Trump says postal support held up by broader coronavirus wrangling

[Harry Dresden]

It doesn't help that they are required to fund pensions for 75 years out.

Holy shit... Are you serious? Why the **** would they do that? No offence man, but this is just crazy enough I got to go look myself. That is beyond stupid unless there is some sort of misunderstanding here.

republicans and democrats set it up....

 

[Indeependent]

I am very friendly with the workers at my local Post Office.
They are under enormous pressure all day and their staffing has been severely cut over the last 10 years.

the only ones under pressure are the carriers.....we had a time limit to get whatever mail was there out in 8 hours and many times it took some OT to get it out...

The average Nassau County PO has had 50%+ staff reductions since Obama's 2nd term, but that could have been because of GW.

 

[Harry Dresden]

I am very friendly with the workers at my local Post Office.
They are under enormous pressure all day and their staffing has been severely cut over the last 10 years.

the only ones under pressure are the carriers.....we had a time limit to get whatever mail was there out in 8 hours and many times it took some OT to get it out...

The average Nassau County PO has had 50%+ staff reductions since Obama's 2nd term, but that could have been because of GW.

when i was there the clerks were not being replaced because of automation......the new sorting machine that came into the main mail processing center did the job we were told of anywhere from 50 to a 100 clerks depending on how much mail volume each center had ... it was at least 60-70 yards long and processed a lot of mail much faster than the old type of sorter.....one person feeds the mail at one end another unloads at the other end.....

 

[Shelzin]

republicans and democrats set it up....

Yeah, I found the info... It's not nearly as bad as I originally thought... It's still beyond stupid, but not nearly what my initial thought was.

However I do note that there are politicians that support that the world would be missing several nations right now due to global warming and water levels rising. Their ability and/or gullibility to forecast future events is suspect.

 

[Indeependent]

I am very friendly with the workers at my local Post Office.
They are under enormous pressure all day and their staffing has been severely cut over the last 10 years.

the only ones under pressure are the carriers.....we had a time limit to get whatever mail was there out in 8 hours and many times it took some OT to get it out...

The average Nassau County PO has had 50%+ staff reductions since Obama's 2nd term, but that could have been because of GW.

when i was there the clerks were not being replaced because of automation......the new sorting machine that came into the main mail processing center did the job we were told of anywhere from 50 to a 100 clerks depending on how much mail volume each center had ... it was at least 60-70 yards long and processed a lot of mail much faster than the old type of sorter.....one person feeds the mail at one end another unloads at the other end.....

My issue is the front service desk; I have seen many POs where the waiting lines more than doubled in wait time.

 

[Grumblenuts]

The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) required the USPS to create a $72 billion fund to pay for the cost of its post-retirement health care costs, 75 years into the future. This burden applies to no other federal agency or private corporation.

If the costs of this retiree health care mandate were removed from the USPS financial statements, the Post Office would have reported operating profits in each of the last six years. This extraordinary mandate created a financial “crisis” that has been used to justify harmful service cuts and even calls for postal privatization. Additional cuts in service and privatization would be devastating for millions of postal workers and customers.

Did both major Parties support that Bill in Congress?
Also, it would be nice to have some confirmation of this:

Although the money is intended to be set aside for future Post Office retirees, the funds are instead being diverted to help pay down the national debt.

 

[Harry Dresden]

I am very friendly with the workers at my local Post Office.
They are under enormous pressure all day and their staffing has been severely cut over the last 10 years.

the only ones under pressure are the carriers.....we had a time limit to get whatever mail was there out in 8 hours and many times it took some OT to get it out...

The average Nassau County PO has had 50%+ staff reductions since Obama's 2nd term, but that could have been because of GW.

when i was there the clerks were not being replaced because of automation......the new sorting machine that came into the main mail processing center did the job we were told of anywhere from 50 to a 100 clerks depending on how much mail volume each center had ... it was at least 60-70 yards long and processed a lot of mail much faster than the old type of sorter.....one person feeds the mail at one end another unloads at the other end.....

My issue is the front service desk; I have seen many POs where the waiting lines more than doubled in wait time.

i hear ya.....our station manager was told because of cutbacks to go from 4 window clerks to 2 and some days 1.....and the office i was in was the busiest in Anaheim....but the upper management could care less....do as we say or else....

 

[Crepitus]

For all our democrats, this is the real truth, not your truth about the post office funding


President Trump on Saturday said Democrats aren’t getting money for widespread mail-in voting because they are insisting on funding for states and localities as part of coronavirus relief deliberations.


Mr. Trump has characterized the local money as a bailout for poorly managed blue states, while Democrats say states and towns across the board are suffering budget gaps from fighting the coronavirus pandemic and a dramatic loss of tax receipts.


