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Post by Amaranth on Sept 17, 2011 0:17:45 GMT -5
My DMV's pretty sweet too.
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Post by booley on Sept 17, 2011 11:02:34 GMT -5
And then when you need to send something physical, you go to UPS/Fedex and know that it will actually get there... the one time I used UPS, I paid 8 dollars and it didnt' get there. And no they didn't refund my 8 dollars. Sent it USPS for 4 bucks and it got there 2 days later. So personally I say fuck UPS/FedEx. They'r e money grubbing pieces of shit. In my humble opinion. |
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Post by Amaranth on Sept 17, 2011 11:03:55 GMT -5
Without the USPS, UPS and FedEx would cost more anyway. Which is just FREE ENTERPRISE, but still.
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Post by booley on Sept 17, 2011 11:09:31 GMT -5
I wonder if the law that requires that the USPS fund health and pensions up to the next 75 years for the next 10 years (now 5 since this was in 2006) has ANYTHING to do with the USPS not having money.
I mean, the USPS is not for profit and has to also pay for benefits for employees who haven't been born yet.
It's almost as if the people who did this law wanted it to fail.
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Post by booley on Sept 17, 2011 11:11:44 GMT -5
Without the USPS, UPS and FedEx would cost more anyway. Which is just FREE ENTERPRISE, but still. Yeah funny how following the libertarian's ideas about free enterprise always ends up making things cost more and less efficient. |
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Post by Amaranth on Sept 17, 2011 12:36:27 GMT -5
Without the USPS, UPS and FedEx would cost more anyway. Which is just FREE ENTERPRISE, but still. Yeah funny how following the libertarian's ideas about free enterprise always ends up making things cost more and less efficient. Well, when you're sucking the corporate jock, who do you expect it to benefit? |
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Post by booley on Sept 17, 2011 12:50:06 GMT -5
Yeah funny how following the libertarian's ideas about free enterprise always ends up making things cost more and less efficient. Well, when you're sucking the corporate jock, who do you expect it to benefit? Does that count as Trickle down economics? |
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Post by Napoleon the Clown on Sept 17, 2011 15:56:07 GMT -5
I wonder if the law that requires that the USPS fund health and pensions up to the next 75 years for the next 10 years (now 5 since this was in 2006) has ANYTHING to do with the USPS not having money. I mean, the USPS is not for profit and has to also pay for benefits for employees who haven't been born yet. It's almost as if the people who did this law wanted it to fail. It has more to do with the fact that they aren't generating much revenue, as mail delivery has plummeted since email became the preferred form of sending information. They need to raise prices, to be honest. They've had periods where they ran a huge profit while giving great benefits. It's now a matter that they don't have sufficient money coming. |
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Post by Amaranth on Sept 17, 2011 16:14:05 GMT -5
Well, when you're sucking the corporate jock, who do you expect it to benefit? Does that count as Trickle down economics? Well, they'll need somewhere to go once they finish.... |
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Post by booley on Sept 18, 2011 15:00:51 GMT -5
I wonder if the law that requires that the USPS fund health and pensions up to the next 75 years for the next 10 years (now 5 since this was in 2006) has ANYTHING to do with the USPS not having money. I mean, the USPS is not for profit and has to also pay for benefits for employees who haven't been born yet. It's almost as if the people who did this law wanted it to fail. It has more to do with the fact that they aren't generating much revenue, as mail delivery has plummeted since email became the preferred form of sending information. They need to raise prices, to be honest. They've had periods where they ran a huge profit while giving great benefits. It's now a matter that they don't have sufficient money coming. But paying for the benefits of employees who haven't been born yet, that's gotta be a drain. Reduced Revenue is bad. But would it be as bad if not for the 2006 law I mentioned above? What business would do that? |
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Post by Amaranth on Sept 18, 2011 15:53:52 GMT -5
Can you link to that law? It's not that I doubt you so much as I'm curious what's in it because that sounds weird.
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Post by booley on Sept 19, 2011 0:42:54 GMT -5
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Post by N. De Plume on Sept 19, 2011 7:55:14 GMT -5
See, some areas CANNOT be delivered by package services, though they will happily take your money and then take it to the USPS for final delivery. So the free enterprise that is supposed to be our savior from big, bad, evil government is unable to match the service provided by said government? Imagine that. |
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