US Postal Service could shut down by June, lawmakers warn

[wackadoo wabbit]

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, postal workers have been on the front lines, considered "essential workers" who must continue to do their jobs as usual while others stay home. But some lawmakers are warning that without more support, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) could completely shut down in the next few months, threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Americans.

Last week, Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney, the chair of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Gerry Connolly, chair of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, said in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that the COVID-19 crisis is threatening the future of mail service in the U.S.

"The Postal Service is in need of urgent help as a direct result of the coronavirus crisis," they said. "Based on a number of briefings and warnings this week about a critical fall-off in mail across the country, it has become clear that the Postal Service will not survive the summer without immediate help from Congress and the White House. Every community in America relies on the Postal Service to deliver vital goods and services, including life-saving medications."

The lawmakers said USPS, which is a quasi-governmental agency that relies on fees rather than taxes, may be forced to shutter as early as June, less than three months from now. They noted that postal workers delivered more than a billion shipments of prescription drugs last year, and ceasing operations during the virus outbreak could have dire consequences for the health of people around the country.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/us-postal-service-could-shut-down-by-june-lawmakers-warn/ar-BB128O5w?ocid=spartandhp

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Have Congress remove the mandate from the * Administration to force the USPS

to pre-pay retirement funds for postal workers NOT YET BORN!!!

[enough]

2. Just when Trump starts talking about doing away with absentee voting. NT

[Laelth]

11. I honestly think that the poster above was trying to be funny and not insulting.

If the poster above was insulting anyone, it was Mitch McConnell.



I understand why this issue is extremely important to you.

-Laelth

[A HERETIC I AM]

19. You could delete your posts, for starters.

There is and has been for years on this board, a disdain for sexist remarks. The fact that your post has slid under the radar of the jury system so far is interesting, but not surprising.

I am a 60 year old man. A truck driver who makes a living hauling US Mail. For you to call me a "Drama Queen" and then have the fucking unmitigated gall to ask me if I am "over it" and then say "Can we possibly move on ?
Did you get a good night's sleep ?" is not only another insult, it is condescending and petty.

Not to mention is says more about who and what you are than anything else.

I asked if you were drunk because of what you typed. It was so out of left field and in a disjointed way, I thought perhaps you were. You then went on to say you had gotten high.

Well, fine. You like getting stoned. So do I, I just can't.

But calling me or anyone else concerned about their livelihood these days a "Drama Queen" is over the fucking top pal, and you should know that.

I have to go to work now, to drive what will probably be a 9 hour trip, moving mail. By doing so, I hope you continue to receive the items you need through the Postal Service in a timely fashion.

[magicarpet]

22. Done,.. anything that might be construed as snide humor or offensive is deleted.

Have a good day.
Have a safe night getting the USMail delivered. Thank you for keeping those important gears in motion for the comings and goings of the mail.

Be Well,.. Be Safe.

[magicarpet]

4. Actually the fucking Fascists have that frog on very low setting,... ROLLING BOIL.

That's a two-fer,..
for these Nazi bastards,..

Under the cloak/veil of public/private partnership and the glories of privatization,...

... these fucking Fascist/Nazi son's of boyiches intend/desire to deliver the final death blow,.. and bust up the USPostal Union.

Three cheers for privatization,..
Fuck US Organized Labor,...
FedEx and UPS-UnitedParcelService thanks the Nazis immensely.

[magicarpet]

6. As an expression of our thanx,...

Here,...
Is,....
A,...
Look,...
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The other way,...
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Under the table kick back for the Senator's son as he negotiates his Ivy League/University/Collegiate expenses.

You grease my rails,.. I'll grease yours.

[bdamomma]

5. This is not

good at all not for those who mail in ballots or those thousands of postal workers.

I truly think it is tRump's cult to kill Americans and bring the country to its knees.

This was Bannon's dream our nightmare.

We cannot let them do this.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bannon-leninist-destroy-state/

[magicarpet]

8. These are the same Fascist/Nazis who have the un-mitigating gaul,...

.... to call Bernie a (Commie) Socialist.

***~~~***

Steve Bannon once described himself a "Leninist" who wanted to destroy the state.


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The same Fascist hyper-Capitalists screwy crew who worships at the alter of Vlad the Putie.

Remember also, least you forget,... on AmeriKKKa's Independence Day - July 4, 2019 these fucking Fascists/Nazis hopped on a government private jet,... then flew to Moscow to kiss Putie's ring,.. all on our/your dime.

***~~~***

How much irony and hypocrisy is one expected to stomach ?

These Fascist/Nazis make my head spin and feel ill thinking about the daily atrocities they rain down upon AmeriKKKan society.

It is no wonder this country is so fucked up.
No wonder nobody gives a sweet fuck any more. This is mind boggling beyond all comprehension and human endurances.

[Fyrefox]

7. Kevin Costner will save us...

Remember Kevin Costner’s 1997 movie, The Postman? It was a box office flop, but in it Costner brought society back from an apocalypse by restoring postal service and general order. The movie bears another look in these strange times...

[DeminPennswoods]

15. USPS is self-funded

It runs a deficit because of a 2006 law that mandates it pre-fund it's retirement out 75 years.

[crickets]

16. USPS is also receiving stimulus funds.

There are those who've been trying for years with that strategy to break the USPS in order to privatize it. Not happening, in spite of their efforts. Also, Congress is on the ball and has gotten stimulus money set aside, as well as made plans to get more.

The US Postal Service is not in danger of closing.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213230887

[magicarpet]

17. If Republicans had their way they would shut the post office right down....

... their hopes and ambitions are to strangle it with funding obligations like require the funding for retirement up front.

There was talk of letting them get into banking for small loans to locals and if a person has no bank account they would cash their payroll check at the US Post Office instead of those god awful payday loan shops. That never materialized,... the ReThugs likely put the skids on that. Saying it would be competing with the big banks.

They would like to break the back of the postal union or severely weaken it.

The Republicans treat the postal/mail like they treat AmTrak,.... strangle and de-fund it so it can not sustain or survive.