Topic: So Trump is having the postal service defunded and slowed down on purpose...
Anonymous A started this discussion 5 years ago #102,083
...to avoid losing the election via mail in ballots. No one seems to care.
blom joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 3 minutes later[^] [v] #1,153,656
Postal service is slow, so what do you do? Post things for longer?
Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 52 seconds later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,657
you see, a big problem with the sorry state of democracy is the average state of the people
blom replied with this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,658
Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 2 minutes later, 8 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,659
That's not how it works. The post office is funded by postage. The postage for the mail-in ballots will pay for the post office to deliver them. You can't "defund" the post office unless you stop people from mailing stuff.
Fuckin retard ?
Fuckin retard ?
blom replied with this 5 years ago, 2 minutes later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,661
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
That's why nobody sends anything in durable wooden crates anymore, it's all shitty cardboard
That's why nobody sends anything in durable wooden crates anymore, it's all shitty cardboard
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 5 years ago, 7 minutes later, 18 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,665
@1,153,659 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/politics/postal-service-new-director/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/politics/postal-service-new-director/index.html
Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 5 years ago, 6 minutes later, 24 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,669
Anonymous A (OP) triple-posted this 5 years ago, 15 minutes later, 40 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,672
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-admits-he-wants-block-usps-funding-sabotage-mail-voting-2020-8
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 5 years ago, 7 minutes later, 47 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,673
Meta !Sober//iZs double-posted this 5 years ago, 42 seconds later, 48 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,674
@1,153,669 (A)
There's less mail during the Chinese Flu pandemic, so it makes sense they would take surplus machinery temporarily offline.
There's less mail during the Chinese Flu pandemic, so it makes sense they would take surplus machinery temporarily offline.
Meta !Sober//iZs triple-posted this 5 years ago, 48 seconds later, 49 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,675
@1,153,672 (A)
Amazon is defunding the Post Office worse than Trump ever dreamed of, with the loss-making rates they give Amazon for package delivery.
Amazon is defunding the Post Office worse than Trump ever dreamed of, with the loss-making rates they give Amazon for package delivery.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 5 years ago, 10 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,683
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-admits-he-wants-block-usps-funding-sabotage-mail-voting-2020-8
Trump literally and specifically said that he is doing it. Stop denying reality, Trumpneck.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-admits-he-wants-block-usps-funding-sabotage-mail-voting-2020-8
Trump literally and specifically said that he is doing it. Stop denying reality, Trumpneck.
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 5 years ago, 13 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,684
Coil E. Leafeon !QnI1ArmPmY joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 17 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,698
@1,153,675 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
The post office was profitable until they were forced to pre-pay pensions for all of their employees and all the employees they will have in the next 70 years lol! No other government agency has to do that
The post office was profitable until they were forced to pre-pay pensions for all of their employees and all the employees they will have in the next 70 years lol! No other government agency has to do that
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 5 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,701
@previous (Coil E. Leafeon !QnI1ArmPmY)
Probably for the best, as no one is going to be mailing shit in 70 years meaning the pensions won't otherwise get paid. Amazon is building up their own delivery service so even they won't need them anymore soon.
Either way though, this pension funding thing way predates Trump and Republican and Democratic congresses (and a Democratic president) have had a long time to change it.
Probably for the best, as no one is going to be mailing shit in 70 years meaning the pensions won't otherwise get paid. Amazon is building up their own delivery service so even they won't need them anymore soon.
Either way though, this pension funding thing way predates Trump and Republican and Democratic congresses (and a Democratic president) have had a long time to change it.
Coil E. Leafeon !QnI1ArmPmY replied with this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,702
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Yes, it predates Trump. Bush killed the postal service, Trump is just pissing on the grave
Yes, it predates Trump. Bush killed the postal service, Trump is just pissing on the grave
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Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 5 years ago, 8 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,710
@1,153,698 (Coil E. Leafeon !QnI1ArmPmY)While technically profitable, it was very clearly trending downwards and barely profitable at the time of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act in 2006.
Coil E. Leafeon !QnI1ArmPmY replied with this 5 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,713
tteh !MemesToDNA joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,714
Are all Americans clinically retarded, or just the vast majority?
Coil E. Leafeon !QnI1ArmPmY replied with this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,715
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 5 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,716
@1,153,714 (tteh !MemesToDNA)
You guys did the smart thing and privatized your postal service!
