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None of this matters.
Doesn't seem very likely that UPS, FedEx etc would have much interest in delivering first class mail to most of rural America. I'm under the impression a lot of the "last mile" deliveries for the other carriers are done by USPS. That last mile is probably the most expensive part of the process.
Same here but I also recognize that many people live in rural areas and depend on USPS for medication and other needs. I also recognize that it is important for some people to vote by mail.
They already don't do that. Giving them the option wouldn't reduce the chance that they'd do it.
The Postmaster General probably has a "secret plan" to make sure zip codes that are likely to favor Trump get high quality service in delivering absentee ballots. Zip codes that favor Democrats probably will have a lot of lost or destroyed ballots due to "accidents".
And that is about as anti-American as it comes. And they wondered for years why we laughed at them and supposed "patriotism," "class", whatever other delusional nonsense they thought they represented.
My guess is Trump’s plan on this is to sue and contest election results in multiple states and get a court ruling in his favor delaying transition or even halting vote counting vis following Bush v Gore.
This would probably lead to the largest protests in recent history. The nation might become paralyzed.
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I was going to write "It's not possible to get a court ruling that overturns the 20th Amendment," but then I realized that in today's climate, anything is possible.
The ship is sinking but it’s been for about 10 years or more. Covid is really killing service , people going out left and right .In my fiefdom I have 4 employees on unemployment , employees who dont want to work in this mess . Being the summer with max compliment off for vacation and the quarantines most employees are working 60-70 hours and still about 5 routes a day aren’t delivered. Amazon and meds go out on those but the traditional mail stays in. It’s insane
Crazy man. Be safe.
It would be fine with a regular compliment . We were short staffed before covid hit , this has changed the game. In my opinion they need to widen the election period to account for delays in getting ballots out and back
Do you work for USPS? I knew there was someone here who did but I didn’t think( or know) it was you. @Man In The Box I thought you did for some reason?
In Florida, there is mandatory state-wide early voting for 8 days, Oct 24 - 31. In Miami-Dade, additional early voting will be done on Oct 19 - 23, and possibly on Nov 1. Quite a few locations are open for early voting. I think there are drive by drop boxes for VBM this year, during the early voting period, at most locations.
This is 100% anecdotal but all of my anti-Trump friends and colleagues that I've talked to are completely dedicated to voting in person this election. And its largely because of this sabotage. If this had not happened, they likely would have voted by mail, if possible.
Just sent a package to southeast Oklahoma and the USPS had to take over for the UPS. Using just UPS would have sent the cost from 23$ to 84$.
Is the USPS being dismantled? Mine continues to work every day. This seems like a thread you’d see on a conspiracy site
meh...."dismantled" is probably a bit of hyperbole. There should be little question that he's attempting to create a self fulfilling prophecy that mail in voting is a "problem" since it isn't on it's face. There should be no question that shutting down sorting facilities, taking away the blue mailboxes used as drop off locations and choking of resources isn't a way to address the real problems (mainly the union's pension fund requirements) the USPS is facing. There should also be no question around the veracity of those claiming that it's pure coincidence that he all of a sudden cares about the USPS and is just now (after 3.5 years of virtually no focus on the USPS) a problem he's choosing to address. None of that is conspiracy IMO.
I think it’s better said that Trump thinks he loses if it’s easier for everyone to vote. Mail-in voting makes it easier for everyone to vote (why this isn’t in place already is pretty dumb). There will surely be issues with mail-in voting (just as there are with people pushing a touch screen, or hanging chads, or whatever way people vote) Trump gets to say he was right “look at the problems, I told you” and either have his out for why he loses or at worst drag out results and cloud the results.
If Trump and the R’s are trying to affect the election by sabotaging the USPS, sure that’s a problem.
Sure....can you think of any other logical reason why he'd be "taking action" NOW after 3.5 years. I can't think of a time outside the present where he's even talked about the USPS. I can't tell you what our media is saying about it. All I know is that he's trying to shut down sorting stations, have blue drop off boxes removed and trying to take money away from the organization. What I also know is the primary issue with the USPS is the pension program. There's something like 600K people on the program. Think about that for a second. THAT is why they are struggling. If you can tell me how shutting down sorting stations, removing delivery boxes and taking money away is addressing that issue, I'm all ears.
Is he removing delivery boxes in a way that is malicious and unusual? Forgive me if this is a silly question, but is this really happening? Or are people freaking out about something that is normal?
"expressed interest" is doing some major lifting here
Collection box removals have been pushed for 10+ years by L'Enfant Plaza. They want to push people to PO windows to up sell or leave mail in their own box to be collected by carriers , it’s all about cutting jobs over customer service
Until someone gives me a good reason to believe differently, It seems like a conspiracy theory to believe that Trump is “removing mailboxes” to sabotage the election.
. Good God man.
