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1 posted on 09/07/2011 3:53:29 AM PDT by tobyhill
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The Obama administration said on Tuesday that it would seek to save the deficit-plagued Postal Service from an embarrassing default by proposing to give it an extra three months to make a $5.5 billion payment due on Sept. 30 to finance retirees’ future health coverage.

The postal service would be making a profit if it weren’t for the retirees benefits.


2 posted on 09/07/2011 3:57:00 AM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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Another rat hole for Obama stash.... Instead why can't we put money somewhere doing good, instead of saving this black hole (not in a racist way). There is a sucking sound here.
3 posted on 09/07/2011 3:57:52 AM PDT by Quick Shot
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It should have been privatized years ago.

I do 100% of all my financial transactions online. The only thing USPS delivers to Mrs. FD and I are Netflix (which I cancelled), junk mail and magazines. They could stop Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday delivery with no adverse affect on us.

Close the whole thing down.


5 posted on 09/07/2011 4:00:34 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (California: Making Texas more Conservative one voter at a time)
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Just turned on the TV, and clicked over to C-span..they were replaying the committee hearing on the USPS....caught this INCREDIBLE line from McCaskill: ( slightly paraphrasing from memory)

"Has the USPS ever considered an ad campaign to convince Ameicans on the importance, the value, of writing letters?"

Possibly the stupidest thing she's ever sdaid?

6 posted on 09/07/2011 4:01:52 AM PDT by ken5050
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“We must act quickly to prevent a Postal Service collapse,” said Senator Joseph Lieberman, independent of Connecticut,

WHY?
It does not work
We are broke.
STOP! No More.................


7 posted on 09/07/2011 4:01:52 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I sign up for the New American Revolution and the Crusades 2012?)
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13 posted on 09/07/2011 4:08:53 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction." Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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Kill the beast. Privatize it.


14 posted on 09/07/2011 4:09:15 AM PDT by iowamark
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To: tobyhill

Ye Gods but this is easy: terminate the Postal unions.


19 posted on 09/07/2011 4:17:16 AM PDT by Oceander (Refusing to Vote in 2012 is the Same Thing as Voting FOR Obama in 2012)
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The public unions are bleeding the body politic dry. We need to sheep dip the country to get rid of the ticks or the host is going to die.
20 posted on 09/07/2011 4:17:55 AM PDT by Truth29
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Close it down, simple solution.


21 posted on 09/07/2011 4:19:18 AM PDT by org.whodat (What does the Republican party stand for////??? absolutely nothing.)
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To: tobyhill

ENOUGH!!!!!! Pensions are NOT SUSTAINABLE...ANYWHERE!!!


24 posted on 09/07/2011 4:21:07 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion is the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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My utility company (Ameren Illinois) will not get on board with electronic billing, the only bill I have that can’t be paid that way. I believe the reason is that they don’t want to pay the fees involved with debit and credit cards and they can’t simply raise rates at will, they have to get permission for every rate increase from a state agency.

So every month I get my bill from them in the U.S. mail and have to use the U.S. mail to send them a paper check and wait about two to three weeks for them to cash it and clear my bank account.

Just remembered, my water bill is the same way, mail a check or pay cash in person, cash is my usual route with them, always getting a receipt.


30 posted on 09/07/2011 4:37:08 AM PDT by Graybeard58
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My usual way to function is via e-mail, electronic funds transfer and a rare Fed-Ex package.

Today will be one of the few times I will actively be sending something via USPS.

I'm sending Mr. Hoffa a tea bag and a letter expressing my displeasure at his performance in detroit on Labor Day.

Not that hoffa will care, but maybe some mafia guy will get short changed by young jimmy and he'll end up in a NJ parking lot with the old man.

31 posted on 09/07/2011 4:39:02 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages.)
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Let me guess - he has a plan but it will cost $300 billion...


33 posted on 09/07/2011 5:52:52 AM PDT by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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let them re-organize under a bankruptcy judge - without the union!!

that is the only option - no more bailouts!!!


34 posted on 09/07/2011 6:21:41 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
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To: tobyhill

All congress has to do is allow them to deliver 5 days instead of 6. The postal service has been asking Congress to let them do this for years. Why won’t the government allow this simple change that will allow the Usps to continue on. Also Congress will not allow the Post Office to offer to sell more goods or services or close more dead weight offices. They prefer Hoffa’s teamster pals at UPS.


36 posted on 09/07/2011 7:07:35 AM PDT by weston (As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing!)
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