. joshcryer Feb 2012 #17

Yep Auggie Feb 2012 #40

I'm with you. kimmylavin Feb 2012 #49

the only thing that will help the post office is.... madrchsod Feb 2012 #10

The Postal Service Poison Pill... bl968 Feb 2012 #13

How many corporations could, eyewall Feb 2012 #51

That's why corps got rid of their pensions and replaced them withg 401 k's Yupster Feb 2012 #73

Except it wasn't the Republicans. former9thward Feb 2012 #57

Or just bringing them back in house quakerboy Feb 2012 #63

This is a big part of the problem mikekohr Feb 2012 #70

I spent $24 to ship an envelope Express Mail this week high density Feb 2012 #14

Waive the signature requirement. tclambert Feb 2012 #26

If they'd charge all that junk the full rate, they'd be swimming in money... lastlib Feb 2012 #47

About time. joshcryer Feb 2012 #16

Today I mailed a small package from the West Coast to the Midwest. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #18

UPS can be cheaper thesquanderer Feb 2012 #31

The USPS is far cheaper on small, light parcels mikekohr Feb 2012 #71

Half a buck to get a letter across the country? JohnnyRingo Feb 2012 #19

Raise it to $5 - it doesn't affect me FrodosPet Feb 2012 #23

Do the forever stamps still mean, forever? tavalon Feb 2012 #21

I never use them JohnnyRingo Feb 2012 #24

Wait till people have to pay the "free market" price for Postal Services LarryNM Feb 2012 #22

Germany and Japan tried privatizing their Postal Services. Rates about double ours. tclambert Feb 2012 #27

On-line shopping JJW Feb 2012 #25

Online shipping fees aren't necessarily due to actual costs thesquanderer Feb 2012 #30

Take a guess at what the artwork will look like PuffedMica Feb 2012 #28

I can imagine the reich-wing reaction to this nxylas Feb 2012 #33

50 cent stamp and 5-day delivery isn't enough... thesquanderer Feb 2012 #32

Just use corporate logos JJW Feb 2012 #36

Why do mass mailings or junk mail uses the Post Office and not FED EX nor UPS? kemah Feb 2012 #38

Those guys don't do mass mailings. sofa king Feb 2012 #41

And ONLY the USPS has the coverage and network to pull it off ... SomeGuyInEagan Feb 2012 #46

The USPS gives those junk mail mass mailers huge discounts. They are not paying 50 cents Incitatus Feb 2012 #68

About time someone honored his genius! JCMach1 Feb 2012 #42

Damn! You beat me to it! caseymoz Feb 2012 #54

Come on! Spill it! JCMach1 Feb 2012 #55

Here are some ideas Marthe48 Feb 2012 #43

The rates just changed a week or two ago, and not by much, HOWEVER... HopeHoops Feb 2012 #44

I'm more glad than ever that I spent over $200 on Forever stamps when they were 39 cents slackmaster Feb 2012 #45

I get free USPS shipping from a vendor I've used many times. eyewall Feb 2012 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Feb 2012 #64

It's one of the great American institutions. eyewall Feb 2012 #66

as,a retired member of NALC branch #47 blondie58 Feb 2012 #52

Rap has certainly gone mainstream in a blink. caseymoz Feb 2012 #53

Whoot there it is! JCMach1 Feb 2012 #56

Still a bargain (and I still mail stuff!) REP Feb 2012 #58

It won't affect me much. I can't recall the last time I actually wrote a letter. razorman Feb 2012 #62

I can honestly say I haven't bought a stamp in Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #65

IF 50 cent gets a stamp, when does Snoop Dogg get his stamp? sarcasmo Feb 2012 #67

Coffee + Spit = Computer Monitor is not happy. n/t ChromeFoundry Feb 2012 #74

Sorry about the moniter :) sarcasmo Feb 2012 #75

Postal rates. PoliticalOne65 Feb 2012 #72