94 cent a pack smoke tax Dayton

[Amused Slew]

Poor guy, is this lie about con disrespecting you ?? "Man", you GROVELED !!!

[homey]

Amused Slew wrote:

The U.S. Postal Service is going to be hiring 35,000 new postal carriers nationwide in the next 30 to 60 days. We signed a new contract January 11, 2013. If you want a carrier job the Postal Service is offering sign up to take the Postal exam in the next 5 days. Jan. 23-28. You have to pass the Postal exam to get a interview. SIGN UP AT www.USPS.COM/employment .

Sooooo would it help to be able to shoot?

[Smart Liberal]

The Post Office is facing a dilemma. Do they cut more workers? Or do they go broke and cut all of the workers?

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U.S. Post Office Job Cuts Threaten Black Middle Class

Reuters
Updated: 01/20/2013 10:41 am EST

By Mary Wisniewski

CHICAGO, Jan 20 (Reuters)- While delivering mail on Chicago's North Side, Lakesha Dortch-Hardy spoke about how much she loves her job at the U.S. Postal Service, and how much it would hurt if jobs such as hers were to disappear.

"There would be no middle class without these jobs - it would either be rich or poor," said Dortch-Hardy, a tall, energetic 38-year-old, who took long strides as she wheeled her cart along a row of two and three-story brick apartment houses.

The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service has eliminated 168,000 jobs since 2006, and more cuts could result as it struggles to avoid its own "fiscal cliff." As the United States honors Martin Luther King's civil rights legacy on Monday, many African-American workers may be facing new obstacles to achieving and maintaining a middle-class life style.

African-Americans represent 13.1 percent of the U.S. population and 11.6 percent of the labor force, according to a 2012 U.S. Department of Labor report. Nearly one in five African-American workers hold government jobs such as mail clerks, firefighters and teachers, the report said.

"There's a long tradition of the public sector being more friendly, or less hostile, to African-American workers," said Robert Zieger, emeritus professor of history at the University of Florida in Gainesville. "The Post Office is the best example."

African-Americans make up about 20 percent of U.S. Postal Service workers - and are the majority in some urban centers, representing 75 percent to 80 percent of the 5,000 letter carriers in the Chicago area, according to Mack Julion, president of the Chicago branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers.

But the public sector has cut nearly 600,000 jobs since 2009, due to shrinking government budgets and a range of other issues, according to the Bureau of Labor Relations. The slower recovery for African-Americans in the labor market has, in part, been the result of government layoffs after the end of the recession was declared, according to the DOL report. In December, the black unemployment rate was 14 percent, roughly double that of whites.

While some other sectors of the economy are seeing recovery, the biggest problems may be just beginning for the Post Office, the nation's second-largest civilian employer after Wal-Mart with about 536,000 career workers.

POSTAL TROUBLES

The Postal Service has been hurt by a switch to electronic mail from paper communication, as well as onerous retiree payments to the government.

Last week, the Postal Service Board of Governors met to discuss a range of cost-cutting measures to strengthen the service's finances following the loss of a staggering $15.9 billion in fiscal year 2012.
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The U.S. Congress has not been able to agree on legislation to overhaul the agency. The postmaster general has proposed eliminating Saturday mail delivery, closing some facilities and changing its benefit payment obligations, but congressional approval is needed for the more significant measures.

With no action by Congress, the postal service is losing $25 million a day, by some estimates, and could run out of money by October.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/20/us-p...

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Probably not a good place to look for a job right now.

[Amused Slew]

Sure, kill the voices...

[Smart Liberal]

The Post Office is in the midst of cutting jobs. Not adding them

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/20/us-p...

[Amused Slew]

Shoot the voices...

[Amused Slew]

Nope, they're hiring, just look at www.USPS.COM/employment .

[Smart Liberal]

Huffington Post says they are cutting jobs. We know the Huffington Post does not lie.

[Amused Slew]

Perhaps not, but you just did,

"...if jobs such as hers were to disappear."

The Rs stuck it to the USPS by making it fund it's retirement 75 years in advance. They want it to fail.
They always complain about how government is useless and then do everything in their power to make it so. If the USPS is not funded by Congress then they shouldn't have to beg Congress for their approval on steps needed to fix it. Congress is the problem not the USPS.

[Amused Slew]

What's amusing is they're hiring and working record Ot...

Last year, the PO spent some $3.3 billion on overtime pay, up more than one-third from $2.4 billion in 2009

[Lawton]

I'll take email, no chance for a mail carrier going postal.

[Amused Slew]

I'd mention parcels, but you're a moron who's been able to call and communicate forever....

[non-starter]

Amused Slew wrote:

Perhaps not, but you just did,
"...if jobs such as hers were to disappear."
The Rs stuck it to the USPS by making it fund it's retirement 75 years in advance. They want it to fail.
They always complain about how government is useless and then do everything in their power to make it so. If the USPS is not funded by Congress then they shouldn't have to beg Congress for their approval on steps needed to fix it. Congress is the problem not the USPS.

If the Post Office was such a well run organization, they wouldn't need money from Congress to subsidize it.

[cantmakeitup]

non-starter wrote:

<quoted text>If the Post Office was such a well run organization, they wouldn't need money from Congress to subsidize it.

They also would never have hired slewche.
But wal mart needs greeters, restaurants need dish washers, so slewpid could always find a job if he/she wants to bad enough.

[Amused Slew]

non-starter wrote:

<quoted text>If the Post Office was such a well run organization, they wouldn't need money from Congress to subsidize it.

Oh, you mean LIKE CONGRESS ?? LMAOROTFU~! Want to do cops, firefighters, or ANY government service, sand sucker ?? LMAOROTFU~!

[Lawton]

Wealthy will keep buying smokes.

The poor will hurt making it difficult to buyfood for their kids.

YOU KNOW they WILL buy smokes and NOT food.

An addiction is more important than hungery kids.

[Beileve it]

He said he would tax the rich. He lied. Surprised? His campaign was based on tax increases. I remember a few months back there was a quote from Gov Goofy about the lack of tax revenue will be the death of this country. The next day he had a news conference boasting about the new Saints baseball stadium we get to pay for. Oh, and don't forget about how electronic gambling will pay for the Vikings stadium. This guy is nuts.

[Amused Slew]

Romney must smoke, according to you, right ?

[Believe it]

Amused Slew wrote:

Romney must smoke, according to you, right ?

No. Read it again. HE LIED.

[Amused Slew]

Poor soap, believe....