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mpcamb

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24. The Post Office is a service we do for ourselves, not a business.

Reply to not fooled (Reply #13)

Wed Feb 9, 2022, 05:40 PM

Feb 2022

We've done it for a couple centuries and it hasn't outlived its usefulness.
It's only in the last few years that same group of superwealthy culprits have tried to kill it so they can privatize one more aspect of life and make the average citizen pay THEM for what we've always had for free.

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House passes bill to reform Postal Service operations [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2022 OP

The service is abysmal bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #1

It all comes from the top. Talking with mail persons, they confide it is being held up intentionally Evolve Dammit Feb 2022 #11

The playbook for privatization not fooled Feb 2022 #13

The Post Office is a service we do for ourselves, not a business. mpcamb Feb 2022 #24

Step 1: Send Louis on a DeJoyride to Maga Lardo Blue Owl Feb 2022 #2

Pass this bill, and then work on getting rid of DeJoy. Lonestarblue Feb 2022 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Feb 2022 #4

Exactly! Rebl2 Feb 2022 #9

The financial reform is important. TomSlick Feb 2022 #5

The root of the problem... 2naSalit Feb 2022 #14

There was zero Democratic opposition to it at the time madville Feb 2022 #15

The former bill that hurt the PostOffice True Blue American Feb 2022 #16

That Issa bill never passed, it was just introduced in 2013 madville Feb 2022 #21

That is the bill I was referring to True Blue American Feb 2022 #22

Are they gonna address the ridiculous rule Deuxcents Feb 2022 #6

Yes, last paragraph. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2022 #7

Thank you..I'll re read Deuxcents Feb 2022 #8

They did. True Blue American Feb 2022 #17

Apparently this has a lot of bipartisan support in the Senate as well BumRushDaShow Feb 2022 #10

Passed overwhelmingly. True Blue American Feb 2022 #18

Yes - in the House. The Senate has it now... the latest-- BumRushDaShow Feb 2022 #19

Rand Paul will try to block it. Jacson6 Feb 2022 #12

If there are 60 votes to invoke cloture BumRushDaShow Feb 2022 #20

The way they have been passing nominees the last few days True Blue American Feb 2022 #23

From what I understand too BumRushDaShow Feb 2022 #25

Many are beginning to realize True Blue American Feb 2022 #26

Either that or Ronna pissed off the wrong guy BumRushDaShow Feb 2022 #27