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Freep Poll (Should Post Office monopoly end?)
www.countypressonline.com ^
| 4/7/04
Posted on 04/08/2004 6:16:38 PM PDT by Tribune7
The law grants the United States Postal Service a monopoly on home mail delivery. Similar postal monopolies have ended in other countries such as New Zealand and Sweden. Should this monopoly be ended here?
Yes
No
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posted on
04/08/2004 6:16:39 PM PDT
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Tribune7
To: Temple Owl
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posted on
04/08/2004 6:16:57 PM PDT
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Tribune7
(Arlen Specter supports the International Crime Court having jurisdiction over US soldiers)
To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Willie Green; Mo1; ..
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posted on
04/08/2004 6:18:05 PM PDT
by
Tribune7
(Arlen Specter supports the International Crime Court having jurisdiction over US soldiers)
To: Tribune7
87% Yes
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posted on
04/08/2004 6:20:30 PM PDT
by
Support Free Republic
(If Woody had gone straight to the police, this would never have happened!)
To: Tribune7
I don't know.... but I would like to see some figures to get an idea just how profitable the government agency is. I know it costs a lot to run a local post office, so does anyone have any figures?
To: Tribune7
No way.
Then we'd have all kinds of postal employees going postal all at once...... ;-)
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posted on
04/08/2004 6:23:22 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.)
To: Bush Cheney
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posted on
04/08/2004 6:30:48 PM PDT
by
deport
(("These guys are the most crooked, you know, lying group I have ever seen. It's scary," Kerry said.)
To: Tribune7
To: Tribune7
Yes, and the public school monopoly also has to go. It's gotten way too political and the children are nothing but pawns in their political games.
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posted on
04/08/2004 6:32:34 PM PDT
by
concerned about politics
( Liberals are still stuck at the bottom of Maslow's Hierarchy)
To: Tribune7
Hey! I work for the US Postal Service!
I'm conflicted about this because the founding fathers felt it was a critical enough element to national infrustructure to operate under the government.
Although I think we need to be severely audited and cut the waste.
To: Tribune7
YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES
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posted on
04/08/2004 6:36:59 PM PDT
by
Smartass
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posted on
04/08/2004 6:39:17 PM PDT
by
counterpunch
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To: deport; All
Here's some updated figures from 2003. Source: http://www.usps.com/history/anrpt03/
2003 Financial Highlights- (In Millions)
Operating Revenue: $68,529
Operating Expense: $63,902
To: Crazieman
Hey! I work for the US Postal Service!
I'm conflicted about this because the founding fathers felt it was a critical enough element to national infrustructure to operate under the government.
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True, it wasn't a feasible free market enterprise back then. However, I'm also conflicted because the things that might enter the country nowadays might need federal scrutiny. I guess I'd like to see the post office out of all domestic but have authority over all incoming international mail...problem is that they would find a way to soak us just as bad on that.
To: Tribune7
Yeah sure, if a private company can deliver my letter from New York to California for 37 cents.
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posted on
04/08/2004 7:30:00 PM PDT
by
JakeSladder
("if men are so wicked as we now see them with religion, what would they be if without it?")
To: Crazieman
People have competed with the Postal Service before. That's how Wells Fargo got its start.
To: JakeSladder
They're snotty, lying and arrogant. They COULDN'T POSSIBLY survive in competition with UPS and the others. If you receive a package in unacceptably tattered condition from any of the others you can refuse it. When my last Gevalia shipment arrived it was torn to shreds and items missing and repacked WITH USPS MATERIAL They denied denied denied. nope we don't know nuthin', Sorry! Those losers couldn't earn anything like their pay level at a REAL shipper. I hope they go under.
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posted on
04/08/2004 7:39:30 PM PDT
by
TalBlack
("Tal, no song means anything without someone else....")
To: TalBlack
My brother hopes they go under too. He works at the USPS and the rumor is that vested employees with 20+ years will get an early out retirement settlement. He's about ready to retire too. 20 years of the soft life lifting and carrying parcels and sacks full of mail at 3am has just about busted his spine.
To: JakeSladder
Yeah sure, if a private company can deliver my letter from New York to California for 37 cents. Why do you think one couldn't?
Anyway, nobody's talking about eliminating the post office, just ending the prohibition on competition.
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posted on
04/09/2004 11:17:38 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
(Arlen Specter supports the International Crime Court having jurisdiction over US soldiers)
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