Posted on 05/03/2006 8:10:38 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
That's it in a nutshell!the disappearing middle class. So much for the American dream, it has become a nightmare for many of us. We play by the rules while those who don't are rewarded. We are given excuse after excuse, about how THEY need to support their families, while we struggle to find ways to support ours. At the end of the day the rich get richer, and no one cares about those who fall through the cracks, who are actually dare I say it? AMERICAN CITIZENS!
He's starting to be a real embarrassment on domestic issues.
True at every time an increase came about, a profit center feeding the general fund of the USA.
Not a tax, just a well hidden one!
Yes, and with the gas prices everything goes up, food, clothes, etc.
Yet the poor oil companies post yet another "record" earnings quarter with profits 50% greater than the previous quarter.
Your packages arrive in better shape with the USPS, too.
I will never ship UPS again unless I absolutely positively need to do that.
That is an excellent idea!!!!
"Overall, the Postal Service expects to finish this fiscal year about $2 billion in the red."
So this is a lie?
Your opinion. That's not my experience.
That is an excellent idea!!!!
Well, h*ll yes, it's been what, almost a year since the last one.
I pay my bills through online banking - the only stamps I need are for a few birthday cards, IRS things like that. My stamp consumption is about 1/10 of what it was just 2-3 years ago.
So does the PO get it? No-oo, they just raise the price for whoever does still use their service.
Their pensions are underfunded and their UNION wants to fund them.
IMO, we were going to be profitable by mid year without the last increase, but the Post Office said by law they had to have reserves which is why they raised the price just months ago.
Let's face it, people are using less and less mail and it should probably be delivered 3 times a week to save money.
I do not think there should be any price raises for ten years at least.
What would happen is those companies would zone the mail and
you'd pay about the same as now for local mail and a lot more the further the mail traveled.
Some low volume areas just wouldn't be serviced.
Now you pay the actual cost since USPS doesn't make a profit. Profit delivery companies will charge the actual cost plus their profit.
Standard Class mail has no monopoly. The reason private companies don't deliver it is because there's not enough profit margin to be worth setting up the infrastructure.
I sure hope Norm's Mallard stamp gets it.
Because people love to b_tch :~D
And I agree with you.
Please make this into a banner and bumper stickers. It's hilarious!!! However, I think one of our substitute substitute carries is an alien....from another planet!
Purchasing Postal Services is 100% voluntary.
The post office could be run much more efficiently. At the post office I have to use there is a machine that dispenses stamps, weighs packages and prints out postage, etc. Guess what? It is down most of the time. If these machines were available like ATMs we would not need all those union thugs were are on break most of the day.
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