Can he deliver?
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https://www.dailywire.com/
And:
The little fish are starting to get shake the hook:
https://thefederalist.com/
And:
The little fish are starting to get shake the hook:
https://thefederalist.com/
And:
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"Only in America"Spread the PeculiarityOnly
in America......do drugstores
make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their
prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
Only
in America.....do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke.
Only
in America.....do banks leave
vault doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.
Only
in America .....do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.Only
in America.....do they have
drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.
EVER WONDER ....
Why
the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
Why
don't you ever see the headline 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?
Why
is 'abbreviated' such a long word?
Why
is it that doctors call what they do 'practice'?
Why
is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
Why
is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
Why
is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
Why
isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
Why
didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
Why
do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!
Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
Why
are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of
progress?
If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Nations used to be defined by the ability/efficiency of their postal systems but technology altered matters. Meanwhile, politicians get votes by maintaining the postal system which is necessary but a financial elephant. The postal system has been cherry picked and will always be a financial cost because it is left with an impossible high cost route system We must continue to bite the bullet, keep the losses low and not break a tooth.
The Post Office’s Problem Isn’t Trump
Democrats cry sabotage. But mail volume is way down, and the USPS is losing billions of dollars
By The Editorial Board
Two months into his new job, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is being keelhauled by Democrats for alleged sabotage of the U.S. Postal Service. Nearly 200 House Democrats signed a letter this week accusing him of acting to “accelerate the crisis” at the USPS. Apparently they missed the post office’s news release last Friday, when it reported losing another $2.2 billion last quarter. Congress has only itself to blame for this mess.
That red ink is no fluke of circumstance. The post office is meant to be self-sufficient, but it hasn’t broken even for years. Total losses since 2007 run to $78 billion, according to a May report by the Government Accountability Office, which said that the “USPS’s current business model is not financially sustainable.” It’s a Blockbuster service in a Netflix world.Overall mail volume peaked in 2006, at 213 billion pieces. As of last year, it was down 33%. More than half of what remains is “marketing mail.” Maybe you noticed while searching for a birthday card amid the real-estate fliers. Over the same period, however, the number of delivery points served by the USPS increased by 9%, from 146 million to 160 million.
There are more addresses than ever, but less mail than at any time since 1985. It’s similar on the retail side: Customer visits fell from 1.06 billion in 2010 to 812 million last year, down 23%. Yet total retail offices dropped 4%, to 34,613. The USPS’s package-delivery business is growing, but it can’t make up the difference.
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A misalignment like this wouldn’t last in private business, but the Postal Service answers to politicians. The USPS has a monopoly on letter service, plus exclusive access to your mailbox. That comes with a universal-service obligation, a promise to carry a letter anywhere for the flat price of a 55-cent stamp. The USPS says its longest route is in Sidney, Mont., where a carrier goes 191 miles a day to hit 272 mailboxes. In Supai, Ariz., mules take mail down an 8-mile path to the base of the Grand Canyon.
If you want to watch a Congressman flip out, suggest closing a rural post office in his district. The USPS’s workforce, more than 600,000 people, is organized by seven different unions, which make their influence felt. The sorry result is that Congress has continued to mandate six-day service, quashing a USPS attempt in 2013 to save $2 billion a year by stopping Saturday delivery for regular mail, but not packages. As if that weren’t enough: The USPS’s price increases on letters and junk mail are generally capped at the rate of inflation.
The Postal Service has billions in assets for retiree health care, but it’s barred from investing them except in U.S. Treasurys. Progressives and unions complain that the USPS was ordered to set aside money to prefund benefits, a stipulation not applied to other entities. But that hasn’t prevented a retirement crisis, and the post office has missed billions of these payments.
“Our financial position is dire,” Mr. DeJoy told the postal Board of Governors last week, “stemming from substantial declines in mail volume, a broken business model and a management strategy that has not adequately addressed these issues.” He emphasized the need to stick to schedules and cut overtime costs. Mr. DeJoy shook up the org chart, with 23 top staff reportedly “reassigned or displaced.” The USPS instituted a “management hiring freeze” and will seek early retirements.
There’s no need for conspiratorial spin. Barack Obama mused last month that “those in power” are “undermining the Postal Service in the run-up to an election that is going to be dependent on mailed-in ballots.” News articles call Mr. DeJoy a Trump donor, sometimes a “megadonor,” as if he were a political hack with no relevant experience. According to a profile in the Charlotte Observer, Mr. DeJoy built a trucking company from 10 employees in 1983 to almost 7,000 in 2014. After it was purchased by XPO Logistics, he stayed on as CEO of that company’s North America supply-chain business.
