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peggysue2

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17. Republicans have had the Postal Service in their cross hairs for decades

Reply to Vinca (Original post)

Thu Jul 24, 2025, 10:53 AM

Jul 24

Any public service is an anathema.

Privatize, Privatize, Privatize is the chant.

Because it's easier to grift and gouge the public.

That's their idea of service.

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The Post Office - Trump destruction is hitting home. [View all] Vinca Jul 24 OP

It is a deliberate destruction of federal agencies so billionaires can take over with high profit scam Irish_Dem Jul 24 #1

The Post Office makes deliveries for Fed-Ex and UPS gab13by13 Jul 24 #4

Rural folks are getting really screwed. Irish_Dem Jul 24 #5

And Amazon sometimes. ananda Jul 24 #7

America's new motto is bottomless greed. dalton99a Jul 24 #8

Corrupt from top to bottom. Irish_Dem Jul 24 #9

paying taxes will just be for suckers and losers, right? IRS under Drumpf won't go after rich cheats anymore. nt Evolve Dammit Jul 24 #11

The rich know they don't have to pay taxes. Irish_Dem Jul 24 #13

G.O.P. is trashing systems so they can privatize and profitize BoRaGard Jul 24 #2

Privatize Profits, Socialize Expenses TheBlackAdder Jul 24 #3

The buyouts were pre-Trump Igel Jul 24 #6

And the Fork in the Road... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 24 #15

same in our area. DeJoy fucked it up big time. And obviously they want it privatized. Evolve Dammit Jul 24 #10

Trump started destroying the USPS during his first term Farmer-Rick Jul 24 #12

We have postal delivery on Saturday where I live... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 24 #16

Well, good for you Farmer-Rick Jul 26 #18

Yeah, that sucks not even having the option SickOfTheOnePct Jul 26 #19

We haven't had home delivery in over a month mainer Jul 24 #14

Republicans have had the Postal Service in their cross hairs for decades peggysue2 Jul 24 #17