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byronius

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8. This is the big canary in the coal mine.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2015, 03:23 PM

May 2015

Conservatives want the US dead, dead and gone. And destroying the USPS is but one clear example.

Pay-to-play, purchasing politicians, legalized bribery -- what, me worry?

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Stop Postal executives from destroying our Postal Service [View all] KamaAina May 2015 OP

One has to look no further than Congress lapfog_1 May 2015 #1

The ONLY saving grace is that it ends in 2016 - not sure how the fiscal year runs. After that they Hestia May 2015 #2

It's that "Free Market Fundamentalism," practically a religious doctrine with some on the right. tclambert May 2015 #5

I agree one hundred percent Angry Dragon May 2015 #6

K & R. GOP Starve the Beast policy at work- kill govt. services, jobs, unions, & people. appalachiablue May 2015 #3

That's it, in a nutshell. Maynar May 2015 #4

Not at all clueless. Just totally evil. erronis May 2015 #7

Evil and intentional. Yes, cutting govt. budgets, services, programs & staff causes people to appalachiablue May 2015 #12

Many kicks - you are listing items I haven't even considered. Thanks and keep on keeping on! erronis May 2015 #13

This is the big canary in the coal mine. byronius May 2015 #8

Thanks for posting Omaha Steve May 2015 #9

Wonder who appointed these executives who want to kill their own business d_legendary1 May 2015 #10

Let's take a guess - it isn't the taxpayer, it isn't the agencies - it must be: erronis May 2015 #14

And this is the result of the cutbacks. Sometimes I have to wait until 4 PM to get my mail. totodeinhere May 2015 #11

Typical Republican anti-democratic behavior. Complain that government can't do anything GoneFishin May 2015 #15

It's one of the most dasterdly uses of power... MrMickeysMom May 2015 #16