@1,153,713 (Coil E. Leafeon !QnI1ArmPmY)
That's on $72.6 billion in revenue. That's a 1.3% profit margin. Barely profitable. Also look at the trend from 2003-2006, where do you think USPS profitability was going, pre-PAEA?
You guys did the smart thing and privatized your postal service!
@1,153,713 (Coil E. Leafeon !QnI1ArmPmY)
That's on $72.6 billion in revenue. That's a 1.3% profit margin. Barely profitable. Also look at the trend from 2003-2006, where do you think USPS profitability was going, pre-PAEA?
Meta !Sober//iZs double-posted this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,717
@1,153,715 (Coil E. Leafeon !QnI1ArmPmY)
That actually makes the post office look even worse than mine.
That actually makes the post office look even worse than mine.
Coil E. Leafeon !QnI1ArmPmY replied with this 5 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,718
@1,153,716 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
It probably could have been run at-cost for the next decade, but we will never know that now
It probably could have been run at-cost for the next decade, but we will never know that now
Coil E. Leafeon !QnI1ArmPmY double-posted this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,719
@1,153,717 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
It shows that things had been turning around and they had just started being profitable again when Bush decided fuck having a profitable government agency
It shows that things had been turning around and they had just started being profitable again when Bush decided fuck having a profitable government agency
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Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,720
@1,153,716 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
It probably would have hung around +/- $2 billion. It wouldn't have dropped like $7 billion in profits in one year dude.
It probably would have hung around +/- $2 billion. It wouldn't have dropped like $7 billion in profits in one year dude.
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 5 years ago, 27 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,727
@1,153,718 (Coil E. Leafeon !QnI1ArmPmY)
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
PAEA was passed by unanimous consent in the Senate so Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton all voted for it as Senators ?
dam lol
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
PAEA was passed by unanimous consent in the Senate so Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton all voted for it as Senators ?
dam lol
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Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 5 years ago, 55 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,729
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 5 years ago, 3 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,730
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Not much, but I was researching PAEA and found it funny. It seems to have been pretty uncontroversial at the time of its passing. If, in 2006, it was seen as this "HOLY SHIT YOU GUYS BUSH IS TRYING TO DESTROY THE POST OFFICE!!!11!!1!" it would have gotten a lot more pushback I think.
Not much, but I was researching PAEA and found it funny. It seems to have been pretty uncontroversial at the time of its passing. If, in 2006, it was seen as this "HOLY SHIT YOU GUYS BUSH IS TRYING TO DESTROY THE POST OFFICE!!!11!!1!" it would have gotten a lot more pushback I think.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 5 years ago, 6 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,733
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Yeah it's one of those laws that passes with bipartisan consensus because people aren't thinking a lot but ends up being catastrophic. Not the first or the last one of this kind.
Yeah it's one of those laws that passes with bipartisan consensus because people aren't thinking a lot but ends up being catastrophic. Not the first or the last one of this kind.
tteh !MemesToDNA replied with this 5 years ago, 18 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,743
@1,153,716 (Meta !Sober//iZs)> You guys did the smart thing and privatized your postal service!
Yeah, I have no strong feelings one way or the other on that. I think a privatised Royal Mail that has to provide a universal service, UK-wide (rural communities and all), isn't necessarily terrible. Deutsche Post seem to do well.
So it'll do! Until we radically restructure society of course. ☭☭☭
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Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 5 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,744
@previous (tteh !MemesToDNA)
> privatized mail
How does it feel to be less left wing than the framers of the constitution in the 1780s? ????
> privatized mail
How does it feel to be less left wing than the framers of the constitution in the 1780s? ????
tteh !MemesToDNA replied with this 5 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,746
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 5 years ago, 8 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,750
blom replied with this 5 years ago, 37 seconds later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,751
tteh !MemesToDNA replied with this 5 years ago, 10 seconds later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,752
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,753
@1,153,751 (blom)
If he'll fuck a severed pig's head, he'll have no qualms about fucking an entire country m8. You got what you asked for.
If he'll fuck a severed pig's head, he'll have no qualms about fucking an entire country m8. You got what you asked for.
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 49 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,153,764
It ain't about what you know...it's about what you can prove.