McSpunckle wrote:If they have to stop delivering on Saturday to stay afloat, so be it.
It's really an unfair business model. Congress tells them how they have to operate, but they have to function without any taxpayer funds. They can't actually run like a business-- they don't get to just raise prices like UPS and Fedex, despite higher costs or even remote areas (their pricing is divided into a few zones). And they have to deliver to -everyone.- Daily.
Maybe if we all bought $20 worth of stamps it would be like a donation... : O
USPS is the ish. I use them above all other carriers. I also love getting mail on Saturdays, but don't really care if I don't anymore let 'em have the day off
I'm not sure if mail moves on Saturdays here (Canada) anyways... I feel this is something i should know, being a grown man who has lived in this country his entire life and does in fact receive mail on a regular basis
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On the same note, I only do post-gay. It's based on elements of homosexuality, but with different structures and dynamics. Oh, and lots of reverb.
It's just straight up unfair that a government controlled business is losing this much money and continues to have service that is world's better than the private guys.
Fuck Fedex and UPS. If we got rid of them there would be no "underutilized post offices". Call me a socialist but this is an industry where it shouldn't be allowed to open a private business in, especially if their gonna do a shit job. As said before why should the USPS be expected to turn a profit? Just make sure yer employees get paid and the public is happy. The government has never had a problem with losing it's money before
Mail on Saturdays was never something I consistently depended on, just more of a pleasant surprise when it did happen. As much as Saturday pedal/vinyl/dildo mail surprises are awesome, I shall make due without them.
Fuzz_Pi wrote:It's just straight up unfair that a government controlled business is losing this much money and continues to have service that is world's better than the private guys.
Fuck Fedex and UPS. If we got rid of them there would be no "underutilized post offices". Call me a socialist but this is an industry where it shouldn't be allowed to open a private business in, especially if their gonna do a shit job. As said before why should the USPS be expected to turn a profit? Just make sure yer employees get paid and the public is happy. The government has never had a problem with losing it's money before
socialist The problem is they are paying the employees a LOT (including benefits) The USPS does a great job but yeah the government running a business not what the government is for.
aen wrote:Or I'll just use fuzz. Then Ill sound cool regardless.
Achtane wrote:Well, volcanoes are pretty fuckin' cool. Like I guess lava flows are doomy. Slow and still able to to melt your eardrums.
maz91379 wrote:also um yeah lets do this actually and while we are at it make local government in charge of internets ( wasn't there that big thing about time warner bitching about some small community doing this a year or two ago and not being able to compete speed/pricewise) and utilities and the pharmaceutical industry. Not to be a commie socialist Leninist pinko *insert unamerican term* but fuck big business why can't we balance textbook communism and capitalism?
not what the government is for Whey should everyone pay taxes on something that they may not want?
aen wrote:Or I'll just use fuzz. Then Ill sound cool regardless.
Achtane wrote:Well, volcanoes are pretty fuckin' cool. Like I guess lava flows are doomy. Slow and still able to to melt your eardrums.
Like Paul said he is a doctor and would not turn anyone away. In fact it is illegal to turn people away from an emergency room. I understand where you are all coming from I grew up in a very liberal house hold. I considered myself liberal until I took AP government in high school. I was introduced to Thomas Jefferson and Aleister Crowley (not both in ap government) and my world view changed. Ron Paul is not insane but a lot of his "followers" are.
aen wrote:Or I'll just use fuzz. Then Ill sound cool regardless.
Achtane wrote:Well, volcanoes are pretty fuckin' cool. Like I guess lava flows are doomy. Slow and still able to to melt your eardrums.
maz91379 wrote:Also college sport teams getting tax exemptions is bullshit. edit and ron paul is insane.
fix'd(note I left the Ron Paul part on purpose)
In actuality, more things get tax exemption 501(c)(insert number status than you'd think. They just have to turn their profits around and put it back into the organization not someone's pocket. Then they are exempt from taxes on their revenues; Nonprofit doesn't mean you don't make a profit, you just don't keep it. If they can prove they're doing some sort of of "public good"(soup kitchens, United Way, etc.), they get 501(c)(3) status which makes donations to them tax deductible.
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Behndy wrote:i don't like people with "talent" and "skills" that don't feel the need to cover their inadequacies under good time happy sounds.