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55. Yeah, everybody knows gub'mint can't do anything right.

Wed Apr 1, 2020, 03:23 PM

Apr 2020

Private business solves everything.

The push to put U.S.P.S. out of operation, started with Ronnie Raygun's administration and the introduction of Nooty-toot-toot and Bathtub Grover into cablevision.

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USPS warns it might have to shutter by June .... [View all] uponit7771 Apr 2020 OP

The hits just keep on comin' HAB911 Apr 2020 #1

That means FedEx and UPS can't keep leeching off of their Final Segment Delivery Services! TheBlackAdder Apr 2020 #41

Yeah, whenever I see FedEx "SmartPost"..... SergeStorms Apr 2020 #67

Amazon is starting its own delivery service luvtheGWN Apr 2020 #90

But billions to private industry including negligent Boeing nt live love laugh Apr 2020 #85

And the headline above yours is about the Dems trying to legislate mail in voting. CrispyQ Apr 2020 #2

Voting by mail is promoted by all of the postal unions. guillaumeb Apr 2020 #6

I get that. Just pointing out that if the Post Office has to close due to the crisis... CrispyQ Apr 2020 #8

+1, the KGOP wants to kill USPS so mail in voting wont be possible. They know they're doomed ... uponit7771 Apr 2020 #7

I think there is some truth to that supposition. nt iluvtennis Apr 2020 #15

Damn right thegoose Apr 2020 #70

THIS! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #29

The repugs have wanted to kill the PO for years to give that business to FEDEX and UPS... brush Apr 2020 #36

Yeah, everybody knows gub'mint can't do anything right. 3Hotdogs Apr 2020 #55

Indeed Cetacea Apr 2020 #76

Coincidence? I think not. lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #61

Recommended, guillaumeb Apr 2020 #3

+1, I pray maga cultist will be voted out in such numbers we can fix that uponit7771 Apr 2020 #10

Agreed. guillaumeb Apr 2020 #11

And that just pisses me off to no end, too! NurseJackie Apr 2020 #30

You are welcome. guillaumeb Apr 2020 #59

The gop has wanted to kill it for years.... getagrip_already Apr 2020 #4

Let's be clear........... MyOwnPeace Apr 2020 #45

And now that USPS is approaching fully funded pensions, Ilsa Apr 2020 #78

A Mitt Romney specialty - vulture capitalists keithbvadu2 Apr 2020 #81

Hell of alot more essential than gun shops! sinkingfeeling Apr 2020 #5

So yeah gun shops essential. Post office not essential. Initech Apr 2020 #12

I dunno, if I want to ride a donkey from Seattle to Kalispell to deliver my grandmother AtheistCrusader Apr 2020 #19

We don't need to ship supplies in this country IronLionZion Apr 2020 #49

Everyone can thank George W. Bush for this fiasco UpInArms Apr 2020 #9

Ding, ding, ding!!!!! +10000000000000!!!!!! Mersky Apr 2020 #16

My mother used to say ... UpInArms Apr 2020 #20

Oh, I haven't forgotten Mersky Apr 2020 #25

Yep! moose65 Apr 2020 #38

Well, as if MyOwnPeace Apr 2020 #46

It passed overwhelmingly in both the House and Senate with little opposition MichMan Apr 2020 #82

Yes, but I think this was put it later moose65 Apr 2020 #84

Until Bush did that trying to privatize it marlakay Apr 2020 #39

House should undo this in a separate bill Nululu Apr 2020 #93

The Republicans have screwed them so many times. grrrrrr BeckyDem Apr 2020 #13

It was a terrible thing ... to fund his ill-advised wars UpInArms Apr 2020 #21

So horrible. BeckyDem Apr 2020 #28

I realized, in my late 20s, that the people always suffered the most UpInArms Apr 2020 #32

Its hard, I am a senior too. Lately its too hard. BeckyDem Apr 2020 #34

I don't think it's forgetfulness...I think most people never knew...and that hasn't changed. Karadeniz Apr 2020 #88

