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Forum Post: Petition: Establish a moratorium on Postal Service facility & office closures, pending review of actual savings vs estimates

Posted 12 years ago on Dec. 8, 2011, 7:12 p.m. EST by HeyNeighbor (3)
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Thanks for spreading the word.

http://wh.gov/DWt

This deals with the USPS and exaggerated "fuzzy" math the USPS
PMG and VP's like to spread using the media to sell the financial
benefit closing facilities across the nation will have. The actual costs are disguised from the general public in a maze of
accounting that the USPS fails to openly disclose. At particular issue are extended lease obligations the USPS has for many of
these facilities with terms that extend years into the future, which the USPS
is obligated to pay if the landlord insists the full length of the contract
be honored. Listings of Leased facilities can be found at: http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/foia/leased-facilities/report.htm

Please join me in requiring the USPS to prove it's claims of cost benefit by disclosing final financial impact of prior implementation.

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[-] 2 points by HeyNeighbor (3) 12 years ago

Occupy DC demands Postmaster General's resignation while he delivers speech.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2HINoSK77A

[-] 0 points by DunkiDonut2 (-108) 12 years ago

If all of you would turn off your computer and buy postage stamps you would save all those union jobs. If they shut down the postal service it will be all your fault.

[-] 1 points by GirlFriday (17435) 12 years ago

No sweetpea it will be all your fault.

[-] 0 points by DunkiDonut2 (-108) 12 years ago

Sweetpea?

[-] 1 points by GirlFriday (17435) 12 years ago

That was the best I could do.

[-] -1 points by FreedomIn2012 (-36) from Hempstead, NY 12 years ago

Postal workers got huge raises this past spring. They have benefits far and away better than anything you or I will ever have, and all for a very low skilled job!! We will be paying for their benefits for a very long time. Close down all post offices and get rid of millions of tons of junk mail and all the pollution that goes with it. Think about how much we could reduce our CO2 footprint in the US by closing down the USPS!! We could meet our Kyoto agreement...

[-] 1 points by HeyNeighbor (3) 12 years ago

I'm sorry you are so mis-informed. If you care to investigate the reality of an average postal employee, I think you would find a different story than the MSM hyperbole. Here's a link to start with: http://savethepostoffice.com/valpak-brief

and another: http://savethepostoffice.com/shock-doctrine-why-postal-service-scaring-hell-out-us