[dragnet2]

Of course they do it every time one of them drop dead. Did ya expect they to do something involving common sense?

And what has the mail got to do with a president dying? It seems they're suggesting the USPS is not really important, critical or needed.

Btw, will the postal workers be paid for not working?

[Jamestown1630]

As I understand the policy, they will be paid or receive compensatory time.

It seems to me a very materialistic way of looking at life to disparage entirely the importance of symbol/ritual, and the ideals that underlie them, in our collective national life. Many would say that our ideals are really all we’ve got left.

But if all you care about is money, well...