Senator Rand Paul Has No Idea Why The USPS Appears To Be Failing, But He Blames Unions

[Omaha Steve]

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RAND PAUL (Stump Source FLIKR CC)

Announced today he is running for POTUS.

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http://nhlabornews.com/2015/04/senator-rand-paul-has-no-idea-why-the-usps-to-appear-to-be-failing-but-he-blames-unions/

By Bill Brickley | April 7, 2015

With much fanfare Rand Paul has officially kicked off his Stand with Rand presidential campaign. He is arguably the most anti worker candidate on the American political landscape.

Paul never strays from being a front man for the wealthy with his extreme anti union beliefs. For Postal workers his message is clear as he advocates an end to collective bargaining rights for postal workers when their current contracts expire. He says he is not “opposed to all unions” he just believes unions are inappropriate for public service workers.

For other union workers his thoughts are just as clear as he proudly introduced a National Right to Work Bill in the Senate. The National Right to Work Committee has given Paul $20,000 already this election cycle which is 57% of all the money it has handed out to all other politicians combined. So you can easily say that Rand Paul has essentially become the national spokesman for Right to Work. This kind of belies his man of the people messaging

When speaking on Postal Reform a month ago in Florida he blasted the Postal Service:
“There are two sectors in the economy. The productive sector: you. And the non-productive sector: the people who live in Washington. They don’t make anything. They can’t even run the post office. They say we are going to project our power and we create new nations around the world. We can’t run our own post office. They came to me last year on my committee and you know what they said, ‘we need bonuses for people at the post office.’ They said ‘you’ve got to pay people to retain talent. To get talented people you’ve got to pay them.’ I said ‘how much talent does it take to lose a billion dollars a quarter.’” I am not quite sure that Postal Bonuses were a major topic in the postal reform mark up. I am quite sure that postal union workers do not receive any bonuses. Plus the USPS has turned an operational profit over the last few years.


FULL story at link. Video below..Edit: An easy to read version of how my pension deduction went up over several year page 76C: http://www.cityofomaha.org/humanresources/images/stories/public_documents/union_contracts//Local%20251%20Labor%20Agreement%202009%20-%202012%20Clean%20Version.pdf

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Rand Paul Falsely Claims That Public Workers Don't Contribute To Their Pensions And Health Care Plans

[Romeo.lima333]

1. even if it were true it would be contractual so stfu you fking shit-for-brains a-hole

jeez some people need to be ....[deleted]...

[guillaumeb]

2. Rand Paul demonstrating once again that ignorance is no obstacle

to being a Senator. On the GOP side I think it is actually a prerequisite.

I am a retired Federal Employee who paid into the CSRS for 37 years. I also paid, and continue to pay, a portion of my health insurance premiums.

Listening to this lunatic, I can only think of two possible scenarios.
1) He has no idea what he is talking about, or
2) He knows but is simply a lying whore who will say anything to get elected.

I can accept either answer but am partial to number 2.

[Omaha Steve]

9. #2

He looks like #2 anyway!

[Gothmog]

3. Rand Paul is an idiot

The fact that he is confused and is willing to blame a third party like unions should not surprise anyone

[marym625]

4. wouldn't expect anything more of this idiot

[madamesilverspurs]

5. Scary derpness.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. Maybe, if the idiot is elected, the postal unions will show their teeth and strike.

Or, maybe like we did in 1970, it won't be the unions but the postal workers who walk out. Which, after Nixon brought in the army to sort and deliver the mail and then admitted defeat, allowed the unions to be recognized.

[MisterP]

7. "and, furthermore, why did they let the USS Cole set sail with that big hole in it?!"

[KamaAina]

8. Is there anything underneath that ugly rug?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. All the better reason not to elect Aqua Buddha

He has no clue