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Occulus

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78. Less work to do in the plants, fewer machines needed,

Thu Mar 21, 2013, 09:48 PM

Mar 2013

too many full timers, more excessing outside of the facility, oops a work spike, more temps hired at half pay, less properly sorted mail, poorer delivery quality, more mistakes in delivery, fewer satisfied customers,

rinse,

repeat.

That's why I quit after eighteen years, two weeks ago, without notice, and not a single backward glance. The USPS is being killed off, first and foremost, by the well-intentioned but completely misguided not-employees who will in the end kill it to save it.

And the list I gave above? That's exactly, event for event, what drove me out. I won't work for someone who intends failure.

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Return to Sender: US Post Office actually has an operating PROFIT [View all] eridani Mar 2013 OP

Ben Franklin is smiling MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #1

Navy postal clerk here madokie Mar 2013 #2

Me too! MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #3

Excellent comeback! RC Mar 2013 #8

Awesome. mac56 Mar 2013 #25

Damned if that's not an epic smackdown! 11 Bravo Mar 2013 #39

"The $5 aspirin is to pay for all of the aspirins they give to uninsured deadbeats... MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #43

+1 HiPointDem Mar 2013 #40

Manny.. sendero Mar 2013 #79

This whole "privatization" crap re: the post office REALLY makes me mad as hell. loudsue Mar 2013 #4

Amazing wyldwolf Mar 2013 #6

Thanks for considering that. loudsue Mar 2013 #9

What's more... wyldwolf Mar 2013 #12

True that. And, see, I hadn't thought of that! loudsue Mar 2013 #15

Don't throw 'em away. "no postage necessary..."gets mailed back to sender if it's from a hated corp. canoeist52 Mar 2013 #14

I do that on a regular basis. loudsue Mar 2013 #16

I'd like to again point out that you can get removed from their mailing lists They_Live Mar 2013 #21

No, you cannot. I have called, written, emailed, loudsue Mar 2013 #23

What? Credit card offers? They_Live Mar 2013 #80

not defending junk mail melm00se Mar 2013 #60

I am aware of that. And while that part makes sense economically, it does not loudsue Mar 2013 #61

Less work to do in the plants, fewer machines needed, Occulus Mar 2013 #78

MONEY mtasselin Mar 2013 #5

The Post Office DOES have competition from UPS and FedEx. RC Mar 2013 #11

The Post Office is truly something for us to be proud of. tecelote Mar 2013 #7

Kickin' this thread for more exposure. loudsue Mar 2013 #10

Without Congress forcing pre-funding of retiree benefits, Buns_of_Fire Mar 2013 #13

+ 1000 They_Live Mar 2013 #18

+1 daleanime Mar 2013 #19

Motley Fool recently did an evaluation of USPS as a business. hay rick Mar 2013 #17

It's the Republican discriminatory pension mandate: Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #20

While it was a bad law, it was also completely bipartisan hack89 Mar 2013 #26

The Democrats thought they were helping the union. The Republicans knew they were stangling govt. nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #27

So were the Dems fools, idiots or naive? nt hack89 Mar 2013 #29

Just a ploy to have a Private Equity Firm seize the USPS and plunder the pension fund. nt TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #30

So the Dems were criminally complicit. I see. nt hack89 Mar 2013 #31

As usual, putting words in other people's mouths. TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #32

Or perhaps you are completely wrong hack89 Mar 2013 #33

Even thought that's contrary to your Birther mentality, it's not surprising. TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #34

I am the one rejecting a conspiracy hack89 Mar 2013 #35

Not to 'plunder', no sane person would telegraph that. But a PE privatization, definitely. TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #38

you're naive. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #41

No - am not naive hack89 Mar 2013 #42

they may be stupid (though i think that's doubtful). the people who fund them are not. and HiPointDem Mar 2013 #45

Well, if it isn't hack89 -- lying about this issue yet again brentspeak Mar 2013 #56

So show me where Waxman was not a cosponsor hack89 Mar 2013 #59

Already explained to you numerous times brentspeak Mar 2013 #62

Here is the appropriate section from the House Bill as it was introduced on 7 Dec 2006 hack89 Mar 2013 #63

Yep, and that is why they want to destroy it. nt bemildred Mar 2013 #22

do any rightwingers use private postal services exclusively Buffalo Bull Mar 2013 #24

K&R Just another scheme to enhance corporate welfare at taxpayer expense. USPS gets no taxpayer Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #28

They do get taxpayer money. See next post. former9thward Mar 2013 #37

What HiPointDem said. I am consistently amazed at how many far right-wing distortions and Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #46

You said they do not take taxpayer money. They do. former9thward Mar 2013 #47

Just as I suspected, there is no point. You don't understand and don't want to understand. Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #50

Your grandmother had good reason to tell this to you. former9thward Mar 2013 #53

The Post Office DOES use taxpayer money. former9thward Mar 2013 #36

bullshit. the 'loss' was created deliberately by congress. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #44

Your link does not show any misinformation on my part. former9thward Mar 2013 #48

the link shows how the 'loss' was created by congress. but you'd have to read the article to HiPointDem Mar 2013 #49

The pension payment has not been paid. former9thward Mar 2013 #51

Postal Service pensions are OVERFUNDED. hay rick Mar 2013 #52

That has NOTHING to do with it. former9thward Mar 2013 #54

You might want to stop letting your dog use the computer. hay rick Mar 2013 #55

His dog probably reads better than he does. n/t brentspeak Mar 2013 #58

The loss was created by everyone on DU. former9thward Mar 2013 #65

as i said, you're a font of disinformation. and not only on this topic. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #67

Looks like I'm going to have to pull up old links on former9thward brentspeak Mar 2013 #57

The funding payment is $5.5 billion a year. former9thward Mar 2013 #64

Reading and reading comprehension are not your friends brentspeak Mar 2013 #69

Not only is math not your friend, it is your enemy. former9thward Mar 2013 #72

There are elementary school children with more brain power than you brentspeak Mar 2013 #73

No they are not. former9thward Mar 2013 #74

There are no gov't agencies or private co's which prepay for unhired future retiree health benefits brentspeak Mar 2013 #75

There was an accounting rule change in 1990 which caused companies to pre fund retiree benefits. former9thward Mar 2013 #76

Hey, Brainstem - I wasn't the OP brentspeak Mar 2013 #77

The pre-funded payments maybe the bulk, but according to Donohoe they still would have lost $3B tammywammy Mar 2013 #66

The pre-funding mandate is the largest, but not the only problem facing the Postal Service. hay rick Mar 2013 #68

K and R senseandsensibility Mar 2013 #70

Morning kick senseandsensibility Mar 2013 #71