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jimfields33

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99. You sure go beyond what I wrote

Sun Apr 12, 2020, 04:56 PM

Apr 2020

I didn’t mock those who can’t turn on a computer. The post office will not go away. It will be here longer then all of us.

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U.S. Trump said he would reject a bailout package if it included aid to keep the US Postal Service [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 OP

Pass the bill and make him veto because of the post office YessirAtsaFact Apr 2020 #1

I agree. This would be on trump, not on the democrats. BComplex Apr 2020 #19

They would have to change the Constitution. DownriverDem Apr 2020 #23

But Doesn't REQUIRE It. groundloop Apr 2020 #35

It doesn't require it but Curtis Apr 2020 #72

Checks and balances. ALL presidents can veto bills. Caliman73 Apr 2020 #100

Yes! I DARE him to veto it! Trueblue Texan Apr 2020 #60

+1 grantcart Apr 2020 #64

He's no king notinkansas Apr 2020 #86

Great idea! Cha Apr 2020 #97

I dare him. mercuryblues Apr 2020 #2

That's a good message. You can't have mail service because we have to save liberalla Apr 2020 #49

I double dare him. Oppaloopa Apr 2020 #76

Actually he would be telling the people no stimulus AND no mail. Caliman73 Apr 2020 #101

I would hope such a bailout package that included money for the USPS PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #3

Unless customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #53

Wait until the people in the red states start getting sick. This ain't over. OMGWTF Apr 2020 #82

i suspect 5 to 10 days mercuryblues Apr 2020 #91

Repubs want to kill the post office. that oughta be a good message for dems to promote nt msongs Apr 2020 #4

They've been trying to kill it for a long time underpants Apr 2020 #28

+1 Newest Reality Apr 2020 #39

No repug bribe money from post office, plenty from FedEx & UPS. rickyhall Apr 2020 #46

BASTARDS 3Hotdogs Apr 2020 #5

+100 narnian60 Apr 2020 #44

Wow, our mail person loves Trump LyndaG Apr 2020 #6

I really have no time or sympathy for stupid any more. He deserves what he will get. Sorry for other olegramps Apr 2020 #14

Probably Campaign For Him When He's Out Of Work nt sfstaxprep Apr 2020 #36

Clearly, there's no hope for that one. Trueblue Texan Apr 2020 #61

W-T-F!!!!!!!!!! MyOwnPeace Apr 2020 #62

Stupid is as Stupid does. Jakes Progress Apr 2020 #65

'Chickens voting for Colonel Sanders!' appalachiablue Apr 2020 #67

Perfect. erronis Apr 2020 #68

Let him xmas74 Apr 2020 #7

Many benefits to de-funding the PO TheRickles Apr 2020 #8

Bingo, TR, bullseye..... DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #33

+1 Newest Reality Apr 2020 #40

Spot on. Emphasis on the mail-in voting. Guilded Lilly Apr 2020 #66

And if it's voting by Fedex/UPS Inc. then it's like having the fox guard the henhouse. erronis Apr 2020 #69

And the only recourse, if you've been harmed otchmoson Apr 2020 #81

Add FedEx and UPS to the companies Trump will be shilling for at his next briefing. sop Apr 2020 #9

UPS and Fed Ex can't do it. They've said so many times. underpants Apr 2020 #32

Not for 55 cents, the price of a first class USPS stamp for a letter. sop Apr 2020 #43

Canadians pay significantly more for postage customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #54

Door to door. Also a lot of people don't have mailboxes underpants Apr 2020 #77

That doesn't matter to ideologue conservatives and libertarians JHB Apr 2020 #50

And the only reason that the USPS customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #58

True on junk mail. They deliver for UPS and Fed Ex too underpants Apr 2020 #75

Thank you customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #90

Junk mail is their biggest money maker fescuerescue Apr 2020 #95

Yes, it accounts for the most revenue customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #96

McConnell will go right along with this, so don't think our congress will be able to do anything. C Moon Apr 2020 #10

Oh, and so businesses will still need to get their bills out to their customers to pay, etc. SWBTATTReg Apr 2020 #11

