Government paid child care to allow parents to go to work and bring home money for their family? Socialism
By diehard Go To PostMy guy, say what you mean. The post office generates revenue and always has.
I did say what I mean. It doesn’t need to
It always has tho
I'm not about a potential reform but this post office debate sounds incredibly dumbed down
I'm not about a potential reform but this post office debate sounds incredibly dumbed down
By DY_nasty Go To PostIt always has tho
I'm not about a potential reform but this post office debate sounds incredibly dumbed down
It’s that’s simple ... we choose what to fund and not. Does the military need to generate revenue? Welfare?
It's probably a multitude of things, break it up for private commercial contracts, there is definitely people who want some of the land them things sit on. Even Feinstein's husband has a percentage of a firm that has contracts to sell USPS property lol. Congress is dirty.
By Fenderputty Go To PostIt’s that’s simple … we choose what to fund and not. Does the military need to generate revenue? Welfare?The USPS is wholly independent from the federal government, though, and isn't really comparable to the military or welfare. It's more akin to garbage collection than a true public utility, in the sense we think of one, because of its governance structure and it essentially operating as a private entity. It needs to generate revenue at some capacity to stay sustainable, literally all government entities/crown corporations/whatever do. If it doesn't, it'll have to be taken over by the federal government and then sold off for assets to actual private corporations. There needs to be some accountability.
By Fenderputty Go To PostIt’s that’s simple … we choose what to fund and not. Does the military need to generate revenue? Welfare?the military absolutely generates revenue. its our biggest export, facilitates private sector shit across the board, and is the fail safe for damn near every level of gov. contractors and other stuff are just as important to the organism. regardless - i wouldn't jump straight to comparing the USPS to the gigantic entity that's the US mil lol
there's no way that this is the first time reforming or modernizing the post office has come up either...
Congress has been trying to kill the post office for years, and now they have an ally in Trump who wants to at least severely hamper it for at least a few weeks this fall.
By FortuneFaded Go To PostThis is straight up this image lmao
Government paid child care to allow parents to go to work and bring home money for their family? Socialism
By Fenderputty Go To PostIt’s that’s simple … we choose what to fund and not. Does the military need to generate revenue? Welfare?Pretty sure the USPS gets no tax money at all.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-mexico-tunnel/u-s-officials-find-sophisticated-smuggling-tunnel-on-mexican-border-idUSKCN2532Q1
the extended report on this is gonna be dope
the extended report on this is gonna be dope
By DY_nasty Go To Postthe military absolutely generates revenue. its our biggest export, facilitates private sector shit across the board, and is the fail safe for damn near every level of gov. contractors and other stuff are just as important to the organism. regardless - i wouldn't jump straight to comparing the USPS to the gigantic entity that's the US mil lol
there's no way that this is the first time reforming or modernizing the post office has come up either…
I said “need to”. I’m not arguing of it does.
By Perfect Blue Go To PostThe USPS is wholly independent from the federal government, though, and isn't really comparable to the military or welfare. It's more akin to garbage collection than a true public utility, in the sense we think of one, because of its governance structure and it essentially operating as a private entity. It needs to generate revenue at some capacity to stay sustainable, literally all government entities/crown corporations/whatever do. If it doesn't, it'll have to be taken over by the federal government and then sold off for assets to actual private corporations. There needs to be some accountability.
Breh the Whitehouse recently rejected a 2b bailout fund for the USPS. The feds absolutely can choose to help keep the system solvent.
By Fenderputty Go To PostBreh the Whitehouse recently rejected a 2b bailout fund for the USPS. The feds absolutely can choose to help keep the system solvent.yeah but they won't.
I have a feeling it will fully privatize soon. Probably will need to be an Amazon prime member to mail anything.
IIRC, the only reason it is losing money right now is because of the government forcing it to fully fund every worker's full pension when they are hired. Or something to that effect.
By blackace Go To Postyeah but they won't.
I have a feeling it will fully privatize soon. Probably will need to be an Amazon prime member to mail anything.
I don’t think you can fully private without a lot of laws being changed???? Including 60 votes in Congress ...
You can make it virtually useless tho ...
By Fenderputty Go To PostI don’t think you can fully private without a lot of laws being changed???? Including 60 votes in Congress …when it goes bankrupt, then what?
You can make it virtually useless tho …
By blackace Go To Postwhen it goes bankrupt, then what?
Not really sure. It’s an interesting question, because I know the post office is fairly legally enshrined
It would be pretty useless in this state tho lol
yeah, so basically i don't think its that simple man :/
definitely something to read up on and follow though
definitely something to read up on and follow though
By DY_nasty Go To Postyeah, so basically i don't think its that simple man :/
definitely something to read up on and follow though
Nothing is simple legislatively, but that doesn’t mean the issue isn’t simple itself.
The idea that it needs to be self funded to exist is purely a Choice we make. This choice was made during the age of the gold standard When money was constrained by a finite resource. Politicians continue to act like the program needs to Be self funded. That does not make it so. Hence my first tweet.
The solution is simple. Decide to find it partialMy or fully via tax revenue. Maybe then you’ll get less junk mail because the USPS can then be more selective in what’s mailed.
Government been crippling it for years. It's fairly simple on that score. They want it insolvent and dead for *reasons.*
I must be the only person who sees this! What if no one regulated these services?? We're sitting on a GOLD MINE here
By Fenderputty Go To PostNothing is simple legislatively, but that doesn’t mean the issue isn’t simple itself.i can't think of any other way to say it but this again feels oversimplified and the comparison to the military of all things... 'self funded' isn't the same as assisting in its own sustainability. reorg/modernization who knows. and if amazon can replace its infrastructure in some aspects, then all the more reason amazon should've been broken up ages ago right?
