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BumRushDaShow

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10. He left last year but the damage is done.

Reply to PatrickforB (Reply #8)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 08:16 PM

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USPS to suspend pension contributions, seeks 4-cent stamp price hike [View all] BumRushDaShow 13 hrs ago OP

$4.25 gasoline doesn't help . James48 13 hrs ago #1

Especially since Trump Old Crank 7 hrs ago #15

The USPS is required to pre-fund employees retirement.. summer_in_TX 5 hrs ago #17

It's being systematically destroyed in preparation for privatization or elimination. CousinIT 13 hrs ago #2

Explain how it was defunded when it doesn't get any taxpayer subsidies? MichMan 7 hrs ago #11

Government not paying for a constitutional requirement Old Crank 7 hrs ago #14

You are correct; going all the way back to 1970 MichMan 6 hrs ago #16

Enough with the nickel and diming every year TexasBushwhacker 13 hrs ago #3

I get 3 letters a week and have Amazon PKG deliver once a week. Jacson6 12 hrs ago #4

"The Internet has replaced the mail delivery service for most correspondence. IMHO." BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago #6

Interestingly, in our rural area, Starlink is the only satellite service we could get. Dixiegrrrl 10 hrs ago #9

STOP delivering mail on Saturdays and save billions Bengus81 12 hrs ago #5

When I was a child the stamps were four cents. twodogsbarking 10 hrs ago #7

All under the expert hand of DeJoy! He has financial interests in privatization of the USPS dontcha know! n/t PatrickforB 10 hrs ago #8

He left last year but the damage is done. BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago #10

DeJoy resigned a year ago n/t MichMan 7 hrs ago #12

But the damage he did remains. I do stand corrected, but the USPS is still having DeJoy issues. n/t PatrickforB 7 hrs ago #13

It wasn't just him it was the Republican as a whole as they've been conspiring for decades to kill the USPS. cstanleytech 3 hrs ago #20

Well before DeJoy was appointed, the requirement summer_in_TX 5 hrs ago #18

Frankly I think a national gas and diesel tax specifically for funding the postal service only is needed. cstanleytech 3 hrs ago #19

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