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In reply to the discussion: BRAND NEW mail sorting machine was dismantled Friday & thrown in a dumpster in Grand Junction, CO [View all]procon
(15,805 posts)39. Fraud. Waste and Abuse.
The federal government has harsh penalties for those who willfully destroy government property. There are rigid procedures for decommissioning equipment, and in most cases the government tries to recoup their losses through public auction, sale yards, bulk salvage, etc., where brokers will buy bulk lots for resale.
In general, most govt property isn't simply tossed in the trash like this.
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BRAND NEW mail sorting machine was dismantled Friday & thrown in a dumpster in Grand Junction, CO [View all]
fleur-de-lisa
Aug 2020
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I heard the notion that they weren't used as much, and they needed the floorspace to store packages.
Beartracks
Aug 2020
#59
This new one was sorting so fast, they were delivering letters that hadn't been written yet.
tclambert
Aug 2020
#78
If Biden wins the election, he must prosecute those responsible for these outrageous actions.
olegramps
Aug 2020
#101
But that mother fucker said just yesterday that he had no idea who was giving these orders.
Botany
Aug 2020
#16
I couldn't stomach watching DeJoy for more than a few minutes ... smiling and laughing as he was ...
Botany
Aug 2020
#32
Barr, DeJoy, and Dick Cheney have all gotten rich off of being pricks. And they like it when ...
Botany
Aug 2020
#54
probably -- wouldn't be sufficiently Trumpy without a crime sprinkled in there somewhere
0rganism
Aug 2020
#10
I Want To Know Where The Money Is Coming From To First - Buy These Machines And Then....
global1
Aug 2020
#11
Why would this order be obeyed? I would drop a dime to every paper and news station around.
Pepsidog
Aug 2020
#57
Who the hell is the postal manager in Grand Junction and why can't he comment??
lostnfound
Aug 2020
#12
Read a few days ago that DeJoy ordered postal workers not to talk to media. Here is the phone #:
fleur-de-lisa
Aug 2020
#15
How does DeJoy have the power to classify the destruction of USPS property as Top Secret?
WyattKansas
Aug 2020
#105
How much do these machines cost? The post office is losing money and so they are throwing
Maraya1969
Aug 2020
#13
Louis DeJoy was being questioned by the Senate Homeland Security Committee
fleur-de-lisa
Aug 2020
#14
Funny how the machines stop working when you take 'em apart and put 'em in a dumpster.
Botany
Aug 2020
#44
To get the facts you have to ask a mail processing equipment mechanic or electronic technician.
Scruffy1
Aug 2020
#92
Okay bring the Grand Junction manager into a Congressional house hearing and ask
turbinetree
Aug 2020
#42
Take the paperwork with a signature on it to the press. And WHY THE FUCK
Ferrets are Cool
Aug 2020
#66
Congress had better take the cost of those machines out of that motherfucker's hide.
GoCubsGo
Aug 2020
#68
Surely there must be a cost-benefit analysis to make such a business decision. Let's see it.
keithbvadu2
Aug 2020
#72
Tracking the mail with photos of every piece was a big issue when there were terrorist incidents
bucolic_frolic
Aug 2020
#74
It was a hand-me-down machine from Seattle they couldn't repair. Per the article. nt
Hotler
Aug 2020
#80
It makes no sense. It is governmental waste of resources and money. Yet no one questions this?
UCmeNdc
Aug 2020
#102
I am furious with the Dems over this. They need to be arresting these people for destruction
OregonBlue
Aug 2020
#108