Comments on: Mail sorting equipment being “removed” from post offices, leaving mail to “pile up” https://habitablezone.com/2020/08/13/mail-sorting-equipment-being-removed-from-post-offices-leaving-mail-to-pile-up/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:03:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2020/08/13/mail-sorting-equipment-being-removed-from-post-offices-leaving-mail-to-pile-up/#comment-45189 podrock Thu, 13 Aug 2020 20:15:25 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=83425#comment-45189 "Government needs to be run like a business," they said. "We need to tear it down and start over," they said. "I don't like his ethics, but I like the tax cut," they said. "But her e-mails," they said. "Four dead in Benghazi," they said. "They are both corrupt," they said. "It's a hoax," they said. "It's just locker room talk," they said. "He'll hire good people," they said. "He'll grow into the job," they said. "I just want a change," they said. "I'm going to vote for Stein on principle," they said. "I'm not going to vote for either," they said. "What fools these mortals be," said Puck. “Government needs to be run like a business,” they said.
“We need to tear it down and start over,” they said.
“I don’t like his ethics, but I like the tax cut,” they said.
“But her e-mails,” they said.
“Four dead in Benghazi,” they said.
“They are both corrupt,” they said.
“It’s a hoax,” they said.
“It’s just locker room talk,” they said.
“He’ll hire good people,” they said.
“He’ll grow into the job,” they said.
“I just want a change,” they said.
“I’m going to vote for Stein on principle,” they said.
“I’m not going to vote for either,” they said.

“What fools these mortals be,” said Puck.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2020/08/13/mail-sorting-equipment-being-removed-from-post-offices-leaving-mail-to-pile-up/#comment-45188 RL Thu, 13 Aug 2020 13:45:20 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=83425#comment-45188 <blockquote><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/12/postal-service-ballots-dejoy/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR045CqNSFHZIdNQiOK2zPQ6PSE448i6wAh1v3oE8bCPcaLblvMv5JuqKtk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">President Trump says the U.S. Postal Service is incapable of facilitating mail-in voting because it cannot access the emergency funding he is blocking,</a> and made clear that requests for additional aid were nonstarters in coronavirus relief negotiations. Trump, who has been railing against mail-in balloting for months, said the cash-strapped agency’s enlarged role in the November election would perpetuate “one of the greatest frauds in history.” Speaking Wednesday at his daily pandemic news briefing, Trump said he would not approve $25 billion in emergency funding for the Postal Service, or $3.5 billion in supplemental funding for election resources, citing prohibitively high costs. “They don’t have the money to do the universal mail-in voting. So therefore, they can’t do it, I guess,” Trump said. “Are they going to do it even if they don’t have the money?” </blockquote>

President Trump says the U.S. Postal Service is incapable of facilitating mail-in voting because it cannot access the emergency funding he is blocking, and made clear that requests for additional aid were nonstarters in coronavirus relief negotiations.

Trump, who has been railing against mail-in balloting for months, said the cash-strapped agency’s enlarged role in the November election would perpetuate “one of the greatest frauds in history.” Speaking Wednesday at his daily pandemic news briefing, Trump said he would not approve $25 billion in emergency funding for the Postal Service, or $3.5 billion in supplemental funding for election resources, citing prohibitively high costs.

“They don’t have the money to do the universal mail-in voting. So therefore, they can’t do it, I guess,” Trump said. “Are they going to do it even if they don’t have the money?”

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