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In reply to the discussion: If you thought the Postal Service was bad before, just wait: [View all]For the money, there is simply no service that can compare with USPS.
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Imagine that. Sometimes "worse" really is worse, and "not as bad" is really not as bad.
arcane1
Nov 2014
#2
Actually, I think the Postal service does an amazing job, but as you said things can get worse not
still_one
Nov 2014
#3
Tell me, which Democrats talked about the Post Office situation during their campaigns?
LondonReign2
Nov 2014
#33
The purpose of the bill was to destroy the post office. You can tell that just from the title.
merrily
Nov 2014
#156
The goal is to destroy the nation's largest union and defund the Democratic Party ....
Scuba
Nov 2014
#26
Or the tail wagged the dog until it became the dog. We all need a positive vibe every day.
merrily
Nov 2014
#159
Its straight up ridiculous.....this is NOTHING more than an attempt to bust a strong Union...
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#8
Tough! I proved you WRONG...both Bernie Sanders and Ralph Nader agree with me...
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#103
but it has to do with the FUNDING for 75 yrs in advance....what OTHER org has to do that?
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#95
My god....they call themselves Democrats...then lie like hell about them....then expect us to
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#120
because the CAN"T take the money FROM the pension plan....THAT IS WHY!!!!
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#143
I shown over and over...its OVERFUNDED...and they cannot USE that to cover the shortfall
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#147
And if you are not a Bernie Sanders fan...how about Think Progress and Ralph Nader
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#101
SAME WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION and the NEA and AFT. Union-destroying; nothing to do with teaching kids.
WinkyDink
Nov 2014
#63
UPS and FEDEX have repeatedly said that they can't go to every door every day
underpants
Nov 2014
#80
So just pay FEDEX $18.00 a letter instead of the cost of a stamp and quit complaining about the PO.
brush
Nov 2014
#152
Why don't you respond to my post rather than bringing up a strawman
taught_me_patience
Nov 2014
#149
Up To Now All The Damage To The U.S. Postal Service That Was Done By The Repubs....
global1
Nov 2014
#14
Not true. Research the history of the 2006 postal "reform" act and see Reply 57.
merrily
Nov 2014
#66
Nope. That legislation had bi-partisan support. Please see Reply 57 and look up the yeas and nays
merrily
Nov 2014
#67
That 75 year funding requirement was slipped in in the Senate to the House bill by a repug.
brush
Nov 2014
#153
Not misleading at all. It was rammed through the senate w/o yeas and nays and the House vote
merrily
Nov 2014
#155
The 75 year funding clause was slipped into the House bill in the Senate by a repug . . .
brush
Nov 2014
#157
I understood that the first time you said it. So what? The entire bill was written by a "repug"
merrily
Nov 2014
#158
Regardless. Even if so, ALEC acted through Postal Commissioner Taub, Obama's appointee.
merrily
Nov 2014
#163
If you saw nothing in my posts about the House and Senate, something is very wrong.
merrily
Nov 2014
#169
I would be curious to know how many postal workers voted for pugs in the election. I bet many.
lonestarnot
Nov 2014
#17
me either. I love the US Mail Service. I still my all my bills this way.
Tuesday Afternoon
Nov 2014
#54
Me either. It has been slandered a lot, though, by those who want privatization.
merrily
Nov 2014
#160
Me too. For under half a buck I mail a letter in the lobby of my building in Boston and
merrily
Nov 2014
#68
Privatization has had bipartisan support, subtle and not so subtle. Please see replies 57, 158 and
merrily
Nov 2014
#170
Eh...if you didn't have the USPS.....you wouldn't be getting some of your Fedex and UPS
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#52
Honestly, though, I've never had many problems with the USPS up to this point.
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2014
#39
Yep. Isn't that insane, hiring Fedex to use USPS, when you can just ship USPS yourself?
merrily
Nov 2014
#74
If things are really as bad as indicated I could go without Saturday delivery but:
Paper Roses
Nov 2014
#106