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That's probably what most tea baggers think.
Too bad it's not even a relatively accurate description of National Socialist (NAZI) Germany.
Heh heh. Accidentally posted this in the geek forum.
That's probably what most tea baggers think.
Too bad it's not even a relatively accurate description of National Socialist (NAZI) Germany.
Lofl
"UPS and FedEx are doing just fine. It's the Post Office that's always having problems.” -- Barack Obama, Aug. 11, 2009.
Oh, by the way Social Security and Medicare say o.
"UPS and FedEx are doing just fine"
they wouldn't be if they were mandated to carry all the letters and that USPS delivers.
or were restricted from having their rates reflect actual costs.
How is the USPS restricted from having it's rates reflect actual costs?
There are restrictions on the times and amounts they can raise rates.
Exactly.
I thought the Postal Accountability and Enhancement
Act (PAEA) of 2006 largely removed those. Could be wrong...
I'm gonna have to use teh google.
You knew that off the top of your head? Yeah, right, Clavin.
I had this discussion last week, Norm.
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This week socialism is good. Thanks for memo! I was affraid to use the word because last week I was a racist for using it.
Then why isn't the first class rate a dollar or so?
Contrarian arugements are not a subs ute for deductive reasoning. I don't know why the price of a first class post is not $5.00.
The arguement could be made that postal rates are below market pricing because prior to 1980 or so, the USPS had it's infrastructure paid by the federal budget. True costs might not be revealed as easily as by FedEx or UPS.
BTW, I'm a fan of USPS. I use them almost exclusively.
Hmm, managing water or the health care industry--which is harder?
Sup, /b/ ?
Yes, they are.
HA!
I don't think he will realize just how many levels of ownage that was.
2011 price increase. In addition to changing the structure of how some products are priced, the USPS plans to pursue “a moderate exigent price increase” effective in 2011. Such an increase could go beyond the Consumer Price Index, which has been used to cap price changes on market dominant products since 2007.
http://www.pb.com/cgi-bin/pb.dll/jsp...=en&country=US
So they've been tied to the CPI? I'm surprised they're still (relatively) solvent.Looks like pension funding is biting them in the ass right now.
Yeah, and the current losses are post slash and burn cuts the past couple of years. I'm sure there could be some study about how super-CPI raises could affect use and revenues, but it seems logical to give them that tool at this time.So they've been tied to the CPI? I'm surprised they're still (relatively) solvent.
so are you saying we should close USPS? then what do you think would happen to all that mail?
They cannot raise the price of postage without congressional approval.
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