What's up with the attack on the US Post Office?

[Renzatic]

is the front of your hand not softer? almost girlie like?
anyways, I recall that at one time the post office was more than self sufficient, I did not know what led to their current situation.

The front of my hand is the loving side, yeah.

But anyway, the Republicans have been trying to sink the USPS to better support UPS and Fed-Ex for at least a couple of decades now. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, which requires the USPS to set aside $75-$100 billion in pensions for current and future employees, did a lot to hobble it.

That said, the PAEA isn't the ONLY reason the post office is having trouble with solvency, but it is one of the primary contributors to the problem.

 

[Renzatic]

Also, ur dum.

 

[jkcerda]

The front of my hand is the loving side, yeah.

But anyway, the Republicans have been trying to sink the USPS to better support UPS and Fed-Ex for at least a couple of decades now. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, which requires the USPS to set aside $75-$100 billion in pensions for current and future employees, did a lot to hobble it.

That said, the PAEA isn't the ONLY reason the post office is having trouble with solvency, but it is one of the primary contributors to the problem.

post office should have raised their prices to compensate.

 

[jkcerda]

Easy. They were mandated to provide retirement for employees that don’t even work there yet.

is that the norm for ALL govt agencies? is this new?

 

[Renzatic]

is that the norm for ALL govt agencies? is this new?

Nope. They're the only government agency required to guarantee pensions to that extreme of an extent.

If they raised prices to compensate, we would've been paying $50 for a book of stamps.

 

[Alli]

is that the norm for ALL govt agencies? is this new?

What Renz said.

So now we have a guy who has stock in UPS and FedEx in charge of the USPS. Cause that makes sense, right?

 

[Renzatic]

So now we have a guy who has stock in UPS and FedEx in charge of the USPS. Cause that makes sense, right?

It does seem to align with the whole "people who have multiple conflicts of interests are the most qualified for the job" theme we've got going on under the Trump administration.

 

[Thomas Veil]

Nice to see you again, Renzatic.

 

[Renzatic]

Nice to see you again, Renzatic.

Same back at you, Mr. Veil. It's been a minute.

 

[Eric]

I CAN ARGUE IT, I MIGHT be "wrong" but you better bet I CAN argue it

3 people have already reported you!

Okay, not really.. in fact I don't even now how that thing works yet lol

 

[Yoused]

I have seen some frantic e-mails on the subject and some other stuff that urges people to make sure they get their ballots in the mail with weeks of lead-time. Which is a situation that could come back to bite Individual-ONE in the soft parts.

Sly politicians have long relied on the "October Surprise" to kneecap their opponent in the waning days of the campaign (cf, Comey's Weiner e-mail investigation). But if concerned voters intend on marking and sending in their ballots as early as possible, the entire timeframe of the election may get so skewed that any late-fielded assault is likely to fizzle. It will be like trying to play football on wet, sloppy mud.

 

[Eric]

I have seen some frantic e-mails on the subject and some other stuff that urges people to make sure they get their ballots in the mail with weeks of lead-time. Which is a situation that could come back to bite Individual-ONE in the soft parts.

Sly politicians have long relied on the "October Surprise" to kneecap their opponent in the waning days of the campaign (cf, Comey's Weiner e-mail investigation). But if concerned voters intend on marking and sending in their ballots as early as possible, the entire timeframe of the election may get so skewed that any late-fielded assault is likely to fizzle. It will be like trying to play football on wet, sloppy mud.

And that's a contest Trump would love to have. I'm hoping it will be enough of a blowout that it won't come to that.

 

[Alli]

I have seen some frantic e-mails on the subject and some other stuff that urges people to make sure they get their ballots in the mail with weeks of lead-time. Which is a situation that could come back to bite Individual-ONE in the soft parts.

If only.

I’ve never had access to early voting, but I often wonder if I would take advantage of it unless it were only a few days.

Sly politicians have long relied on the "October Surprise" to kneecap their opponent in the waning days of the campaign (cf, Comey's Weiner e-mail investigation). But if concerned voters intend on marking and sending in their ballots as early as possible, the entire timeframe of the election may get so skewed that any late-fielded assault is likely to fizzle. It will be like trying to play football on wet, sloppy mud.

Still waiting for the investigation into Burisma. Although, if they find anything I can’t imagine them managing to keep it a secret until October.

 

[Thomas Veil]

NBC this evening said that the Inspector General for USPS sent a letter to 46 of the 50 states urging them to get out their absentee ballots early or they can't be sure they will be counted in time for the election.

My wife and I sent out our applications for ballots two days ago. I'm gonna be keeping an eye on how long they take to get here. If it's weeks, I just may have to stand in line. I don't want to, but I'll be damned if I'll let Donald Trump take my vote away.

 

[Yoused]

My wife and I sent out our applications for ballots two days ago. I'm gonna be keeping an eye on how long they take to get here. If it's weeks, I just may have to stand in line. I don't want to, but I'll be damned if I'll let Donald Trump take my vote away.

Thing is, if you apply for an absentee ballot, I think that means your name is struck from the list at the polling place, in order to prevent possible vote duplication, so you could find yourself in a twilight booth. Alternately, you should find out if you can hand-deliver your marked absentee ballot to the county registrar's office or some other place, just to be safe.

I live in a mail-in-only voting state, so I am covered: I have never mailed my ballot in, because we have these ballot drops (there is one at the library, several miles from here and another at the park&ride that is a little closer. Those get picked up on election day by poll workers, so I am fairly confident that mine does get to where it needs to go on time.

 

[Thomas Veil]

I did check those things out.

In Ohio if you request an absentee ballot but then vote in person, your ballot will be considered provisional.

During the primary, our ballots arrived late enough that we didn't trust them to the mail. My wife and I drove to the county election office and delivered them by hand.

Also in Ohio, they just forbade any drop boxes other than the ones at the actual Board of Elections.

 

[Thomas Veil]

Rachel Maddow is just now reporting that TPTB are going to stop removing mailboxes because of the pushback they’re getting. More if I can find it.

 

[Alli]

Rachel Maddow is just now reporting that TPTB are going to stop removing mailboxes because of the pushback they’re getting. More if I can find it.

My favorite show. She’s doing quite a number on DeJoy.

 

[Thomas Veil]

I haven’t found any confirmation of this news though.

 

[Eric]

Rachel Maddow is just now reporting that TPTB are going to stop removing mailboxes because of the pushback they’re getting. More if I can find it.

I have it recorded but I'm going to be watching. I have no doubt she has her sources, she's always been reliable.