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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:13 PM Original message |
The Post Office Canard |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. If I have my history right, Ben Franklin pushed for cheap mail |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Profit should not be the goal of everything in life. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. pretty amazing what those founding four fathers came up with, no? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. John Adams, George Bush is just a distant descendant |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. Look at what Nixon did to the postal service |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. psst. FedEx and UPS are losing money too.. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Any solid depression, combined with gas futures games will do that. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. But they smile, are polite and efficient. nt |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. The P.O. could be profitable..if you don't mind paying $5.00 for a stamp. |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Not true... |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. a much higher price defeats the whole purpose of the Post Office |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I was just correcting the poster |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. I was not attacking, but agreeing with your argument. |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Ok, sorry... |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. my fault for skipping over an agreement or three. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I didn't send holiday cards out last year. Postage has gone up too much. nt |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Cheapest FedEx will deliver a letter, $8.00. hmmm |
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Fla Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. I Love the US Post office. |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. And If The USPS Didn't Exist That Same Birthday Card Sent To Florida Would Probably Cost...... |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. my local post office is staffed with friendly, helpful, nice pros. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
13. Because the USPS is their own bad ad. At the post offices, they're incredibly rude, make no effort |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. The Post Office is running commercials on Fox News. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. We want affordable. They want profitable. |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. Don't they have an argument that a government health care option... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. The idolization of profit is killing society and the planet. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. The Post Office does make money for the government |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. very well stated! |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. I send my income tax payment in the mail. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. If the Post Office becomes profitable, isn't it another form of tax? |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
28. UPS and FedEx skim the cream; the Postal Service must serve all. |
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