“They want money for the universal mail-in ballot. They’re not getting it. You know why? Because of them,” Mr. Trump said. “They need money, but they’re not willing to approve the money that they need.

Trump says postal support held up by broader coronavirus wrangling

President Trump on Saturday said Democrats aren’t getting money for widespread mail-in voting because they are insisting on funding for states and localities as part of coronavirus relief deliberations.

www.washingtontimes.com

His story changed.

Again.

No surprise. He can't keep his lies straight because he's told over 20,000 of them so far.

 

[Harry Dresden]

The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) required the USPS to create a $72 billion fund to pay for the cost of its post-retirement health care costs, 75 years into the future. This burden applies to no other federal agency or private corporation.

If the costs of this retiree health care mandate were removed from the USPS financial statements, the Post Office would have reported operating profits in each of the last six years. This extraordinary mandate created a financial “crisis” that has been used to justify harmful service cuts and even calls for postal privatization. Additional cuts in service and privatization would be devastating for millions of postal workers and customers.

Did both major Parties support that Bill in Congress?
Also, it would be nice to have some confirmation of this:

Although the money is intended to be set aside for future Post Office retirees, the funds are instead being diverted to help pay down the national debt.

a republican came up with it....it was co-sponsored by another republican and 2 democrats.....and if the democrats were against this why during obamas 8 years did they not do something about it?..

 

[Indeependent]

The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) required the USPS to create a $72 billion fund to pay for the cost of its post-retirement health care costs, 75 years into the future. This burden applies to no other federal agency or private corporation.

If the costs of this retiree health care mandate were removed from the USPS financial statements, the Post Office would have reported operating profits in each of the last six years. This extraordinary mandate created a financial “crisis” that has been used to justify harmful service cuts and even calls for postal privatization. Additional cuts in service and privatization would be devastating for millions of postal workers and customers.

Did both major Parties support that Bill in Congress?
Also, it would be nice to have some confirmation of this:

Although the money is intended to be set aside for future Post Office retirees, the funds are instead being diverted to help pay down the national debt.

a republican came up with it....it was co-sponsored by another republican and 2 democrats.....and if the democrats were against this why during obamas 8 years did they not do something about it?..

As Bernie Sanders used to say on the Thom Hartman Radio Program, both parties vote for their own pockets.

 

[RightNorLeft]

For all our democrats, this is the real truth, not your truth about the post office funding


President Trump on Saturday said Democrats aren’t getting money for widespread mail-in voting because they are insisting on funding for states and localities as part of coronavirus relief deliberations.


Mr. Trump has characterized the local money as a bailout for poorly managed blue states, while Democrats say states and towns across the board are suffering budget gaps from fighting the coronavirus pandemic and a dramatic loss of tax receipts.


“They want money for the universal mail-in ballot. They’re not getting it. You know why? Because of them,” Mr. Trump said. “They need money, but they’re not willing to approve the money that they need.

Trump says postal support held up by broader coronavirus wrangling

President Trump on Saturday said Democrats aren’t getting money for widespread mail-in voting because they are insisting on funding for states and localities as part of coronavirus relief deliberations.

www.washingtontimes.com

His story changed.

Again.

No surprise. He can't keep his lies straight because he's told over 20,000 of them so far.

No it didnt, its the sameOle fake reporting by the left

 

[Crepitus]

For all our democrats, this is the real truth, not your truth about the post office funding


President Trump on Saturday said Democrats aren’t getting money for widespread mail-in voting because they are insisting on funding for states and localities as part of coronavirus relief deliberations.


Mr. Trump has characterized the local money as a bailout for poorly managed blue states, while Democrats say states and towns across the board are suffering budget gaps from fighting the coronavirus pandemic and a dramatic loss of tax receipts.


“They want money for the universal mail-in ballot. They’re not getting it. You know why? Because of them,” Mr. Trump said. “They need money, but they’re not willing to approve the money that they need.

Trump says postal support held up by broader coronavirus wrangling

President Trump on Saturday said Democrats aren’t getting money for widespread mail-in voting because they are insisting on funding for states and localities as part of coronavirus relief deliberations.

www.washingtontimes.com

His story changed.

Again.

No surprise. He can't keep his lies straight because he's told over 20,000 of them so far.

No it didnt, its the sameOle fake reporting by the left

That's a lie. He has told us he's holding it up because he doesn't want People's ballots to get counted.

 

[RightNorLeft]

For all our democrats, this is the real truth, not your truth about the post office funding


President Trump on Saturday said Democrats aren’t getting money for widespread mail-in voting because they are insisting on funding for states and localities as part of coronavirus relief deliberations.


