Congress is up for a rude awakening when the post office eventually dies

[phantom power]

In addition to the "congresscritters are rich, or well-off" bubble, I think this is yet another example of government being the victim of its own success. Lots of people think this is less important than it is, because the USPS works transparently well. When we fuck it up badly enough, we'll notice.

I really do think Congress is up for a rude awakening when the post office eventually dies, because most of them have been in the beltway so long or are so stinking rich that they have no idea how much the rest of the country relies on the post office. It’s as big a blind spot for the privileged Congress as anything else out there. They just don’t get how big of a deal this will be for most of God’s country.

http://www.balloon-juice.com/2013/02/06/post-office-woes/

[Hard Assets]

1. It won't die - it'll be a violation of the Constitution

You know, maintain a Post Office is in there...

[Sekhmets Daughter]

3. That's a great point... n/t

[Lasher]

4. They closed the Post Office in my town.

Then they closed the one in another town nearby. The Constitution didn't prevent that, and it won't protect the Post Office in your town.

[Hard Assets]

5. But you still have a Post office in WV, somewhere (maybe Morgantown?)

And a lot of people are willing to take up Postal Service duties to keep a Post Office in their town....

But I could be wrong...

[Lasher]

12. We tried to keep our community Post Office.

The USPS representative met with us. He said the decision had already been made to close our Post Office and there was no one to whom we could appeal. I contacted my Senators and my House representative and they said there was nothing they could do.

Post Offices have served as anchors in small communities like mine. They are already being closed and this process will continue. We will still have a few large Post Offices far away, but they are just anonymous distribution centers.

[Skittles]

2. same for a lot of American people

most people just DO.NOT.GET.IT. - what losing the postal service would actually mean

[Hard Assets]

6. A simple rule change can save the Post Office easily

and that's to remove the 75 year pension charge to be paid within 10 years.

That is the 2006 Republican mess, and they need to own up to that.

And that's starting with the boondoggle of a budget in the Department of Defense.

the MIC needs to die. Today.

[robinlynne]

7. It would certainly mean the end of a lot of very small businesses!

[n2doc]

8. When does the Defense Department go bankrupt?

I'm waiting for that money loser to be killed. Loses more money than all other Government departments and agencies.

[cali]

10. and for nothing you can email and pay your bills on line for free.

[Blue Idaho]

13. Thanks to Lobbiests and Greedy Corporate Congress Critters

There will soon be towns where no letters or packages will be delivered - period.

Congress broke the Post Office and they could fix it if they wanted to. So why don't they want to?

[Laelth]

14. I agree. The USPS is a superb organization.

It does its job very well. People get spoiled by liberal government and often don't value it until they lose it.

-Laelth

[4_TN_TITANS]

15. Does this mean I'll get fewer campaign flyers from these geniuses?

Do they even realize how much their own campaigns use it?