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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 04:45 PM Original message |
USPS proposes cutting 120,000 jobs, pulling out of health-care plan |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Or this can be avoided if Congress retracts the federal law it enactded in 2006 |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Among other things, my dad of blessed memory was a postal worker for 38 years... |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. the last gasp of the USPS dinosaur. |
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mailman82 (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yes I am a dinosaur! |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. The USPS only became a dinosaur recently. |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. I have a great mail carrier too! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. You do understand that the mismanagement is on purpose |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. nothing to do with email or competition from Fedex etc? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Actually there is a direct correlatiion between the 2006 bill |
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mailman82 (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. Correct!!!!!! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Welcome to DU by the way |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 03:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
35. Precisely |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Imagine how expensive it would be to send a package without the USPS |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Maybe they should focus on packages instead of delivering billions of pieces of junk mail.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. You obviously missed the adds |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Dinosaurs are very cool and effecient. They lasted for tons of |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. its called evolution. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. What century would you lke to go back to? |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Great analogy! The USPS needs to evolve. It does not need to |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Disgusting |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. no. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. But why are you flamebaiting here... |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. why are you misrepresenting my comments? |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. We need to help the corporations help the USPS |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I like it... will start doing that |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. The reason is a prefunding mandate of retirement put in by Congress |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Exactly so. This part is especially informative |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. without ebay & junk mail, the USPS would probably fold up |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Actually, the don't look to be doing that badly, except for the aggressive |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Alas when people pay for FedEx the last mile is delivered |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. huh.. when something comes to me FED EX, it comes in a fed ex truck |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. And many a times it come from your mailman |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. They are forcing people to retire "early" |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
25. So what will the economy do with 120k new unemployed workers? |
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Tyrs WolfDaemon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
33. I think the USPS should have gotten into the e-mail business... |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
36. THAT'S "Change you can believe in:" |
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