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bluedigger

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6. Bring back the Pony Express!

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Sat Aug 24, 2024, 09:24 AM

Aug 2024

It takes at least a week for correspondence to travel from my mailbox to city government and vice versa. I live seven miles from town, but everything travels four hundred miles to Albuquerque for sorting, and then is returned for delivery.

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Postal Service considering slower delivery to rural areas, Postmaster General says [View all] LiberalArkie Aug 2024 OP

I do not believe that the USPS should have to show a profit until the US Army and Navy have to show a profit LiberalArkie Aug 2024 #1

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They already do that... MiHale Aug 2024 #3

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Election is coming up. The bigger cities will probably go D. The rural probably R hopefully leaning D LiberalArkie Aug 2024 #8

Totally predictable -misanthroptimist Aug 2024 #5

Bring back the Pony Express! bluedigger Aug 2024 #6

Hmm... OldBaldy1701E Aug 2024 #7

Remind me again why Louis DeJoy is still Postmaster General ...? Seinan Sensei Aug 2024 #9