Mr. Trump has characterized the local money as a bailout for poorly managed blue states, while Democrats say states and towns across the board are suffering budget gaps from fighting the coronavirus pandemic and a dramatic loss of tax receipts.


“They want money for the universal mail-in ballot. They’re not getting it. You know why? Because of them,” Mr. Trump said. “They need money, but they’re not willing to approve the money that they need.

Trump says postal support held up by broader coronavirus wrangling

President Trump on Saturday said Democrats aren’t getting money for widespread mail-in voting because they are insisting on funding for states and localities as part of coronavirus relief deliberations.

www.washingtontimes.com

His story changed.

Again.

No surprise. He can't keep his lies straight because he's told over 20,000 of them so far.

No it didnt, its the sameOle fake reporting by the left

That's a lie. He has told us he's holding it up because he doesn't want People's ballots to get counted.

The lie is CNN MSNBC, NYTs. WAPO and the rest of the liberal press

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The USPS has been on the verge of bankruptcy for DECADES. They have been mismanaged for DECADES. They got railroaded by the unions DECADES ago.

Suddenly it is Trump's fault lol

But magically there were no delays and now that mail voting has expanded, there are delays. And stop pretending that your Trump didn't say he wants to block mail voting.

Where is your link?

 

[Grumblenuts]

The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) required the USPS to create a $72 billion fund to pay for the cost of its post-retirement health care costs, 75 years into the future. This burden applies to no other federal agency or private corporation.

If the costs of this retiree health care mandate were removed from the USPS financial statements, the Post Office would have reported operating profits in each of the last six years. This extraordinary mandate created a financial “crisis” that has been used to justify harmful service cuts and even calls for postal privatization. Additional cuts in service and privatization would be devastating for millions of postal workers and customers.

Did both major Parties support that Bill in Congress?
Also, it would be nice to have some confirmation of this:

Although the money is intended to be set aside for future Post Office retirees, the funds are instead being diverted to help pay down the national debt.

a republican came up with it....it was co-sponsored by another republican and 2 democrats.....and if the democrats were against this why during obamas 8 years did they not do something about it?..

Again.. Thanks! Yes, both Parties work together because both work for the same private interests, competing for campaign contributions from corporations and rich fuckers. Trump himself, obviously being one such ******, too many in Congress nearly as bad now. Hopelessly corrupt. Representing their "interests" while paying ours only lip service. So next step is to follow the money. See who donates to all those sponsor's campaigns.. Then we'll really have some idea who's behind this particular nonsense..

 

[Indeependent]

For all our democrats, this is the real truth, not your truth about the post office funding


President Trump on Saturday said Democrats aren’t getting money for widespread mail-in voting because they are insisting on funding for states and localities as part of coronavirus relief deliberations.


Mr. Trump has characterized the local money as a bailout for poorly managed blue states, while Democrats say states and towns across the board are suffering budget gaps from fighting the coronavirus pandemic and a dramatic loss of tax receipts.


“They want money for the universal mail-in ballot. They’re not getting it. You know why? Because of them,” Mr. Trump said. “They need money, but they’re not willing to approve the money that they need.

Trump says postal support held up by broader coronavirus wrangling

President Trump on Saturday said Democrats aren’t getting money for widespread mail-in voting because they are insisting on funding for states and localities as part of coronavirus relief deliberations.

www.washingtontimes.com

His story changed.

Again.

No surprise. He can't keep his lies straight because he's told over 20,000 of them so far.

No it didnt, its the sameOle fake reporting by the left

That's a lie. He has told us he's holding it up because he doesn't want People's ballots to get counted.

According to you, Trump is only telling the truth when you don't like what he says.

 

[Grumblenuts]

For starters,

For years, ALEC worked to influence Congress to pass the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006, requiring the USPS to pay $5.5 billion annually for pension health care benefits 75 years in advance. No other agency carries that burden. In 2006, before the PAEA, the USPS profit was $0.9 billion.

Under pressure of this substantial red ink, postal management in the last year closed 30 percent of its processing and distribution plants; reduced hours up to 75 percent in half of the post offices; put 10 percent of buildings up for sale; subcontracted trucking and mail handling; cut thousands of mail routes; and eliminated 60,000 living-wage postal jobs. These cuts all slow down the mail system.

Tea Party House Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the richest man in Congress with a net worth of $448 million, heads the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. (KSBW.com, Dec. 27, 2011)

Issa is the congressional pitbull most insistent on passing postal privatization. Issa’s HR2748 bill would end Saturday delivery, replace door-to-door delivery for 40 million homes with neighborhood cluster boxes and eliminate 100,000 postal jobs.

