tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post3157659861058510717..comments2024-03-27T22:06:35.339-10:00Comments on Dead Tree Edition: Greece Is the Word for USPS, Donahoe SaysD. Eadward Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-15537213518126290952012-10-17T09:53:06.743-10:002012-10-17T09:53:06.743-10:00Everyone of you trying to lay the issues on the US...Everyone of you trying to lay the issues on the USPS are fooling no one but yourself. The problem is the PRE FUNDING of retirement that NO ONE else is forced to do and that is being used as a sludge fund for the Government. The USPS was finally staying profitable and that is not the fault of management it changed and reversed. <br /><br />Stop spouting off with your useless agendas and personal Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-86841862402284188852012-03-06T09:53:58.615-10:002012-03-06T09:53:58.615-10:00Follow the money. Ending rural free delivery isn&#...Follow the money. Ending rural free delivery isn't even on the table. It's a govt. mandate that runs up the USPS labor costs more than all the ideas commenters have listed combined. Rural post offices are only 1% of the USPS budget. Rural DELIVERY labor is a huge chunk of the budget. Look who dominates rural areas in Congress and explain to me why this is off the table? Not to mention allAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-9999227139452573912012-02-24T02:59:21.559-10:002012-02-24T02:59:21.559-10:00How are our pensions on the backs of the taxpayers...How are our pensions on the backs of the taxpayers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-27466902628128547752012-02-23T14:39:59.281-10:002012-02-23T14:39:59.281-10:00I've said it before many times and I'll sa...I've said it before many times and I'll say it again here. Are there regulations against the Postal Service getting into the internet business such as bill payments? I have no expertise but it seems like a cost effective way to generate revenue.PPPsGrammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623160237224004315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-54417745422774913342012-02-23T02:00:46.259-10:002012-02-23T02:00:46.259-10:00The PMG states if nothing changes the PO will be u...The PMG states if nothing changes the PO will be unable to make payroll by the end of FY 2012 and they have reached their borrowing limit. So how would the PO still be functioning in 2016 in order to have $60 billion in annual revenue or $90 billion in debt? An all volunteer workforce?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-32094858331210336822012-02-22T13:21:18.789-10:002012-02-22T13:21:18.789-10:00Well we just got our notice they want to close our...Well we just got our notice they want to close our facility. Ok great I am so done once and for all. This bull has got to go. Give me my dam pick slip and let me collect my benifits for what 99 weeks and then off to SS office. I can handle the stress of all this bull, and I want my disabilaty. What frickin jobs are around. What 8.oo maybe 10.00 an hour job. That wont even by the toilet paper Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-24120870727716123702012-02-22T12:41:59.970-10:002012-02-22T12:41:59.970-10:00Cut EAS. Cut PCES.
When you are done?
Chump Chang...Cut EAS. Cut PCES.<br />When you are done?<br />Chump Change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-88128660906177836512012-02-22T11:34:11.162-10:002012-02-22T11:34:11.162-10:00Over generous guaranteed pensions on the backs of ...Over generous guaranteed pensions on the backs of taxpayers is a crime. Enough already. Convert everything to a 401K. Let it sink or float like my pension and the rest of the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-19342274486675113672012-02-22T10:49:21.242-10:002012-02-22T10:49:21.242-10:00Well said Richman. UPS and FedEx both posted recor...Well said Richman. UPS and FedEx both posted record esrnings last year because they constantly check the structure of how they are doing business and revamp as changes become necwaary.<br /><br />Our office building doesn't even have a drop box for USPS becasue the township postal services refuses to pick it up. Way to do business and force people to use other measures!