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Privatize or downsize the USPS? Rural customers worry either option will hurt them (www.iowapublicradio.org)
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Rick Wallace, 77, voted for Trump and supports his cost-cutting agenda, to a point.

“There are government programs that I’d like to see discontinued or cut back, especially those that don’t affect me,” said the retired Scottsbluff firefighter. “But the ones like the Postal Service, yes, we count on them.”

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[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 2 weeks ago

“There are government programs that I’d like to see discontinued or cut back, especially those that don’t affect me,” said the retired Scottsbluff firefighter. “But the ones like the Postal Service, yes, we count on them.”

What a piece of shit. I'm so tired of selfish idiots ruining everything.

[-] mriswith@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it: Conservatism is narcissism.

You literally can't be conservative without having lower than average empathy. Because every single policy is intentionally designed to hurt someone.

[-] superfes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Always "as long as it doesn't hurt ME", so sad and gross.

[-] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

“There are government programs that I’d like to see discontinued or cut back, especially those that don’t affect me,”

And this right here is the problem, you geriatric piece of shit.

[-] imrighthere@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 weeks ago

Are you sure age is the problem ? I saw a lot of young faces at jan6, and lots of young faces in the gop. Maybe you're part of the problem too.

[-] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

My dad is a republican and also a usps worker. Idiot thinks he's safe. If it's a govt program that offers some miniscule benefit to the public then republicans will gut it because of how much it "saves".

[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I have a rural address.

USPS already is broken for my community. They won’t delivery at all off the paved highway. We have a line of mailboxes.

The issue is that the mailboxes are constantly broken into, so we all also have a PO Box. P.O. Boxes are not cheap.

My mailbox no longer exists to prevent packages from accidentally getting delivered to it.

If usps doesn’t want to deliver to rural addresses, fine, but set up some alternatives. Create a secured remote mailbox, or offer P.O. Boxes for free.

[-] syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

If usps doesn’t want to deliver to rural addresses, fine, but set up some alternatives. Create a secured remote mailbox, or offer P.O. Boxes for free.

The fundamental problem here is that the US population doesn't really want to pay for stuff where they don't directly benefit. In "me first" politics, rural populations are screwed.

[-] pressedhams@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

And may they have the day they voted for.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly. Nothing is free, and having free po boxes just means the public will pay. And since you can't pay for things you don't directly benefit from in the current zeitgeist, it's not happening.

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

They are a self-sustaining department of the government. Before unnecessary rules were placed on them regarding how they generated money, they used to actually make a surplus of revenue all while providing service to every home and commercial property in the country. Downsizing or privatizing them does nothing to save the government money. It only serves delivery services like UPS, FedEx, etc, to boost their revenue.

[-] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'll probably be downvoted to hell for this, but I'm at the end of my rope. I live in a rural area with miles between houses in some instances. I can't wait for it to start affecting my neighbors. They're all MAGA cunts with only hate in their hearts. I love this for them!

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

As someone urban we could instead cut the usps to save money for research grants.

Does that sound callous, selfish, and like it would hinder the nation? Yeah, but apparently we've decided to cut what doesn't prioritize ourselves

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