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So you are selfish and I am selfish.. the difference is my selfishness is about making cuts to government spending, and yours is about people disagreeing with your viewpoint.
I never said that the USPS shouldn't exist, and also, it isn't just because I don't use it, but an increasing number of citizens are moving away from using it. You don't want the delivery days cut because you use it all the time, which is selfish and not caring what the rest of the US wants.
See my reply to the other poster who came to your defense.
And likewise, when did I ever say that I use it all the time?
For the most part, the umbilical cord (i.e. taxpayer subsidy of the USPS) was cut in the early 1980's. It was the more recent requirement passed by a Republican congress that forced the USPS to do something that no other agency has to do and they knew very well when they passed it that it would bankrupt the USPS.
That's why no elected representative or anyone who has a clue about the situation is surprised this happened.
Don't get me wrong, the unions played just as big a role in this problem as the government did. But the change in the rules via H.R. 1351 magnified the problem a thousand times.
Kinda reminds me of the repeal of Glass-Steagal. Why can't the government just leave well enough alone once in a while?
So if the Post Office shuts down, the Democrats will be glad to blame it on the Republicans. Because the group of voters who are most likely to vote, the over 60 crowd, are probably still using the mail to pay for their bills and won't like wondering if their payments will make it on time.
So if the Post Office shuts down, the Democrats will be glad to blame it on the Republicans. Because the group of voters who are most likely to vote, the over 60 crowd, are probably still using the mail to pay for their bills and won't like wondering if their payments will make it on time.
If the USPS shuts down, there will be plenty of blame to go around for both parties, as is the case with so many other problems this country faces.
If the USPS shuts down, there will be plenty of blame to go around for both parties, as is the case with so many other problems this country faces.
Surely the Republicans will want the Post Office to go into default mode and shut down, if that works to declare postal union labor contracts no longer valid.
Surely the Republicans will want the Post Office to go into default mode and shut down, if that works to declare postal union labor contracts no longer valid.
IF is the key word there. I have no idea what those contracts look like so I can't say for sure that it would be the case. Logic would suggest it would work, but when have union contracts ever been logical?
So out of this disagreement and misunderstanding comes a positive...why not let individuals (addresses for the USPS) opt out of daily mail delivery in order to save some money? Yeah, it might require some investment to set up a system to manage that info and some re-training of the carriers, but I could see that being a big money saver in the long run.
"The USPS has not directly received taxpayer-dollars since the early 1980s with the minor exception of subsidies for costs associated with the disabled and overseas voters."
Well, so far this year the USPS is 9 billion in the red and can't come up with the 5 billion that is due to the treasury. So much for profitability eh?
Well, so far this year the USPS is 9 billion in the red and can't come up with the 5 billion that is due to the treasury. So much for profitability eh?
They were fine until 2006 even while facing huge declines in volume. H.R. 1351 was the killer.
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