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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 10:49 AM Original message |
Postal service could run out of money in ’09 |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. $2 trillion for Wall Street, $96 million for USPS* |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. I just sent an overnight letter with UPS |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Yeah, it's a pretty good deal |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. fee... I Wonder Why... thanks GOP |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Go look at your local post office |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. kinda blows their whole claim that privatization bring prices down |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. privatization is just piratization |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. Call for Help: Postal chief says agency crashing |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I think forcing the USPS to completely support itself was the most boneheaded move ever. |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. "We are not here today to ask for a taxpayer bailout, but we are here to ask the Congress for help"? |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
7. Cut Saturday delivery and get on with life |
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zogofzorkon (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. You might check out the history of the Post Office Dept |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. The history is that the U.S. Post Office used to serve the American people. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
8. Raise Stamps to a $1 |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. i think that they should try 50 cents first... |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
10. Two words |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. One word |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. i still get lots of non-junk mail. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Yep. 90% of my mail is junk mail. I've been paying my bills online for years and years. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. And electronic bill payments... |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. USPS has allowed themselves to get behind the times, this has been coming for a long time |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. Neither rain, nor sleet, nor gloom of night ... |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. So how much of a cut in pay and perks is the postmaster taking to help the problem? |
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