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Re: No more mail on saturdays?
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:31 pm
by hclapp219
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
This about sums it all up.
Re: No more mail on saturdays?
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:39 pm
by snipelfritz
McSpunckle wrote:Tom Dalton wrote:Fuzz_Pi wrote:
I had no idea the USPS was in any kind of trouble.
They only lost like 10 billion last year. If FuzzHugger lost 10 billion, the government would probably shut me down on Saturdays.
On the bright side, you will have had $10 billion to lose!
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Re: No more mail on saturdays?
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:03 pm
by Jero
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
Re: No more mail on saturdays?
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:13 pm
by counterdestroy
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
Re: No more mail on saturdays?
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:08 pm
by Fuzz_Pi
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
Re: No more mail on saturdays?
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:27 pm
by devnulljp
Re: No more mail on saturdays?
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:33 am
by snipelfritz
What I think of every time I see this thread:
Re: No more mail on saturdays?
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:23 pm
by theactionindex
devnulljp wrote:
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.
Re: No more mail on saturdays?
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 11:46 pm
by Derelict78
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.
Re: No more mail on saturdays?
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 11:51 pm
by Derelict78
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?
Re: No more mail on saturdays?
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 11:51 pm
by Derelict78
Re: No more mail on saturdays?
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 2:10 am
by D.o.S.
Derelict78 wrote:Whey should everyone pay taxes on something that they may not want?
Good point.
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Re: No more mail on saturdays?
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 5:06 am
by Derelict78
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.
Re: No more mail on saturdays?
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:02 pm
by Jwar
maz91379 wrote:Also religion's getting tax exemptions is bullshit. edit and ron paul is insane.
Re: No more mail on saturdays?
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:40 pm
by snipelfritz
jwar wrote: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.
