WE have all heard the rhetoric about the GOP’s ‘war on women’…..and in the past the GOP has said that Obama has a ‘war on coal’, among other things,,,,,but the one ‘war;’ that I do not understand is the ‘war on the Post Office’…..
It seems some in Congress wants to stop Saturday service and close something like 3000 P.O.s….and the figure I have seen is about 100,000 people would lose their jobs….that would be good to raise the unemployment rate at election time….but why is this so important?
I mean the USPS gets NO budgetary monies…..all revenue comes from postage and such. Yes the USPS is in deficit but a lot of that can be attributed to the Congress when they made them fund 25 years of pensions and health care (not positive of the figure….probably more than I said) and do so in 10 years or so putting a financial strain on the USPS.
So my question is…..why all the laser pointing on the USPS? What end is there to this? Are they trying to close it down so private companies like UPS and FedEx can have their way with the American public Just what is it about the USPS that pisses some off?
On a side note….our dynamite Congress has worked 41 days in the first 127 of the year….now there is where the laser focusing should be……why do they get full time pay and benefits when they work part time….could not get that deal at Wal-Mart.
Sorry, I digress. With all the unemployment and bad economic times for the people of this country….would you like to see what the fat cats did in the Congress last week?
-Passed H.R.298, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 East Whitestone Boulevard in Cedar Park, Texas, as the “Army Specialist Matthew Troy Morri
Post Office Building”.
-Passed H.R.1423, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 4th Avenue Southwest in Ardmore, Oklahoma, as the “Specialist Micheal E. Phillips Post Office”.
-Passed H.R.2079, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 Main Street in East Rockaway, New York, as the “John J. Cook Post Office”.
-Passed H.R.2213, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 801 West Eastport Street in Iuka, Mississippi, as the “Sergeant Jason W. Vaughn Post Office”.
-Passed H.R.2244, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 67 Castle Street in Geneva, New York, as the “Corporal Steven Blaine Riccione Post Office”.
-Passed H.R.2660, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 North Holderrieth Boulevard in Tomball, Texas, as the “Tomball Veterans Post Office”.
-Passed H.R.2767, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8 West Silver Street in Westfield, Massachusetts, as the “William T. Trant Post Office Building”.
-Passed H.R.3004, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 260 California Drive in Yountville, California, as the “Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building”.
-Passed H.R.3246, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15455 Manchester Road in Ballwin, Missouri, as the “Specialist Peter J. Navarro Post Office Building”.
-Passed H.R.3247, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1100 Town and Country Commons in Chesterfield, Missouri, as the “Lance Corporal Matthew P. Pathenos Post Office Building”.
-Passed H.R.3248, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 112 South 5th Street in Saint Charles, Missouri, as the “Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building”.
-Adopted S.Res.419, A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that public servants should be commended for their dedication and continued service to the United States during Public Service Recognition week.
– Adopted S.Res.441, expressing support for the designation of May 2012 as National Youth Traffic Safety Month.
-Adopted S.Res.442, Celebrating the 140th anniversary of Arbor Day.
-Adopted S.Res.443, Honoring the life and legacy of Auxiliary Bishop Agustín Román.
-Adopted S.Res.444, designating the week of May 1 through May 7, 2012, as “National Physical Education and Sport Week”.
-Adopted S.Res.445, expressing support for the designation of May 1, 2012, as “Silver Star Service Banner Day”.
-Adopted S.Con.Res.43, to provide for the conditional adjournment of the Senate and House of Representatives over until May 7, 2012.
If you are trying to destroy the USPS why would you spend so much time re-naming offices all over the country? I would like to have access to the names of donors and then cross reference it with the name changes. Just a thought!