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SoCalNative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 01:09 PM Original message |
Postal Service Looks To Cut 40,000 Jobs In First Layoff In History |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hopefully Those Mails and Femails Dont Go Postal |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. ..........like the lines at the PO aren't long enough ALREADY..... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. My hubby is a postal handler and boy we have been sweating these bullets |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Yeah, but thank gawd it passed. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. They JUST started using the money |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Get Real. 70 BILLION DOLLARS of the bailout money is being used for bonuses. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Get real by the time all is said and done you are talking |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Newsflash for ya: Half of the bailout money is going to stockholders as dividends. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. News-flash for you |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Here, educate yourself or better yet, challenge some of the people on this thread below |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Preferred stock that is what we bought |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Have you posted a challenge in that thread yet? I dare ya. nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. You mean call outs? And I did |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. No, the ignorance is yours. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. You have been insulting throughout and you still cannot answer |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. And you aren't insulting with your holier than thou, smarter than the majority of DU |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. If trying to explain how this actually works is hollier than though |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. So does that mean that the "Forever" stamp probably won't be? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Always a good idea to join a labor union for job security. nt |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
62. Yes, and the NALC is a good union. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm positive that email, online bill pay, banking & invoicing is the |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. i'd swear by that too! |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. I don't get it. On one hand, the post office in the past operated in the red |
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elizfeelinggreat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. cheap junk mail delivery |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Junk mail is where the profit is |
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elizfeelinggreat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Really? |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. They do pay more and more, and they're getting gouged too... |
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elizfeelinggreat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Huh? |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Sorry, thought I answered that. They do, more than their share. |
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elizfeelinggreat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Thanks for the reply |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. It's equivalent to buy-in-bulk. |
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elizfeelinggreat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Yes, I know that |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. I was. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
74. Your intuition is correct: junk mailers are being subsidized by the rest of us |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. Not sure how you run your business, but that isn't how I would run mine. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 06:41 AM Response to Reply #81 |
83. All you're saying is that you aren't the post office |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Mass mailers pay less per piece than you or I do for first class n/t |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. Just have them deliver to residentials and let businesses pick up their own mail. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Saturday delivery could go away also. |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
45. With a Monday holiday, that would make three consecutive days w/o mail |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. With a Friday holiday |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. if anything, they'd do just the opposite. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. The Postal Service can't compete as a capitalist entity. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Amen.....It's an essential service, not something that can be spun off to the market. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. "I'm waiting to see what UPS, FedEx, or any other "private" firm will charge" ... |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
46. There are ways the PO isn't allowed to compete. |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. Thank God It Passed! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. They lost $2 billion dollars on advertising. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. USPS wants to "compete" with the package mailers n/t |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. All I can say is "I Told You So" to this. I have been saying that * & Co is going to trash |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
47. Picture Blackwater delivering mail |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. gawd, they'd probably be armed and immune to the laws |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. I hate to see anyone lose their job, but mail delivery is costly |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Some is non-address specific, but there's more to it than that. |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. oh I agree the problem is that the costs savings to one entity |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Oh for sure... |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. the ways to potentially save money may actually cost consumers more money |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. You are totally correct! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. cheaper if you look at it one way, more expensive another. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
79. Good points. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
41. Here's another thing: |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. i agree they should force a standard |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #41 |
72. Is that a Bowe Bell & Howell machine? |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
80. I don't think it's draconian |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
22. time to privatize! |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. cuz that works so well... |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. I meant to start a post of the whole sad picture |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Or, to put it more simply: |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Ah, you know exactly what I mean then |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. the one more thing to add is that supervisors don't realize they are in the same |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #53 |
75. New supervisors |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
44. how about they treat it like the schools, and pass a NALB act? |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
48. Lol...one of my American friends response: |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
49. Gas prices are costing the USPS a fortune. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. BINGO |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
54. If Wall Street gets $700 billion, can't the USPS get $2 billion |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
76. The shortfall |
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onetiredmom (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
68. I've wondered for a while now |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
71. I haven't bought a stamp in 8 years. I do everything online. |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
73. just in time for the Xmas rush. BRILLIANT |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
77. I suggest that everyone read Terry Pratchett's brilliant "Going Postal" |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
78. When Republicans can't see the need for a functioning Post Office... |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
82. I always use USPS over the commercial shippers |
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