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2017-07-12 Government

US Post Office Spent Big OT Bucks To Cover Workers While They Campaigned For Hillary

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-07-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I thought the USPS moved towards privatization under George H.W. Bush and was operated like a private business. Are the taxpayers on the hook for these OT costs or not? If the PO operated at a loss because of bad policies and management, the OT costs would have to be made up somehow (probably by the taxpayers). If operating costs increased, eventually, these costs would have to be passed on to users via higher costs for mail services and postage--thus the taxpayers would foot the bill.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-07-12 07:34|| 2017-07-12 07:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Semi-private. Whether you like it or not, the Constitution calls for the operation of the post office by Congress.

Section 8 - The Text
The Congress shall have Power...

To establish Post Offices and post Roads;

Just another reason to abolish Civil Service and go back to patronage. One, its there already in practice. Two, then you can hold your Congresscritters directly responsible for stuff like this.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-07-12 07:53|| 2017-07-12 07:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Rather than abolish Civil Service, abolish government employee unions.

Yes I realize they there isn't a snowball's chance in he'll of that ever happening. The unions RUN the government. They would shut it down at the first sign of any threat to their power.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2017-07-12 08:59|| 2017-07-12 08:59|| Front Page Top

#4 The day of the First Class letter is dead and gone. The USPS exists today to deliver junk mail. A sideline is packages.

Posted by Herb McCoy7309 2017-07-12 09:36|| 2017-07-12 09:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh, I'm sure the various tax collection and complicity bodies have a different view.

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-07-12 21:49|| 2017-07-12 21:49|| Front Page Top

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