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Old 10-19-2018, 11:10 AM   #1
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I ask you this - why did previous administrations allow this to continue, despite our own Post Office crying they are on the verge of bankruptcy year after year?

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The U.S. took steps Wednesday to withdraw from a global system of postal rates that allows China and other countries to ship packages to America at a steep discount, costing U.S. taxpayers as much as $300 million per year and allowing a flow of illegal narcotics.

A senior White House official said the State Department formally notified the Universal Postal Union, a coalition of 193 countries, that the U.S. intends to withdraw from the pact within 12 months if the administration can’t negotiate more favorable shipping rates.

“People are getting hurt in this country by an unfair system,” the official said. “We’re initiating the withdrawal process today. We’re going to try to negotiate in the meantime.”

Under the current UPU system, a one-pound package shipped by a U.S. business costs between $10 to $13. But China pays only about $2.50 for shipping in the U.S., the official said.

“The U.S. postal services winds up picking up the tab for that,” said the official.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...-postal-rates/
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Hell I am frigging happy out here if a package gets to me from the USPS..
$157 package of electrical wire shipped 10/3 this is 10/19 and the P.O. keeps saying their trying to find it?
Now the P.O. is asking for .55 cent stamps. Close the frigging P.O. and turn it over to FED X or UPS.
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Old 10-19-2018, 11:31 AM   #3
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Old 10-19-2018, 12:18 PM   #4
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Close the frigging P.O. and turn it over to FED X or UPS.
I'm in favor of that. My mailbox is stuffed daily with crap that immediately goes into the trash can. But I have to pay high prices to ship something.

It's a service that is no longer needed.
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Stick it to the Chi-Coms.
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Fuck China and the rest of the countries we've been getting screwed over by.
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Old 10-19-2018, 07:49 PM   #7
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Close the frigging P.O. and turn it over to FED X or UPS.
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Old 10-20-2018, 09:50 PM   #9
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If you hand the USPS over to the premier commercial carrier, would that be considered a
US-FedExit?
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