And this is why even though I respect Obama as a person, he was a rather "meh" president. He pushed too much towards compromise when the other side was "compromising" out of bad faith. I mean he still is the best president we've had in like 4 decades.
Reagan? He's probably one of the worst presidents in modern history. He started the trend of WS deregulation that culminated in our subprime mortgage crash in 2008. He also drastically inflated the deficit with some good ol fashion supply side economics. Reagan was Trump before Trump. Charismatic celebrity who had no nuanced policy positions who pandered to American's fears of communism with the lowest common denominator rhetoric. He also started the trend of hating government just for the sake of hating it. "Govmt bad, no context needed!".
Internal USPS Documents Outline Plans to Hobble Mail Sorting 'This will slow mail processing,' a union official wrote on one of the documents announcing the machine removals. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/...ocuments-outline-plans-to-hobble-mail-sorting The United States Postal Service proposed removing 20 percent of letter sorting machines it uses around the country before revising the plan weeks later to closer to 15 percent of all machines, meaning 502 will be taken out of service, according to documents obtained by Motherboard outlining the agency’s plans. USPS workers told Motherboard this will slow their ability to sort mail. One of the documents also suggests these changes were in the works before Louis DeJoy, a top Trump donor and Republican fundraiser, became postmaster general, because it is dated May 15, a month before DeJoy assumed office and only nine days after the Board of Governors announced his selection. The title of the presentation, as well as language used in the notice to union officials, undermines the Postal Service’s narrative that the organization is simply “mov[ing] equipment around its network” to optimize processing, as spokesperson Dave Partenheimer told Motherboard on Thursday. The May document clearly calls the initiative an “equipment reduction.” It makes no mention of the machines being moved to other facilities. And the notice to union officials repeatedly uses the same phrase. Multiple sources within the postal service told Motherboard they have personally witnessed the machines, which cost millions of dollars, being destroyed or thrown in the dumpster. USPS did not respond to a request for comment. ...
Dub**** is at the absolute bottom rung when you take out the prez who died early. But we totally love love love him now.
Why are people pretending it only affects junk mail? (Actually, I have a couple of ideas). Troops that count on mail from loved ones are affected deeply. Our Democracy which includes voting by mail is greatly affected. People, especially senior citizens, receive medications by mail. Pets receive food and medicine by mail too. To try and laugh it off as just junk mail ends up just making the people who do it look like assholes.
