Hi Thom,

You couldn't have made the Postal Service issue any more clearer than what you did.

One of the most richest politicians in congress our nemisiss Issa for CA., is our main obstacle that we have to deal with sooner than later. He no doubt wants to enrich all of his political cronies with the breakup of the Postal Service. It disgusts me to even think of what has transpired these past few weeks with all the political gains of the Right. I certainly hope that the American public realizes whats at stake with the potential demise of the oldest government agency US Postal Service.

This is the "maddening" part about politics. The Righties will say: "The Post office is a ward of the state that cannot pay it's own way" but leave out "because we have placed an absurd burden on it to pay it's pensions 75 years in advance unlike any private business would ever do, and we also prevented it from adding any services to enhance it's profitability. We made sure it would be impossible for it to operate in the green to force privatization of the postal service so our billionare buddies can drop service from many rural areas and concentrate only on those offices that make a profit individually." Essentially doing a "corporate raid" on the Postal Service. Shameful!

florencev ~ Thanks for that petition. Consider it signed and shared. At last count you only needed 25 more signatures. Hopefully, by the time you read this you will have them. Good luck!

Five billion a year into a savings account? I think it's going to fill up with IOUs just like Social Security. If restructuring comes to pass, that money will pay for the transition and bonuses for the new owners. Wal Mart mentality will rule. No retirement plan left. No good paying jobs. Union busting on a grand scale.

It's a perfect target for the new conservatism. It's undefended and unaware, that it's an enemy of the new conservative (corpo-fascism) ideology. The United States Postal Service is a cheap option for the public to ship and receive their mail and packages. And last but not least, Postal workers are protected by democratic institutions, the enemy of state capitalism, unions.

The best way to protect the Post Office is through consumer unions allying with US Postal Serve employees and finding strategies to combat state capitalist aggression. Or Obama could always reverse what Little George did, but that's highly unlikely, because he's shares Little George's vision of a corporatized government, with autocratic public control by the political class that acts as managers for the corporate dominated government.

The simple fact is where doomed to corporate domination without doing something outside the political system. The United States and Europe has been under creeping fascist coup for the past 60 years. The answer is an organized citizenry but the direction is the question.

Without fundamentally changing the Constitution to a popular democracy, all changes that a political movement will inspire, if possible, will be temporary. There has to be true counter to state capitalism, and I can only see one way. Using consumer spending, along with all other civil actions, to strategically fight the system.

If the US Postal Services, had an organized citizenry appeal too, when under attack by state capitalist forces. The fight would become a democratic struggle not a David and Goliath story without the romantic biblical ending. There has to be system in place where the American citizenry can affect the system with speed and financial penalty when democratic ideas are attacked by corporate board room members using their proxy political advocates that dominate congress and the senate.

The problems as I see it. Nobody wants to sacrifice anything to get something better in return. That includes most people that share my democratic notions, if only in sentiment. We have become sedentary society that expect instantaneous results. We’ve allowed ourselves to rely heavily upon the convenience of modern society and the idea of facing truly hard times scares most Americans, rightfully so. A lot of people are already experiencing hard times all over the US and around world. People that want democratic change in American society must be willing to give up something (material). They must be patient, vigilant and measured in their actions.

Now a government institution that benefits almost all Americans is under attack and US Postal Services only option is seek help from the government that’s loaded with corporate owned politicians with the state capitalist mandate to destroy public institutions that support socialized public benefit. This is not an honest or fair fight in the interest of people, but it’s a war of ideology waged against democracy for the sake of corporate control over all aspect of human life.

I do not advocate for communism, socialism, or any other ism. I advocate for democracy and democratic institution with popular control. If we could find a way to come together as a society, and not pull each other apart by designed superficial constructs set against us, to divide and control us, using emotionally driven manipulation to keep society focused away from the real problems that face the US and the world.

The questions are hard but answer is simple. Democratic struggle against corporate domination. The attack against the US Postal Service is a perfect example of corporate political action. Politicians are acting on the will of their true constituent’s corporate board room members and their acting on behalf of the one percent. How to fight against a system dominated by corporate interest that fight against democratic institution. I advocate for using consumer consent (buying power), along with all other forms of civil action with the exception of violence.

glen'synapse, the term is "operate in the black", from the fact that accountants use black ink for positive numbers, and red ink for negative numbers.

Ken Duerksen - You are right, the FCC and USPS are two gov't agencies that should have some responsibility for internet communications. I prefer management and oversight by "we the people" compared to cable & phone companies. I don't know what such management would look like, but it's unlikely that for-profit companies will support net neutrality and open internet unless they are required.