GotVapes alerts you - A Call to Action: Speak up for YOUR United States Postal Service...

[dannoman]

I posted this in another thread, thought I would start a thread about this:

Just to let everyone know:

Each of you can do somethinG about this Saturday closing nonsense if you contact either by phone or email or written letter and tell your Senators and Representative you oppose this move. THEY PAY ATTENTION WHEN THEY GET FLOODED BY THEIR CONSTITUENCY. DO IT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.

I worked for the Post office for 13 years and I do know a few things that are going on behind the scenes.

The USPS actually comes out in the black EVERY year and does it solely based on stamp revenues. What caused some of the troubling financial situations is that just a few years ago Congress mandated that they have to pay future retirement benefits yearly now for up to 75 years. No other government or private institution has ever been saddled with this. I have a feeling they did this so that it could provide an extra revenue stream for other social programs, just as they raid the social security reserve fund every year for the general budget.

This amounts to a 5 to 7 BILLION dollar payment they have to make every May and it immediately sinks them into the RED.

Contact those I mentioned and tell them to stop this nonsense. Corporate interests I am sure are cheering all of this on (through lobbyists and 'friendly' politicians as they would benefit the most (i.e. UPS and FedEX) with any dismantling of the United States Postal Service, certainly a venerable institution that serves the common interest of us all.

 

[dannoman]

Here is a super easy way to find your local congressional offices and contact information:

Contacting the Congress: A Citizen's Congressional Directory

 

[Adrena]

I have a family history with USPS going way back. I am passionate about this tragic state we're in.
Saturday closing is utter nonsense. Ppl in this country need their hours. All this closing means is these postal workers have more work to do on Monday and without the pay? the same amount of mail will still be moving why overwork the ppl?

moving this:
their closing Some 3,653(Closer to 4,400 in some reports) post offices, mostly in small communities.....Thankfully my lowly lil town is not yet on that map?
Postal Reporter - Connecting Postal Employees to Postal News - Information

 

[SmokingRT]

I am sorry for the postal carriers but at the moment if the debt ceiling is not raised I may not even get paid this week.... bet the landlord will love that....... so if you are calling your politicians anyway yell at them for me too please. They are having a pissing contest that could cost me a lot more than political ambition.

 

[Redhook]

And Roman falls. Here they want to close the front doors on our PO and kill saturday delievery they blame emails and the internet which is a joke, the work emails i get would instead be posted at work instead emailed to us and package delivery from the internet sales has been a benefit for them, just look at ecig sales. Just amazing what this government has become.

rant over

 

[dannoman]

Yes--as I said they are doign fine without the ridiculous future benefits payment that they now have to make each year that goes into the billions and sinks them into the red. The whole email thing is a red herring--they are now doing a TON of package business. FedEX and UPS would love to get that package business, they charge extra for Saturday delivery now, people love that with USPS you can get most packages ordered on a Thursday and still get it on Sauturday, no extra fees, etc...

And Roman falls. Here they want to close the front doors on our PO and kill saturday delievery they blame emails and the internet which is a joke, the work emails i get would instead be posted at work instead emailed to us and package delivery from the internet sales has been a benefit for them, just look at ecig sales. Just amazing what this government has become.

rant over

 

[Amy41996]

Lets not forget about the business the USPS gets from ebay alone.....!!!

 

[SmokingRT]

Update I can safely fight for usps as the debt ceiling was lifted so I will get paid for all these hours that have forced me to neglect you all

 

[WAC_Vet]

Gee, I don't see what the big deal is.... if they stop Saturday deliveries, and close more Post Offices, then they can save money to spend on their (Politicians) entitlements... they need those private planes, flights instead of driving, drivers for trips around town and to the office, health coverage for their entire families, getting paid regardless if they actually work or not, dinner parties, tax write-offs for all their clothing, housing, "retirement", etc. Stop the whining and toughen up, heck, you really don't want big corporations or our Politicians to have to do without, now do you?

 

[teslastick]

Vote em all out. Shoulda done it last election.

 

[dannoman]

No I don't, I apologize...

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Gee, I don't see what the big deal is.... if they stop Saturday deliveries, and close more Post Offices, then they can save money to spend on their (Politicians) entitlements... they need those private planes, flights instead of driving, drivers for trips around town and to the office, health coverage for their entire families, getting paid regardless if they actually work or not, dinner parties, tax write-offs for all their clothing, housing, "retirement", etc. Stop the whining and toughen up, heck, you really don't want big corporations or our Politicians to have to do without, now do you?

 

[Adrena]

Can we support our USPS workers without bashing Politicians? All sides suck, we know.
Senators and Representative have to be contacted, it's the way we chose to do things....
I think there are b!tching thread in the "outside" forum somewhere. Pick a side over there lol.

 

[WAC_Vet]

Can we support our USPS workers without bashing Politicians? All sides suck, we know.
Senators and Representative have to be contacted, it's the way we chose to do things....
I think there are b!tching thread in the "outside" forum somewhere. Pick a side over there lol.

I was bashing both sides equally, as I try to be fair about such things. Reality is, THEY ARE the reason for the closings, and the possibility of Saturday mail being halted.

 

[Adrena]

I know, your not the only one hun. I want to see help administered here, it's just the thread topic is close to home for me.... yea know...

 

[jamezelle]

And Roman falls. Here they want to close the front doors on our PO and kill saturday delievery they blame emails and the internet which is a joke, the work emails i get would instead be posted at work instead emailed to us and package delivery from the internet sales has been a benefit for them, just look at ecig sales. Just amazing what this government has become.

rant over

Exactly! I get many more packages delivered than letters Ive mailed out. Internet sales(usps deliveries) are replacing their loss from stamp revenue.

 

[dannoman]

I posted this here to try to get our confederation, our small lil corner of the world, mobilized to contact their representaitves. We ship solely by USPS as do all e-cig vendors and most small businesses, etc. This sort of thing will directly impact all of us.

I was bashing both sides equally, as I try to be fair about such things. Reality is, THEY ARE the reason for the closings, and the possibility of Saturday mail being halted.

I know, your not the only one hun. I want to see help administered here, it's just the thread topic is close to home for me.... yea know...

 

[teslastick]

Well if they don't get their act together then go UPS. I will for my business if the PO give me any crap.

 

[dannoman]

tesla only problem is UPS and FedEx ships no where as cheap as the not-for-profit USPS, especially on small packages which is 100% of what we deal with...

 

[Adrena]

I way prefer my mom and pop rode side fruit &veggie stand over going to wal mart for my produce. Smacking my lips on a sweet and juicy tree ripened honest to god Georgia peach.

 

[dannoman]

Adrena - just noticed your sig...are you a carrier? I worked for 13+ years for PO, started as a LSM operator and then produced safety and training videos then became mgmt as an OSS, programming all the carrier routes.

I still have two brothers and a sister who are carriers...

I haven't had a peach like that since I was a kid