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US Postal Service could shut down by June, lawmakers warn
CBS ^ | 4/4/2020 | Sophie Lewis

Posted on 04/04/2020 3:54:13 AM PDT by sodpoodle

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, postal workers have been on the front lines, considered "essential workers" who must continue to do their jobs as usual while others stay home. But some lawmakers are warning that without more support, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) could completely shut down in the next few months, threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Americans.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: imeimeimdp0622; mail; shutdown; usps
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Sent out birthday cards last week - really early - something prompted me to do so. Intuition???????

(having problems cutting & pasting with this laptop)

1 posted on 04/04/2020 3:54:13 AM PDT by sodpoodle
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To: sodpoodle

Never let a crisis go to waste (when you’re looking for a pension bsilout)


2 posted on 04/04/2020 3:57:14 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: sodpoodle

Should really help the dems push for vote by mail.


3 posted on 04/04/2020 4:00:36 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Think of the mountains of junk mail never seeing the light of day.

Bummer for actual mail though.


4 posted on 04/04/2020 4:01:08 AM PDT by wally_bert (Spend like you were going to the electric chair!)
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To: sodpoodle

What’s the secret to telling a good postman joke?

The delivery


5 posted on 04/04/2020 4:03:41 AM PDT by loucon
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Licking envelopes?????


6 posted on 04/04/2020 4:05:20 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: sodpoodle

“Without more support.”


7 posted on 04/04/2020 4:09:33 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Scapegoating is a textbook coping mechanism.)
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To: Tax-chick

Postal service pledge drives in the future?


8 posted on 04/04/2020 4:11:55 AM PDT by wally_bert (Spend like you were going to the electric chair!)
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To: sodpoodle

who must continue to do their jobs as usual while others stay home.

No, while others are FORCED at gunpoint to stay home.


9 posted on 04/04/2020 4:13:20 AM PDT by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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To: wally_bert

Pelosi tried to get a postal bailout in the virus relief bill. This is just ground prep to take another run at it.


10 posted on 04/04/2020 4:13:42 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: sodpoodle
What a great opportunity to "re-image" (to use failed governor Gavin Newscum's word) the post office as a series of outsourced privatized businesses acting independently under strictly enforced government guidelines for service and performance. Compliance and performance determining the amount and continuance of any Federal subsidies. Hiring and policies determined by local laws.

Basically it would work in states like Florida, Arizona and other conservative areas and in NYC and large leftist CA cities, it would become a thing of the past, while still permitting conservative areas to maintain service.

11 posted on 04/04/2020 4:14:57 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: sodpoodle

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds”

Doesn’t mention anything about the flu in their motto


12 posted on 04/04/2020 4:15:20 AM PDT by RonnG (')
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To: sodpoodle
some lawmakers = 2 commie 'rats
13 posted on 04/04/2020 4:18:36 AM PDT by SanchoP
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To: wally_bert

Shut it all down and let private companies handle it. Pension off all the employees tomorrow. They cost less if they don’t “work.”


14 posted on 04/04/2020 4:19:40 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Scapegoating is a textbook coping mechanism.)
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To: RonnG

lol

I honestly dont recall the last time I got a piece of mail that was necessary.

Emails and online payments.

Online invites.

If it dies...it dies. :)


15 posted on 04/04/2020 4:19:45 AM PDT by dp0622 (Radicals, racists dont point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
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To: wally_bert

Shut down junk mail but continue first class and packages. If they close down, then the grocery stores must shut down, too. Right, USPS???? Because we don’t value your lazy asses more than the grocery store workers.


16 posted on 04/04/2020 4:23:06 AM PDT by RealVirginia
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To: sodpoodle

Billions of taxpayer dollars to deliver junk mail.


17 posted on 04/04/2020 4:26:01 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: RealVirginia

I went to school with a guy who is now in the junk mail business. That ain’t happening. Their lobbying organization is YUGE.


18 posted on 04/04/2020 4:26:53 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Tax-chick

I’m with you there.


19 posted on 04/04/2020 4:27:39 AM PDT by wally_bert (Spend like you were going to the electric chair!)
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To: dp0622
I honestly dont recall the last time I got a piece of mail that was necessary.

The census came in the mail....oh wait.

20 posted on 04/04/2020 4:29:50 AM PDT by Politically Correct
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