Posted on 07/19/2012 8:50:15 PM PDT by MrPiper
48 hrs, 1 lb package $5 bucks.
9405509699938019982751 Priority Mail® Delivered July 19, 2012, 2:47 pm GLEN, NH 03838 Delivery Confirmation™
Accepted at USPS Origin Sort Facility July 17, 2012, 2:19 pm DAPHNE, AL 36526
You seem to take this as a theoretical proposition.
The fact is the institution called the USPS did not set aside funds to pay for the promises they made to their employees.
Now the bill is coming due. And the money isn’t there.
Now what?
you sir, have a clue! USPS is a cash cow.
You seem to take this as a theoretical proposition.
The fact is the institution called the USPS did not set aside funds to pay for the promises they made to their employees.
Now the bill is coming due. And the money isn’t there
Now what?
You have all the answers. What do we do?
I will defend your right to spout nonsense to the death.
just like Social Security.... Hmmmmmmm
Then private equity will pay a premium for it.
SSI is another scam. What is your point?
48 hrs, 1 lb package $5 bucks', still a good deal!
The problem with having a discussion with you is that I have said nothing to lead you to this. I asked you what we do about the Constitutional issue. I don’t have “all” of the answers. The USPS certainly has problems. You don’t think there should be any postal service at all. I disagree. I’m not sure how you get from there to me thinking I have all of the answers. This is why I think engaging with you is a waste of time.
Then you probably need to get to work on that.
No, obviously I'm not going to be able to change this. And my god, even on an ostensible conservative I'm seem to be fighting the current.
No. Total collapse. Get ready for it.
that is
even on an ostensible conservative web site
I asked a serious question (is there a Constitutional issue) you gave a flip answer. My take? You are just venting about the government. So, what’s the point? Nothing as far as I can see. We all don’t like the direction the government is going. However, our Founders did put the USPS in place, and even some conservatives believe it has a job (we may not like what it has become today, but that is not the entire issue at hand).
Obviously it’s open for discussion, but you don’t seem at all interested in discussion, you have made up your mind, and so, as far as I can see, this is completely pointless. I don’t know what else I can say here. It does not make me less conservative than you. It simply means we don’t see eye to eye on this.
So Ben Franklin was wrong when he argued that every citizen should be afforded the right to secure, private communication. Universal access and delivery shouldn’t be something the Federal Government guarantees and protects. I am not with you on that. Does the Post Office need to get rid of the archaic bloated bureaucracy that is causing the top down rot? Absolutely IMO.
Yes, the Constitution says delivering mail is a function of the Federal Government. That is an anachronism. Change it. Ok?
You want to discuss it? Fine go ahead. You bet I’ve made up my mind. Change it. I challenge you.
Ben Franklin was right in 1750. Ben Franklin would agree with me in 2012. This does not need to be a function of the Federal Government.
Because of so many fools in this country we might lose the Postal Service which is in the Constitution while retaining IRS, EPA, FDA, FCC, Dept of Energy, Education, and so on, none of which the Founders established. Congratulations “conservatives”!
Timely post.
I quit using UPS this month for all our retail accounts. USPS matches their delivery times, and usually beats them by days, plus (for now) delivers on Sat. A BIG plus for our smaller retailers.
Fed Ex ground was real good at first. Then the prices went up to UPS levels and the service went down to UPS levels.
I cannot count the times UPS let a package sit at the station rather than deliver it early. Yeah they get it there, but no sooner then they have to.
Then that is where our disagreement lies. I believe Ben Franklin was right for eternity. And furthermore I believe that Ben Franklin believed he was right for eternity.
You so do not understand Franklin.
Franklin would LAUGH right in your face.
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