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Re:Mail delays hit Philadelphia residents, short staffed USP... by thereare5lights on Sunday August 02, 2020 @02:40PM (#24030563)
It’s not about privatizing the service, it’s about disrupting their ability to process mail in ballots for the election.

If they wanted to privatize it, they could have don’t it at any time during the past four years.

Re:Mail delays hit Philadelphia residents, short staffed USP... by dragonwriter on Sunday August 02, 2020 @02:42PM (#24030579)
> It’s not about privatizing the service,

Yes it is.

> it’s about disrupting their ability to process mail in ballots for the election.

True, but those are complementary not mutually exclsuive motivations.

Re:Mail delays hit Philadelphia residents, short staffed USP... by thereare5lights on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @02:19AM (#24057810)
> Yes it is.

I don't play along with excuses. As I said, if it was really about that, they had numerous opportunities in the past four years.

Re:Mail delays hit Philadelphia residents, short staffed USP... by jrobn on Sunday August 02, 2020 @02:49PM (#24030645)
That’s like saying genocide is ok because we need to decrease our population. They are mutual exclusive motivations.
Re:Mail delays hit Philadelphia residents, short staffed USP... by dragonwriter on Sunday August 02, 2020 @03:08PM (#24030806)
No, I'm saying that both causing the postal service to fail to politically justify full privatization and interfering with mail-in voting for perceived benefit in the immediate upcoming election are actual motivations of the policies being implemented by the executive branch that impede USPS function.

I don't think either of those motivations is okay, in fact, I think the action being taken on either basis alone would be, and a fortiori them being taken with both motivations is, a serious abuse of executive power.

Re:Mail delays hit Philadelphia residents, short staffed USP... by ghthor on Monday August 03, 2020 @01:26AM (#24034467)
I dont know, I support this action. I'd rather defund the USPS then the police force. Rebuilding the USPS using solid business fundamentals would be good for everyone.
Re:Mail delays hit Philadelphia residents, short staffed USP... by eropple on Sunday August 02, 2020 @02:57PM (#24030714)
He isn't saying it's okay.
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Re:Mail delays hit Philadelphia residents, short staffed USP... by aarpmcgee on Sunday August 02, 2020 @03:16PM (#24030862)
Are we reading the same comment?
Re:Mail delays hit Philadelphia residents, short staffed USP... by happytoexplain on Sunday August 02, 2020 @03:21PM (#24030915)
You're looking for an enemy where there is none.