Pawlenty wants to ban the Post Office

[LetTimmySmoke]

It's in the article, down toward the bottom:
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/07/6805431-pawlenty-obama-a-champion-practitioner-of-class-warfare

[Pab Sungenis]

1. Can't do it without an amendment.

The Post Office is specifically called for in the Constitution.

[dhill926]

3. really........

do these dumb fucks even think before they speak? Gonna be a loooong election season.

[progressoid]

11. I'm sure Sarah will correct him.

She's all about the Constitution and our histories and understanding where we came from and freedoms and liberties and such.

[HopeHoops]

20. Post Offices are really large-scale abortion clinics. That's what they do.

[jwirr]

16. Does it specify that it must be run by the government? Because he

wants a postal system which is privatized.

[Angleae]

18. Wrong

The constitution gives congress the authority to create a post office. It does not say they must create it nor does it say it must be govt run.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

2. from the article

"He also called for the elimination of the U.S. Postal Service, the Government Printing Office, Amtrak, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac."

What does the private sector charge for sending a letter? 4, 5 bucks?

[Avalux]

4. AND medicare, medicaid, social security, planned parenthood, the FDA, the EPA.....

and make everything $$ and private. Whatever Puke gets in office will have the same plan.

[rurallib]

5. these fuckers try to out-whacky each other and the press says nothing

not a fucking thing.
Actually as i was telling my kids the other day, this reminds me of the old racist southern politicians who used to say the most vile things about race to get elected.
Now it is about gays, women and anything government.

[Wickerman]

6. Welcome to the hell that is living in Minnesota

with this worthless slice whitebread.

[a kennedy]

15. Only positive thing......Mark Dayton

and some don't even think that's a good thing, but I do.....love Mark Dayton.

[Wickerman]

17. Mark continues to impress

I'm pleased he is standing up to the Rethuglicans.

[Odin2005]

21. You should check out our roads, they have turned to shit because of him.

[myrna minx]

23. We went from Minnesota nirvana to potholes the size of smart cars and collapsing bridges.

That gawd for Mark Dayton.

[hifiguy]

24. True, but there are still plenty of potholes the size of

Smart cars in my part of Minneapolis. That said, big :thumbsup: to Gov. Dayton.

[liberal N proud]

7. So what shipping company is in his pocket?

Do away with the post office and we have to use Fed Ex, UPS or some other carrier.

GREED at work again.

[mysuzuki2]

14. another thing: the private carriers do not necessarily

deliver everyplace.

[Hugabear]

8. the "Google Test"

<snip>
Pawlenty later called for what he termed "The Google Test," and said that if the American people "can find a good or service on the Internet, then the federal government probably doesn’t need to be doing it."
<snip>


Guess we can get rid of the police, since private security firms are available on the internet.

We can probably disband the US military as well, and just hire out Blackwater whenever we need to.

[sakabatou]

9. Uh-huh. That'll help the economy how?

[Hugabear]

13. Laying off hundreds of thousands of postal workers?

They're just government employees...not like they have real jobs, right? :sarcasm:

[Hamlette]

10. What an incredible deal the post office is

six days a week they COME TO MY HOUSE to bring me stuff sent by other people. Yes, lots of time its junk mail but often it is something nice.

I know people complain but I can count on one hand the number of mis directed stuff over the years.

And here it comes fast....two days on average. Netflix is even faster!

i hope those idiots don't destroy it

[Historic NY]

19. Hell they brought me a 40lb car radiator for $24 the other private guys wanted triple digits.

[bluesmail]

12. ...oh really now

[Ganja Ninja]

22. The party of job killing hair-brained schemes. n/t

[hobbit709]

25. Another idiot repuke who can't/won't read the Constitution