I expect he wants to privatize it. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 #13

That's been the plan since 2naSalit Apr 2020 #22

And then sending a letter will cost five bucks Clash City Rocker Apr 2020 #84

Bills & payments, medical supplies, small local business mailings, technology void seniors...... usaf-vet Apr 2020 #38

And shanti Apr 2020 #52

Exactly! usaf-vet Apr 2020 #102

The idiot/crooks don't care. They have their own delivery systems that bypasses USPS. erronis Apr 2020 #73

Are you serious? Lol jimfields33 Apr 2020 #80

You are not the only one that does stuff like this. And by far, there are a ... SWBTATTReg Apr 2020 #98

You sure go beyond what I wrote jimfields33 Apr 2020 #99

Let him be that big a fool Maeve Apr 2020 #12

Throw 600,000 out of work Ferryboat Apr 2020 #15

This has been a goal of the GOP for years....to privatize the USPS ashredux Apr 2020 #16

Call the cowards bluff! BlueJac Apr 2020 #17

THAT right there is unconstitutional. USPS is written into the Constitution. Impeach the scofflaw. ancianita Apr 2020 #18

Funding isn't though. LiberalArkie Apr 2020 #24

NOT funding that imperils its existence is. ancianita Apr 2020 #51

Senate won't pass it if the president won't sign it...however...just say no bill then. We need the Demsrule86 Apr 2020 #20

All kinds of wrong with that. Baitball Blogger Apr 2020 #21

Motive Dios Mio Apr 2020 #25

RFD LiberalArkie Apr 2020 #26

He doesn't want mail-in ballots BarbD Apr 2020 #27

OK then! Please keep it in and let him VETO relief from the pandemic. Alex4Martinez Apr 2020 #29

Trump has said that if mail-in votes are allowed... Sophiedillo Apr 2020 #30

There is a... Newest Reality Apr 2020 #45

I rarely use P.O. anymore, but it should be saved for the benefit of at140 Apr 2020 #31

Call his bluff. Make him veto it. Then try to override the veto. Freethinker65 Apr 2020 #34

Evil bastard! smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #37

Please see my post under "Phew" about the U.S. Postal Service straight from trickyguy Apr 2020 #41

No post office, no mail in ballots. sarcasmo Apr 2020 #42

Postal Workers Union Endorsed Sanders in 2016 and 2020. Seems like Trump's being Trump. NoRoadUntravelled Apr 2020 #47

Save the Post Office - buy stamps online jmbar2 Apr 2020 #48

I just brought 40 forever stamps last week. kimbutgar Apr 2020 #56

Call his bluff Dream Girl Apr 2020 #55

Anyone but me wondering why Dems didn't call his bluff? maxrandb Apr 2020 #57

Clearly he's unaware of the "who to vote for..." mailings littlemissmartypants Apr 2020 #59

Also, if the USPS shuts down, we will get 500,000 more unemployed. Stonepounder Apr 2020 #63

And Fauci said durablend Apr 2020 #70

The Post Office is far more important to our economy than a cruise industry bailout. keithbvadu2 Apr 2020 #71

You want to talk about shutting down the economy - all hell will erupt if ooky Apr 2020 #74

The p.o. is his new enemy. He knows if we have a marybourg Apr 2020 #78

Let those dumb fucks try this. It would be a huge cluster duck. onecaliberal Apr 2020 #79

The magic touch of tRump's little feculent fingers Blue Owl Apr 2020 #83

Trump wants to kill the United States Postal Service. dalton99a Apr 2020 #85

I think Congress Mr.Bill Apr 2020 #87

I dare you, I double dare ya... SummerSnow Apr 2020 #88

Fine. Let it be on Page One of every newspaper in the country--in an election year! DFW Apr 2020 #89

So Trump is so afraid of vote by mail, he's eliminating the mail? CaptainTruth Apr 2020 #92

Of course he wants the USPS dead. soldierant Apr 2020 #93

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2020 #94

What a selfish asshole I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2020 #103

Is the GOP trying to kill the post office to adversely impact mail-away ballots come November? Pacifist Patriot Apr 2020 #104