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and also some genuinely caring, giving corporations.
I don't agree with this point. They "care" or "give" as part of a marketing, or tax advantaging gambit. They are Green, or philanthropic, or whatever, to position in the public's perception. Catch a C suite executive breaching his fiduciary duty by "caring" without an explanation of the financial benefit and he has pulled the rip-cord on his Golden Parachute.
Seriously, though- comparing corporate interests (in the interest of the corporation and its management only at the expense of the workers) and union interests (working in favor of workers) is ridiculous on the face of it, even given that there are many corrupt self-serving unions out there, and also some genuinely caring, giving corporations.
Unions are also corporations. Union members are clients of a corporate entity called "the union." It's just like warehouse memberships like Costco membership, except the unions makes you pay the membership due even if you do not wish to be a member.
by eliminating your low-cost option for mail.
you cant be serious, given the much wider cheaper alternatives available ?
i mean really ? but a used durable Laptop for under $100 or cheap tablet and use public wifi to send and receive emails..
put the old dying horse to rest for gods sake... poor think is in pain !
The US Post Office is self-funding and does not use tax money.
Oh ! say it aint so Joe.. LOL! and where does the cash to cover deficit spending come from .. or will come from ?
"which mandated $5.5 billion per year to be paid into an account to pre-fund retiree health-care, 75 years into the future, a requirement unique among organizations and businesses in the U.S"
" The USPS lost US$ 15.9 billion in 2012, and its revenue was US$ 65.2 billion."
And it's why your cellphone bills are among the highest in the world for worse service than in other countries. Look at numbers 3 and 37.
did you consider foreign telecoms are govt owned and thus subsided by tax dollars.
seriously, are their telecom equipment cheaper than ours ? operators paid less ?
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The reason for the recent Congressional attacks on the US Post office were not obvious to me until I saw this list of all-time biggest bribes to Congress:
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php?source=patrick.net&order=A
Look at these numbers:
That's $42 million in bribes paid by private industries that would profit hugely by eliminating your low-cost option for mail. They can certainly make that money back 10 times over if they just prevent you from having that low-cost government option.
Now look at the opposing bribes:
Only $36 million. Post Office loses! That's the way our corrupt system works right now. The biggest bribers get the laws made in their favor, and that forces YOU the defenseless consumer to pay whatever fees, prices, or premiums the biggest briber wants, by law!
The US Post Office is self-funding and does not use tax money.
This is exactly analogous to private health insurance lobbyists killing the government option for health insurance. And you suffer for that already, via much higher costs for health care which go to pay for CEO bonuses and stockholder profits. Look at numbers 14, 35, 45, 78, 79, 80
And these bribes are the reason that the housing market is such a disaster! Look at numbers 4, 20, 22, 25, 46, 61, 102, 129.
And it's why your cellphone bills are among the highest in the world for worse service than in other countries. Look at numbers 3 and 37.
The solution is publicly funded campaigns so that Congressmen don't have to take those bribes to get re-elected.
A ban on all private campaign donations would also be a huge help.
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