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Leslie Valley

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25. Let me quote this back to you, make sure I understand

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Original post)

Thu Feb 7, 2013, 03:29 PM

Feb 2013

Zero dollars of your tax money go to the postal service. It is funded through the sale of mail services, yet...any mail rate increases, first, second or third, fourth et al, have to be approved by Congress. It might com as a surprise, but getting that authorization is like pulling teeth...

Are you then advocating for severing ties between the USPS and the government as it would seem most of the Postal Service's problems are related to government regulations and control?

That sounds like privatizing the service and allowing it to be operated as a business.

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Some things about the USPS [View all] nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 OP

yet another public institution people are apparently okay with the republicans destroying liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #1

Most Americans, hell, most DU'ers, are ignorant of these nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #2

I am not ignorant sad-cafe Feb 2013 #27

Big Eddie tries most every night montanacowboy Feb 2013 #52

Not the republicans, this was a bipartisan scheme. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #47

I would happily pay $1.00 for a first-class stamp Orrex Feb 2013 #3

It is getting Congress to authorize this nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #4

You're 100% right--Congress (especially certain elements thereof) is the obstacle Orrex Feb 2013 #8

You know truly shocking??? nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #9

My postman made an off color comment once when he handed me my Time magazine Dustlawyer Feb 2013 #19

No surprise. hay rick Feb 2013 #41

Indeed. I wonder if the same people who buy $1.00 soda from the vending machine daily alp227 Feb 2013 #46

In Switzerland, we pay the equivalent of $1.09 for a first-class stamp and it's not a burden. Heidi Feb 2013 #49

Thnak You. NOLALady Feb 2013 #5

Hubby works at the plant nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #6

Even though they have issues, I think it's a business model SaveAmerica Feb 2013 #23

Absolutely. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #26

Do you know of any online effort to get congresspeople SaveAmerica Feb 2013 #42

The nation has a petition. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #43

I don't have experience with this kind of effort, Senator Hagan (D-NC) SaveAmerica Feb 2013 #50

Change.org Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #53

K&R Sherman A1 Feb 2013 #7

And UPS and others are allowed to skim the cream off the top of the mail business. rhett o rick Feb 2013 #10

I am all for (re)subsidizing the USPS Taverner Feb 2013 #11

That's admirable wryter2000 Feb 2013 #28

Fed-Ex, their competitor, has Kinkos Hayabusa Feb 2013 #32

Postal Service is prohibited from offering those services. nt hay rick Feb 2013 #34

Rules and Regulations can always be changed. Hayabusa Feb 2013 #35

I'd pay $2 per stamp - in any case the USPS is needed Taverner Feb 2013 #33

If the Postal Service hadn't been forced a Rep Congress to fund 75 years of retirement benefits, amandabeech Feb 2013 #36

+100 Taverner Feb 2013 #37

I like the Post Office matt819 Feb 2013 #12

Imagine: Gov demands in 10 years, pay your retirement, your child's, that child's, 75 years worth. Festivito Feb 2013 #13

Know what I hate about UPS and FedEx? PDJane Feb 2013 #14

Next year nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #15

Call your friends and family Milliesmom Feb 2013 #16

Yes please!! SaveAmerica Feb 2013 #22

Can someone explain to me why union benefits should not be funded? kudzu22 Feb 2013 #17

They were like any other employer nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #20

Pension funds and health care funds are separate. hay rick Feb 2013 #30

Not for 75 years in advance wryter2000 Feb 2013 #59

issa also has a wish list of USPS regulations he's xxqqqzme Feb 2013 #18

True Story - might want to add that they support dem candidates SaveAmerica Feb 2013 #21

Rate increases are not approved by Congress. former9thward Feb 2013 #24

Let me quote this back to you, make sure I understand Leslie Valley Feb 2013 #25

Kick nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #29

unfortunately it seems we can be talked into almost anything in the name of saving money. We are jwirr Feb 2013 #31

I've spent a lot of time in rural areas, small towns and small cities. amandabeech Feb 2013 #38

I know nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #40

K&R. Fantastic post. wakemewhenitsover Feb 2013 #39

Ed touched on it tonight. The people that will suffer the most from no Saturday delivery bluestate10 Feb 2013 #44

Indeed. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #45

You should look into how the USPS is forced to subsidize FedEx and UPS by Congress. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #48

they've been trying to privatize it for years 2pooped2pop Feb 2013 #51

Why would we need to raise rates, if the USPS could get out from under from prefunding the RC Feb 2013 #54

Donahue has asked for a raise for years too. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #55

You don't get it--the prefunding scam the PO is dealing with is not a bug--it's a feature. Nay Feb 2013 #57

No, you don't get it. RC Feb 2013 #58

Great post. NCTraveler Feb 2013 #56

Interesting comment about Issa and UPS... midnight Feb 2013 #60