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sonomak (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:07 PM Original message |
Postal Service anticipates $6 billion year-end loss |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Just raise the rate by 25 cents and get ahead of this. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Damn straight. |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Perhaps the private mail companies are lobbying hard to elimate this competition |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It's the junk mail industry that lobbies to prevent rate hikes. |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Yes, I'm sure you're right. But I also think that the private mail co.'s want to control the rates. |
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MrsCorleone (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
58. Ditto. Eliminating or privatizing the USPS would mean a profit bonanza at the public's expense. |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #58 |
73. zero chance in eliminating |
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MrsCorleone (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #73 |
83. I love that theIr pensions are fully funded every year. It's the recent overfunding, however, |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
52. Bingo. nt |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Totally agree... |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 01:13 PM Original message |
Exactly. In fact a 5 cent per piece increase would make them "profitable". |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. That will speed the loss of customers |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. The mail a person personally sends is a fraction of all mail. |
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cheneyschernobyl (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
45. Back when stamps were 14 cents... |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
94. I agree who sends out hardly any mail anymore? |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Many in government (particularly, but not exclusively, on the right) want to privatize the USPS. |
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MrsCorleone (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 06:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
59. Yep. It's all about profit for a few at the expense of the People. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. Sadly, the post office may have lost their chance to get ahead of this |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Were they ever intended to be a 'for profit' business? ...n/t |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. No, but since the 70s at least expected to "break even" |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. If we did that, Republicans would want to restrict what print matter could be sent. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
75. Postal Service and employees have been under attack by right wing for decades .... |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. Too bad they were too dumb to switch to electric vehicles |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. There's probably no incentive because I believe they see the USPS as a 'dead man walking'..n/t |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Who are the 'they' you were talking about |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. Actually the USPS is under a 15% green mandate |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
47. Actually, they have a long history of using electric vehicles. |
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placton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. we need to subsidize the Postal Service, fka - Post Office |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. They should quit trying to run it like |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. Go to 5 days a week delivery, that would save an enormous |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I think ebay sellers might be very unhappy with that arrangement...lol |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. So would people who get their prescriptions by mail. n/t |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Isn't their union |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I suppose it is. I worked in union shop and we sure gave up |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. My post lady told |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. Let it run a deficit. It was never intended to pay for itself. It was always intended to serve the |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I think if people were actually asked to make a choice |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
19. They would run a $50 Billion loss if it were up to me and everyone coudl cancel their junk mail. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Ain't that the truth. So far this week I got an interest statement |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I'm surprised that online shopping hasn't seemed to have made a dent in the proliferation |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I don't know understand all of that either. Even when I do get a catalog now |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. What's keeping them in the hole is Congress. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I'm sure the US Govt has negotiated a rate for gas at just 10% over retail :) |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. From local vendors. |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. That "junk" is revenue |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think the Post Office needs to diversify. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
30. Reduce the delivery days to 3 days a week... M-W-F.. |
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Kringle (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
67. my suggestion, every other day home delivery |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
86. And a lot of jobs lost |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
34. It's a dying service. |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Fax a legal document to your local courthouse. |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. notice please, |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. I know you didn't say kill it. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
36. What? A public service that operates at a loss?!?! |
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WestSeattle2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
42. I don't receive anything of importance from the US postal service - |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. About 90% of my mail is junk.. I worry sometimes my good mail gets mixed up with all the junk.. |
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MrsCorleone (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
60. As a business owner, I rely heavily on the Postal Service. The private shippers would put me out of |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 06:30 AM Response to Reply #60 |
69. The shipping part of the USPS makes sense.. the daily delivery of tons of junk mail does not. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. Right ... by my daily count, we receive about 5 pieces of legtimate mail every week .... |
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MrsCorleone (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #69 |
84. My insurer and I absolutely require that only USPS employees handle shipments for security purposes. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Its not so much a personal gripe.. rather its a tremendous waste of money and resources.. |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Care to explain the subsidizing private companies? |
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WestSeattle2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Private companies could not afford to inundate us with junk mail |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. What tax payer subsidies? |
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WestSeattle2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. It receives $100 million per year from Congress that goes into |
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Francesca9 (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. We no longer need the postal service |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:52 AM Response to Reply #56 |
65. You're from the UK? |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:26 AM Response to Reply #55 |
62. Which pays for Congress's mailings. |
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WestSeattle2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Read up on USPS funding..... |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:39 AM Response to Reply #57 |
63. What part of "borrow" don't you understand? |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:59 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Sorry, I didn't mean to come off so snarky. |
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WestSeattle2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:45 AM Response to Reply #63 |
71. If it's not a sweet deal, at taxpayer's expense, why doesn't the |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Congress makes the laws. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. PO isn't a "monopoly" any more than a "people's" government is a monopoly .... |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #77 |
89. It has limited competition. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Again, neither our government nor any of its agencies ... including US Post Office ... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Wrong. |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:43 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Ah, no. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #64 |
78. Reading .... $ "to help it recover some of the $ lost in previous years" .... |
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Kringle (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 04:58 AM Response to Original message |
43. USPS wants to charter aircraft on its own, Obama refuses. .nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #43 |
79. Right ... the USPO has been weakened and limited to aid/abet PRIVATE corporations .... |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
46. USPS should close all Post Offices |
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Stryguy (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 04:25 AM Response to Reply #46 |
68. Agreed |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
80. US PO should actually compete with private delivery systems .... |
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laureloak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
48. Charge more for junk mail than reg mail. That will reduce labor |
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Francesca9 (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
50. We don't need the Postal Service anymore |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #50 |
81. We certainly do need the US Postal Service .... remember there's a plug |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #50 |
87. You might not |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
70. One of the major reasons for the post office's financial difficulties |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #70 |
82. Another great example of our need for MEDICARE FOR ALL -- |
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Desperadoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:28 PM Response to Reply #70 |
93. Original Message |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
74. Postal Service and employees have been weakened in order to AID private mail |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
88. Sell advertising on postage stamps. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. Seen this before? |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. Yeah, but not what I had in mind. |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. It would work but I prefer flowers on my stamps nt |
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