The idea that it needs to be self funded to exist is purely a Choice we make. This choice was made during the age of the gold standard When money was constrained by a finite resource. Politicians continue to act like the program needs to Be self funded. That does not make it so. Hence my first tweet.
The solution is simple. Decide to find it partialMy or fully via tax revenue. Maybe then you’ll get less junk mail because the USPS can then be more selective in what’s mailed.
i'm consistently all for supporting and improving existing institutions too. feels like there's a lot more to this and i'm cool with sorting all that out before going all good guy/bad guy on it
I’m not sure I can find a way to complicate a simple decision. Lol 😂
Compare it to any federal program. I really dgaf. I brought up welfare too. Which is bigger than the military. Clearly the point of welfare is to provide a service. Similar to the post office. We do so via taxation.
The choice to frame this topic as a complicated one is purely political. The politics of this is not simple. But the politics of extending a no brainer UI during a pandemic Has proven challenging lol
Compare it to any federal program. I really dgaf. I brought up welfare too. Which is bigger than the military. Clearly the point of welfare is to provide a service. Similar to the post office. We do so via taxation.
The choice to frame this topic as a complicated one is purely political. The politics of this is not simple. But the politics of extending a no brainer UI during a pandemic Has proven challenging lol
What’s even more amazing about this total shit show, the post office In efforts to stay solvent has sold its services to UPS/Amazon for weekend deliveries. The dude who shits on amazon for doing so is the dude who wants the USPS to be revenue neutral
By Fenderputty Go To PostI’m not sure I can find a way to complicate a simple decision. Lol 😂fender stop lol
Compare it to any federal program. I really dgaf. I brought up welfare too. Which is bigger than the military. Clearly the point of welfare is to provide a service. Similar to the post office. We do so via taxation.
The choice to frame this topic as a complicated one is purely political. The politics of this is not simple. But the politics of extending a no brainer UI during a pandemic Has proven challenging lol
you don't even realize how much you sound like those bernie ppl you hate so much
By DY_nasty Go To Postyou don't even realize how much you sound like those bernie ppl you hate so much
I’m fully aware of what I sound like😂
Everyone thinks I’m an actual centrist neoliberal shill lololol
USPS operating costs a year 80b
Trump tax cuts increased deficits by 220b yearly
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christianweller/2020/01/29/trumps-wasteful-tax-cuts-lead-to-continued-trillion-dollar-deficits-in-expanding-economy/#175c352566c4
By the way, the above isn’t even fair because the actually difference between revenues and expenses is 10b yeArly
By Perfect Blue Go To PostDid we talk about this?Theresa May looking like a ghost of someone who died in that spot 100 years ago and occasionally appears when people take photographs of the area.
Fucking hell
The way he frames EV subsidies as corporate welfare is sorta like the way Elon frames government assistance while benefitting from subsidies.
You happy now, DY 😂
You happy now, DY 😂
Green tech subsidies by and large were a massive positive for tbe industry. No way the ev car market is where it is ( with actual competitors to Tesla), without those subsidies. Same with coals downfall here.
Yeah, but if you can't see Elon figuring out how to take advantage of right and left priorities as well as weaknesses to jockey for himself then you're kinda missing everything important in US politics right now..
But I don't rely on twitter to tell me what to be upset about and guide me emotionally either so maybe I'm doing it wrong
But I don't rely on twitter to tell me what to be upset about and guide me emotionally either so maybe I'm doing it wrong
Elon’s hypocrisy is so obvious it’s almost not worth discussing. Bernie ain’t wrong about Elon being a douche, but he does his classic framing of the issue. You would never know subsidies were a positive based on that exchange.
By Fenderputty Go To PostElon’s hypocrisy is so obvious it’s almost not worth discussing. Bernie ain’t wrong about Elon being a douche, but he does his classic framing of the issue. You would never know subsidies were a positive based on that exchange.Is it really hypocrisy if he's playing whichever group is gonna cut the check? You gotta be invested in any of this partisan shit to be a hypocrite and very few people who are legitimately proactive are.
Dude played the part for Cali then turned around and put on another one Texas... and I told yal as it was happening. Shit, he's always done both front and center too because its just that easy.
Its a lot easier to follow this stuff if you're not constantly glued to a hyper partisan lens or the most easily digested news bits.
By Perfect Blue Go To PostDid we talk about this?last week on Homeland
Fucking hell
Thought this was a really good read - https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/covid-19-end-of-american-era-wade-davis-1038206/
By DY_nasty Go To PostI was reading up on that earlier but some of it sounds too ridiculous even for meI don't know man, after what happened with Jamal Khashoggi, this seems par for the course with MBS...
By Perfect Blue Go To PostI don't know man, after what happened with Jamal Khashoggi, this seems par for the course with MBS…Khashoggi happened in an area they controlled though. That's waaaaay different.
By n8 dogg Go To PostThought this was a really good read - https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/covid-19-end-of-american-era-wade-davis-1038206/Yeah, great stuff
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/lebanese-protesters-storm-ministry-buildings-as-anger-over-beirut-blast-grows-idUSKCN2540EX?il=0
actual powder keg
edti: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-signs-coronavirus-relief-orders-after-talks-with-congress-break-down-idUSKCN2540TA eh
actual powder keg
edti: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-signs-coronavirus-relief-orders-after-talks-with-congress-break-down-idUSKCN2540TA eh
