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Forum Post: The corpoRAT state is moving in on the Postal Service, CorpoRATS see us as cows to be milked, that's our job as citizens

Posted 12 years ago on Dec. 5, 2011, 10:13 a.m. EST by nomdeguerre (1775) from Brooklyn, NY
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"As financial problems continue to mount, the U.S. Postal Service is set to announce a series of unprecedented cuts today." http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/151914/postal-service-cuts-to-lengthen-delivery-time

This "crisis" was manufactured by the anti-union RATpublicans under Bush. "In 2006, Congress passed a postal reform law requiring the USPS to pre-fund 75 years of future retiree health benefits over a ten-year span. There's no other federal agency or private enterprise in the US that's forced to pre-fund benefits like this." In otherwords, this law was an attack on the U.S. Post Office and the postal union. http://www.truth-out.org/postal-service-employees-protest-manufactured-crisis-aims-target-unions-and-privatize-service/131721

Other info: http://www.apwu.org/issues-publicworkers/magart-julyl2011.htm http://markcrispinmiller.com/?s=postal+service

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[-] 1 points by JesseHeffran (3903) 12 years ago

is that constitutional?

[-] 1 points by nomdeguerre (1775) from Brooklyn, NY 12 years ago

In this anti-American-way-of-life era it seems many things are "constitutional."

[-] 1 points by JesseHeffran (3903) 12 years ago

do you know that besides the three branches of Gov't, the post office is the only one that has to be funded, per the constitution. but, i hear your point, the living document theory has bastardized a real piece of art.

[-] 1 points by nomdeguerre (1775) from Brooklyn, NY 12 years ago

Since they couldn't attack the funding directly, they resorted to a funding burden that couldn't be met. Clever lawyerese. That's RATpublicans for you.

[-] 1 points by JesseHeffran (3903) 12 years ago

yeah, I heard that awhile ago on C-span. made me sick. i'd like to take some of those republicans into my bathroom and dunk their heads into the tub.

[-] 1 points by nomdeguerre (1775) from Brooklyn, NY 12 years ago

now, now, behave.

[-] 1 points by JesseHeffran (3903) 12 years ago

just to baptize the destructiveness out of their soul would be my only objective.

[-] 1 points by nomdeguerre (1775) from Brooklyn, NY 12 years ago

I'm reassured. Peace out.

[-] 1 points by nomdeguerre (1775) from Brooklyn, NY 12 years ago

I had that in the back of my mind, but I wasn't sure. Thanks for the info.

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