The use of cluster boxes not only inconveniences mail recipients but would de-skill jobs that require stamina and a good memory, allowing the USPS to follow the anti-labor example of the Netherlands in hiring part-time, low-paid workers.

 

[asaratis]

For all our democrats, this is the real truth, not your truth about the post office funding


President Trump on Saturday said Democrats aren’t getting money for widespread mail-in voting because they are insisting on funding for states and localities as part of coronavirus relief deliberations.


Mr. Trump has characterized the local money as a bailout for poorly managed blue states, while Democrats say states and towns across the board are suffering budget gaps from fighting the coronavirus pandemic and a dramatic loss of tax receipts.


“They want money for the universal mail-in ballot. They’re not getting it. You know why? Because of them,” Mr. Trump said. “They need money, but they’re not willing to approve the money that they need.

Trump says postal support held up by broader coronavirus wrangling

President Trump on Saturday said Democrats aren’t getting money for widespread mail-in voting because they are insisting on funding for states and localities as part of coronavirus relief deliberations.

www.washingtontimes.com

Yet the Liar in Chief, EX-president Barack Hussein Obama LIED AGAIN when he claimed to be quoting President Trump.

'Starve the Postal Service': Obama criticizes Trump for sweeping changes at the USPS

Former President Barack Obama criticized President Donald Trump on Friday for attempting to stall funding for the U.S. Postal Service.

www.usatoday.com

"What we've seen in a way that is unique to modern political history is a president who is explicit in trying to discourage people from voting," Obama said. "What we've never seen before is a president say, 'I'm going to try to actively kneecap the Postal Service to encourage voting and I will be explicit about the reason I'm doing it.'"

Obama added: "That's sort of unheard of, right? And we also have not had an election in the midst of a pandemic that is still deadly and killing a lot of people and we still don't know the long-term side effects of contracting the illness.”

Show me a video of President Trump saying, "I'm going to try to actively kneecap the Postal Service to encourage voting and I will be explicit about the reason I'm doing it."

Barack Obama accuses Trump of attempting to 'actively kneecap' the US Postal Service to suppress mail-in votes

Obama told his former campaign manager David Plouffe that he is worried about the integrity of the election process amid a pandemic.

www.businessinsider.com

Barack Hussein Obama is not just a liar, he's a goddamned liar!

 

[Grumblenuts]

Part of the Contract On America

The Postal Service was plagued by patronage scandals for part of its history: as often happened with other political appointments, lucrative postal positions were sometimes doled out as favors. But, just as the U.S.P.S. had always been for its customers, it eventually became one of the nation’s most egalitarian institutions for employment. Postal alumni include Abraham Lincoln and John Brown, Richard Wright and William Faulkner, John Prine and Brittany Howard—men and women from every state, from all circumstances, with little education or lots of it, working for a few hours a week or decades of full-time service, as clerks at the office, city carriers, rural carriers, tractor-trailer drivers, postal inspectors, sorters, delivery specialists, and postmasters. Today, the U.S.P.S. comprises nearly a quarter of the entire federal workforce. Nearly half of its six hundred and thirty-three thousand employees are people of color, and more than a hundred thousand are veterans. Together, the workers staff thirty-two thousand post offices and nearly five hundred processing and distribution centers. They handle a hundred and forty-two billion pieces of mail each year—nearly half of all the mail in the entire world.

 

[Crepitus]

For all our democrats, this is the real truth, not your truth about the post office funding


President Trump on Saturday said Democrats aren’t getting money for widespread mail-in voting because they are insisting on funding for states and localities as part of coronavirus relief deliberations.


Mr. Trump has characterized the local money as a bailout for poorly managed blue states, while Democrats say states and towns across the board are suffering budget gaps from fighting the coronavirus pandemic and a dramatic loss of tax receipts.


“They want money for the universal mail-in ballot. They’re not getting it. You know why? Because of them,” Mr. Trump said. “They need money, but they’re not willing to approve the money that they need.

Trump says postal support held up by broader coronavirus wrangling

President Trump on Saturday said Democrats aren’t getting money for widespread mail-in voting because they are insisting on funding for states and localities as part of coronavirus relief deliberations.

www.washingtontimes.com

His story changed.

Again.

No surprise. He can't keep his lies straight because he's told over 20,000 of them so far.

No it didnt, its the sameOle fake reporting by the left

That's a lie. He has told us he's holding it up because he doesn't want People's ballots to get counted.

The lie is CNN MSNBC, NYTs. WAPO and the rest of the liberal press

Riiiiiiight. Everything is a lie, everything is a hoax.

It's a conspiracy I tell.you!!

Wake the **** up, kid.