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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:52 PM Original message |
Post Office Proposes (another) Stamp Rate Increase (because of gas costs) |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. If you could afford it |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Pay all your bills online and do away with the U.S.P.S. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Please explain. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. you can pay your bills online |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Still doesn't answer my question. |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. From my old friend... |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 03:45 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. My father was a rural mail carrier for nearly 4 decades. |
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Born Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 04:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. 3 billion in escrow |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. They're busting the unions in the process |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. no effin' kidding! |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. And how much has gas gone up in that time? |
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katmondoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. I do not know why you say that |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yes. You can't email legal papers, packages, and Christmas cards. |
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DUHandle (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. The Post Office is a Value and an Asset |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. It is completely self-supported. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 10:24 AM Response to Reply #18 |
35. well said n/t |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. This is just the beginning of so many things going up in price. |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. But....but.....but we have such a strong economy so why worry? |
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Jivenwail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Couldn't prove it by me |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I hope things get better for you soon. |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. I know the feeling. Been there myself a time or two. |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 09:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
29. "...unemployed for 8 months, unbelievable as that sounds." |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don' t think it would ever be a good thing for the Postal Service to... |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. It couldn't be because of horrible mismanagment, |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. It IS because of gas prices. |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. good management absorbs these costs as much as possible |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 03:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Maybe a 10% increase in two years...but we are talking about a... |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. How about making management follow the damn contracts it signed |
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DUHandle (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. How the U.S.P.S. can help save America from dependence on Foreign Oil |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. You must have had some horrible experiences with the |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. "The Forever Stamp" -- learning from Bush's deficit spending |
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zann725 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
24. Every time postage increases, I've asked local P.O. employees if recent |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 10:14 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Dental coverage would be nice. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. Gas prices have little to do with the request for an increase, IMO. |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
34. Thank goodness there's no inflation... |
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Blaze Diem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
36. Could We Have A Raise In Minimun Wages Please ( To Offset Gas Prices) |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
37. EVERYTHING'S Going Up |
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