For The Animal Lovers On DU!!!

[Bobbieo]

Starting April 30th you can buy stamps at the post office that help to buy food for shelter pets. You can pre-order them online. I think this would be a great thing to spread around. Could you please forward to your contacts?

http://www.stampstotherescue.com/

[rpannier]

1. Yep

Will do

[Maru Kitteh]

2. AWESOME! Thanks for bringing this here!

[onehandle]

3. Makes me wish I still used stamps. I'll forward the link to others. nt

[devilgrrl]

4. Shared!

K&R

[hlthe2b]

5. Of course we will.... what a great idea.

Kudos, USPS! I'm all in for my little darlins.

[chill_wind]

6. K & R to pass along.

Thanks for posting this.

[PinkFloyd]

7. Thanks for the heads-up!

:toast:
Cheers!

[lordsummerisle]

8. As an animal lover I think this is great

however, to be a naysayer for a moment, how is this being financed?Isn't the post office many billions of dollars in debt...aren't services about to be cut back? Might it be better to get the post office solvent first? Or maybe the feds should "re-takeover" it...

From http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/consumerawareness/a/uspsabout.htm:

According to the laws under which it now operates, the U.S. Postal Service is a semi-independent federal agency, mandated to be revenue-neutral. That is, it is supposed to break even, not make a profit.

In 1982, U.S. postage stamps became "postal products," rather than a form of taxation. Since then, The bulk of the cost of operating the postal system has been paid for by customers through the sale of "postal products" and services rather than taxes.
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As I initially stated I support the idea, but just questioning the financing.

[CC]

9. The website tells who is financing the food. n/t

[amborin]

10. k and r