“The notion that I would ever make decisions concerning the Postal Service at the direction of the President, or anyone else in the Administration, is wholly off-base,” Mr. DeJoy said last Friday. “I serve at the pleasure of the governors of the Postal Service, a group that is bipartisan by statute and that will evaluate my performance in a nonpartisan fashion.”
Democrats’ big idea is to shovel money at the USPS. The latest House relief bill includes $25 billion purportedly to compensate the post office “for revenue forgone due to coronavirus.” Watchdogs have barked about these financial issues for years, so it isn’t credible to say the USPS merely needs pandemic relief. What it requires is reform. Privatization can’t pass Congress, so ignore that boogeyman. But lawmakers could give the USPS more freedom to act like a business: to raise prices if warranted; to close lonely, desolate post offices; to stop Saturday mail—or Wednesday mail if it comes to that.
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President Trump said Thursday that he opposes extra money for the USPS, since without it, “you can’t have universal mail-in voting, because they’re not equipped to have it.” This is a foolish li
ne to take. Millions of mail ballots are coming, ready or not, and Mr. DeJoy has already insisted that “the Postal Service has ample capacity to deliver all election mail securely and on-time.” The USPS has projected that it won’t run out of cash until 2021.
The opportunity here is to leverage any funding to make the post office viable for the 21st century. Or President Biden will sign a bailout, no questions asked.
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This from a very dear and longtime friend and fellow memo reader:
Dick, I’m forwarding this column by Thomas Friedman published today in the NY Times only because it is a man bites dog event. While Friedman once was a generally balanced columnist, he became a far left loon once Trump assumed office.
In this column, Friedman unabashedly gives Trump and Jared Kushner full credit for the Israel/UAE agreement and agrees with Trump’s description of the deal as “huge.” I believe now that wonders never will cease.
Expect the NY Times to drop Friedman as a columnist.
I hope all is well with you and your family.
M---"
In this column, Friedman unabashedly gives Trump and Jared Kushner full credit for the Israel/UAE agreement and agrees with Trump’s description of the deal as “huge.” I believe now that wonders never will cease.
Expect the NY Times to drop Friedman as a columnist.
I hope all is well with you and your family.
M---"
A Geopolitical Earthquake Just Hit the Mideast
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/0
And:
Petulance and ouch!
Finally:
More tables being turned as Trump rejects identity politics which Democrats love to use because it is divisive and wins votes. We can never remain The United States as long as progressives, Democrats, liberals and radical chaos seekers press for divisiveness.
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JOKE's problem continues to press forward:https://amgreatness.com/2020/
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Is Romney a spoiler, another poor loser Rhino and jealous of Trump? You decide. https://newsthud.com/romney-
Meanwhile:
Can't they "mask" Biden's plagiarism? https://newsthud.com/romney-
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++I have been to Detroit and seen the beautiful neighborhoods where wealthy Jews once lived, then they moved and blacks purchased them for a song. They destroyed the neighborhood and now the homes are being bought by gutsy young couples who are mostly white and rebuilding them. What goes around comes around..
It is about time the radicals meet resistance, be presented with reason, encouragement and a sensitive ear and if that does not work and they cannot respond in kind then eventually force, will become necessary, or you can kiss this republic goodbye.
Why?
The more we allow serious problems to escalate, the more radical the solutions. We are a constitutional republic that was formed to be different considering the relationship of the governing and the governed. Our constitution anticipates radicalism and seeks to provide tranquility and this is why it is critical for our leaders to do their best to keep events below the boiling point. and this is why the Democrat mayors who have checked their sworn responsibilities at the door are as dangerous as those they fail to control and punish.
Why?
The more we allow serious problems to escalate, the more radical the solutions. We are a constitutional republic that was formed to be different considering the relationship of the governing and the governed. Our constitution anticipates radicalism and seeks to provide tranquility and this is why it is critical for our leaders to do their best to keep events below the boiling point. and this is why the Democrat mayors who have checked their sworn responsibilities at the door are as dangerous as those they fail to control and punish.
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Who is K from a former Obama associate?
Who is K from a former Obama associate?
Former Obama Speechwriter: ‘Hilarious’ That Media Calls Kamala Harris A ‘Moderate’
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