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-90702182328450908792012-02-22T09:59:31.411-10:002012-02-22T09:59:31.411-10:00In 2005, the Postal Service did not even have to u...In 2005, the Postal Service did not even have to use its borrowing authority. It had NO outstanding debt; today it has $12.9 billion in debt. Virtually all this debt has been used to finance the pre‐funding of retiree health benefits ‐‐ not to restructure the Postal Service’s network of facilities, or to replace its old vehicle<br />fleet, or to invest in new products and services to meet the RichManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13663456833719253213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-88140893320176648702012-02-22T08:22:27.822-10:002012-02-22T08:22:27.822-10:00Almost everyone misses the real problem. Manageme...Almost everyone misses the real problem. Management is a problem, lack of leadership, ethics and brains is primarily the problem w/management However the real problem, the real criminals in all of this is the US Senate and the US House of Representatives. They are stealing us blind and have been for years. The 2006 PAEA is just the whipping topping on the cake, the straw breaking the camel'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-76785407517120144412012-02-22T08:18:21.707-10:002012-02-22T08:18:21.707-10:00He likes to keep throwing these big number around ...He likes to keep throwing these big number around trying to scare the hell out of everyone. Why doesn't he just go ahead and say that if nothing changes, in 300 years the Postal Service will be in debt $900 Megazillion dollars.............Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-42447393644629900772012-02-22T07:25:48.178-10:002012-02-22T07:25:48.178-10:00Why is that staff jobs have increased and craft jo...Why is that staff jobs have increased and craft jobs have been decreased? All management needs Togo and replaced with qualified people with business sense and education. Just because someone works their way up the ladder does not make them qualified. Donohue and cronies need to be put in jail for what they have done to us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-26834003508375192432012-02-22T06:24:03.056-10:002012-02-22T06:24:03.056-10:00donahoe must be fired immediately. look at his dec...donahoe must be fired immediately. look at his decisions and track record and you will also be convinced that he needs to be fired. he is a bad decision maker whose service slashing policies have cost the postal service billions upon billions of dollars in lost revenue and his failed "leadership" has failed to <br />recoup billions more by reducing/controlling postal fraud, waste, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-72707898010220065822012-02-22T03:37:29.065-10:002012-02-22T03:37:29.065-10:00How about start cutting all the top heavy jobs tha...How about start cutting all the top heavy jobs that are not needed to move the mail? Then, abolish PAEA which will solve everything. It's also worth noting that PAEA provided additional salary increases at the top. Imagine that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-6949439279184593312012-02-22T03:34:56.663-10:002012-02-22T03:34:56.663-10:00Its hard for the post office to get ahead when the...Its hard for the post office to get ahead when they have 37 vice presidents! (That is a fact!) I say, start the cuts at the top, skim the fat off the top and see where we stand then. Instead of cutting service to the public and cutting employees that actually handle the mail every day, get rid of half the management and I would venture to bet the USPS would be better off immediately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-24846981489566213612012-02-22T03:22:06.193-10:002012-02-22T03:22:06.193-10:00Donahoe is trying to destroy the USPS, almost make...Donahoe is trying to destroy the USPS, almost makes you think he's in with Issa on the privatization deal. I would never believe numbers put out by the USPS, I've worked for them for 34 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-59631886487499426282012-02-22T02:36:02.462-10:002012-02-22T02:36:02.462-10:00The P.M. is in denial.The big problem that he hard...The P.M. is in denial.The big problem that he hardly mentions is that there are still far too many in management with far too much dowwntime.For many years there were suspect jobs given to "friends" and when the current problems hit,the house of cards fell and the chickens came come to roost.The workers are then made the scapegoats and their benefits and retirement pension is now Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-58463928796200245312012-02-22T02:13:12.994-10:002012-02-22T02:13:12.994-10:00...so, let's do what the Greeks did in Novembe......so, let's do what the Greeks did in November --they dumped their prime minister, let's get rid of this foolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-772516603572070262012-02-22T00:28:35.791-10:002012-02-22T00:28:35.791-10:00No one with half a Brain is going to listen this g...No one with half a Brain is going to listen this guy. I remind he supported vehemently along with his predecessor Potter, the 2006 Postal Enhancement and Accountability Act and the provisions in that Act that has brought the Postal Service to the brink. So go ahead drink the kool-aid I dare you. But those of you have drank the kool-aid before must like it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com