This one thing would absolutely devastate our economy. liberalmuse Apr 2020 #14

Yeah we need to save the USPS, it's more vital than ever now. Initech Apr 2020 #17

100% agree! bluestarone Apr 2020 #23

You know if Trump can screw Bezos, he will take every opportunity to do so. nt woodsprite Apr 2020 #58

USPS gone, then the USA is for all intents and purposes is over. PufPuf23 Apr 2020 #18

Postal delivery is in the constitution, I believe. But maybe paying a company to do it counts??? n LAS14 Apr 2020 #22

Typical GOP doing oits best to disable a functioning institution. PufPuf23 Apr 2020 #31

Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 A HERETIC I AM Apr 2020 #73

And the real stupidity of it marlakay Apr 2020 #42

Good read. The Postal Service's Surprising Role in Surviving Doomsday underpants Apr 2020 #24

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2020 #35

Yes it is in the Constitution................But Congress is the one that must do something........ turbinetree Apr 2020 #26

Do they really want to make 800,000 Americans, Progressive Jones Apr 2020 #27

His Royal Pestilence Ad Infinitum Apr 2020 #33

I wish Ben Franklin was with us. He would seek out The Madman and punch him in the nose. LastDemocratInSC Apr 2020 #37

The article says nobody's sending mail PennyK Apr 2020 #40

A lot of the things I order come in the regular marlakay Apr 2020 #44

Total bullshit Traildogbob Apr 2020 #47

Yep, bullshit. Delmette2.0 Apr 2020 #54

Also Traildogbob Apr 2020 #65

+++++++ nt. Delmette2.0 Apr 2020 #66

My partner works for the Postal Service moose65 Apr 2020 #95

I'm sure the next package from congress DenverJared Apr 2020 #43

My thought too, reading this thread. gristy Apr 2020 #48

ditto! I hate the way the USPS is being abused and strangled. librechik Apr 2020 #50

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2020 #52

The republicans will be dancing in the streets Turbineguy Apr 2020 #51

Their goal is to destroy all government, keep what is necessary to line their pockets and keep power Evolve Dammit Apr 2020 #53

After January 20th Biden needs to... not_the_one Apr 2020 #56

+1, uponit7771 Apr 2020 #63

Everything Trump touches dies. Why tf did so many Americans have to fall for his stupid con in 2016? Beartracks Apr 2020 #57

Republicans have been bent on privatizing the USPS for years. Fla Dem Apr 2020 #60

The USPS has operated continuously since 1775. Benjamin Franklin was the first Postmaster General. tclambert Apr 2020 #62

And if the election is largely vote by mail? grantcart Apr 2020 #64

The P.O. is America bagimin Apr 2020 #68

Congress needs to double the price of sending junk mail customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #69

Is USPS trying to get out of pension/health obligations for its retirees? JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2020 #71

Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 (PAEA), is bleeding the post office Historic NY Apr 2020 #72

Intentionally left out. Republicans have been trying to defund USPS for decades because ... CousinIT Apr 2020 #74

+2 Same for govt. workers at all levels & teachers--in Unions! appalachiablue Apr 2020 #91

My Maga brother in law got a job last year as a postal worker kimbutgar Apr 2020 #75

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2020 #80

USPS is *vital* to me (and, I'm sure, many others). hangaleft Apr 2020 #77

We should all go buy stamps and stop using other services. Liberty Belle Apr 2020 #79

Amen to this moose65 Apr 2020 #86

Actually the Rebl2 Apr 2020 #92

Kick dalton99a Apr 2020 #83

Not many of you will like this ThingsGottaChange Apr 2020 #87

I think the purpose of the ban was to stop evasion of cigarette taxes MichMan Apr 2020 #94

If this happens, it will be a disaster to many, many Americans. So sad. trickyguy Apr 2020 #89

This should be top of mind for Dems in congress. This is a four alarm fire joost5 Apr 2020 #96

Local PO installed plexiglass over retail window bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #97