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1. Moosemeat
   

   The post office to me is like my Yahoo account. I use it for spam and newsletters. Nothing legit.

   September 15, 2011 at 12:08 pm | Report abuse |
   • DaisyinNY
     

     haha that is so funny! I too have a yahoo "spam account"

     September 15, 2011 at 12:52 pm | Report abuse |
   • boogietime
     

     I smell a scam here. Not a single closing in Alaska? I call shenanigans!

     September 15, 2011 at 2:10 pm | Report abuse |
2. Chris
   

   Ummm, so all of them?

   September 15, 2011 at 12:12 pm | Report abuse |
3. Modern age
   

   What's a Post Office?

   September 15, 2011 at 12:20 pm | Report abuse |
4. michaelfury
   

   http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/this-is-next/

   September 15, 2011 at 12:25 pm | Report abuse |
5. Jay
   

   Small list. I live in the smallest city in N.Y. and right next to it's P.O. I hardly see anybody there and it's not on this "list". I think it should be.

   September 15, 2011 at 12:31 pm | Report abuse |
   • Ray
     

     These are all plants, not your local corner post office.

     September 15, 2011 at 12:56 pm | Report abuse |
   • Warren
     

     These are the big processing facilities not neighborhood PO's

     September 15, 2011 at 12:58 pm | Report abuse |
   • donna
     

     These are local corner post offices, not all plants.

     September 16, 2011 at 12:19 am | Report abuse |
   • Tredhoe
     

     These are the neighborhood PO's, not the big processing facilities.

     September 16, 2011 at 12:21 am | Report abuse |
6. Poophead
   

   The post office open near me in NYC is open but you'd never know it by the service. It's about time these slugs got what they deserved. A pink slip.

   September 15, 2011 at 12:36 pm | Report abuse |
   • Bajamis
     

     Your handle suits you well. Sounds like maybe that is all that's inside your head. They don't DESERVE a pink slip. Many of the postal workers that I know worth their tails off in the heat, snow, rain, etc... The problem isn't with the workers delivering your daily mail. Their is a disproportionate amount of management in the post office. Think about it, you close the post office and give them all slips, see what happens to the economy at that point. Another large hit to the unemployment rate. That's what we need. That being said, why don't you go "take a dump" and free up a little room in that noggin of yours for some semblance of a brain.

     September 15, 2011 at 1:12 pm | Report abuse |
   • concerned
     

     How can you be so mean? My dad works for the Post Office. I understand why there has to be cuts, but you need to understand that those people could be the main source of families income. Show some compassion.

     September 15, 2011 at 1:19 pm | Report abuse |
   • Bajamis
     

     Your handle suits you well. Sounds like maybe that is all that's inside your head. They don't DESERVE a pink slip. Many of the postal workers that I know *work* their tails off in the heat, snow, rain, etc... The problem isn't with the workers delivering your daily mail. Their is a disproportionate amount of management in the post office. Think about it, you close the post office and give them all slips, see what happens to the economy at that point. Another large hit to the unemployment rate. That's what we need. That being said, why don't you go "take a dump" and free up a little room in that noggin of yours for some semblance of a brain.

     September 15, 2011 at 1:19 pm | Report abuse |
7. Jim
   

   SHUT 'EM ALL. I DON'T NEED THE BILLS & JUNK MAIL!

   September 15, 2011 at 12:42 pm | Report abuse |
   • Sheila
     

     when something major happens and your computers are shut down then what? How will you receive your bills or better yet pay them? People in rural areas rely on this service. Just because you don't think it benefits you doesn't mean that it doesn't benefit others . Stop being selfish and keep your comment to yourself.

     September 15, 2011 at 12:51 pm | Report abuse |
8. us1776
   

   Stop recycling our forests into the landfills !!

   Stop the JUNK MAIL !!

   September 15, 2011 at 12:47 pm | Report abuse |
9. lroy
   

   Not in my town, but there are plenty others nearby anyway. Every time I go, it's very busy. I have my mail delivered, junk and legit.

   September 15, 2011 at 12:48 pm | Report abuse |
10. Chas in Iowa
    

    We have already been notified that our post office would be closed permanetly and the town would not be offered route delivery. They propose putting a conglomeration of mail boxes in the downtown area to serve the entire town. No other services available.
    Be on notice the GOP will not be satisfied until they totally shut the country down with their obstructionist practices. They already close our unemployment offices. No jobs, don't need an unemployment office.
    Soon rural areas will be totally cut of from services of any kind.

    September 15, 2011 at 12:55 pm | Report abuse |
    • Gray
      

      Chas – There is a great business opportunity for your community. If the USPS does cancels route delivery, contract with them to take it over. It could be a great job for a retiree that needs bit more cash, a parent that wants to work while the kids are at school, etc. There is always more than one way to cook a potato!

      September 15, 2011 at 1:05 pm | Report abuse |
    • independent voter
      

      You're blaming the GOP? Seriously? It's the dyed-in-the-wool democrat union workers that have brought the USPS to this point. Their demands for higher salary and better benefits over the years (despite the fact that the USPS can't afford them) have had the system in the red for years. The idiots running the place don't seem to understand that you can't pay employees more than the company is making. You can only run a business in the red for so long before it goes belly up.

      It's the same for the rest of the government. Hurray for the GOP that has finally figured out that we can't afford all this stuff. {Now if they would only realize that they need to include all the military waste as well.} I wish the Dems would wake up and smell the coffee. This country is bankrupt. I know the cuts will hurt, but I'm not willing to mortgage the lives of my children and grandchildren to keep my creature comforts. I'm not that selfish.

      September 15, 2011 at 1:24 pm | Report abuse |
11. Bryan
    

    I'd feel bad for the post office if they hadn't lost a check I sent to my friend

    September 15, 2011 at 12:56 pm | Report abuse |
12. willie
    

    Electronic people laugh at "snail mail" but every time the post office raises their rate UPS, FEDEX and the others follow. It has become very expensive to ship anything in the last few years and if the post office goes under we will be at the mercy of the other shippers. We need the post office wether you realize it or not.

    September 15, 2011 at 12:57 pm | Report abuse |
    • Eric S
      

      And don't forget that UPS and FedEx often raise rates all on their own, as well as imposing fuel and residential delivery surcharges that the USPS doesn't have. USPS is often the best and cheapest option. Priority Mail has been particularly good to me in terms of getting stuff quickly. And remember that FedEx and UPS do not deliver everywhere. In fact, they use USPS to do the actual delivery for a significant percentage of their packages.

      September 15, 2011 at 1:03 pm | Report abuse |
    • hylundr
      

      Eric S, I don't see a "reply" option to your post, but 2 thumbs up! You are so very on point with your comment about speed and cost. USPS has all the private carriers beat. We live 4 miles off a highway on a dirt road, UPS will not deliver in the winter but will haul any mailing to their next processing facility on their route and they will pull the parcel out and drop it off weith USPS for delivery. The sender pays the extreme UPS fees only to not have that carrier do what they paid for ...

      September 15, 2011 at 1:08 pm | Report abuse |
13. hylundr
    

    What's another 35,000 – 45,000 unemployed American moms and dads that will qualify for limited unemployment, then food stamps and be in the welfare system? Maybe they should go and get jobs in 3rd world countries with US employers that outsource our jobs to lower corporate operating cost and increase corporate profits, by retaining their republican and tea party guaranteed tax breaks? At least their cost of living will go down right? And and a consequence our fedreal deficit will go down by itself...?

    September 15, 2011 at 12:59 pm | Report abuse |
    • independent voter
      

      hello... Get rid of those "guaranteed tax breaks" you apparently dislike and watch while even more or our jobs disappear. Cut into corporate profits and the CEOs will make up the difference by increasing the price of goods and services or by outsourcing our jobs. Either way, it's the American people who pay. Higher corporate taxes and regulation = fewer jobs. Period. The proof is there in black in white over the last 30 or 40 years of economic statistics. Every time corporate taxes are raised or regulation is increased, jobs disappear and prices go up. Duh... Why do the liberal tax and spend democrats not get that?!!! I'm no fan of the greedy corporations. But they aren't in business for humanitarian concerns. They are in business to make money. It's common sense – something our government doesn't seem to possess. The best thing we could do is eliminate all corporate taxes so the companies wouldn't have incentive to outsource jobs.

      September 15, 2011 at 2:09 pm | Report abuse |
14. Scott
    

    The PO is just like a lot of other things, they have failed to adjust quickly enough to changing conditions. Closing post offices is the first step, cutting back on delivery days will cut costs as well, how about three days a week?

    September 15, 2011 at 1:00 pm | Report abuse |
    • Steve1959
      

      When you say "they" I hope you're talking about congress and not the Post Office. The USPS is mandated – by congress to deliver the mail six days a week. They can't stop Saturday delivery until congress says they can. The only Post offices the USPS can close are those that aren't in a congressman's district.

      September 15, 2011 at 2:09 pm | Report abuse |
15. Gray
    

    I just don't under the fuss. I have been to the post office maybe 3 times in the last 5 years. I rarely get anything important via the mail exept a few magazines I subscribe to and I buy my stamps at Walgreens. Why are people so worried? Is the Post Office community central in these small towns? This is not a knock on the small towns, but it a great example of capitalism at its finest, and its worse.

    The USPS is becoming less useful, kind of like the stage coach builder when the first passenger trains came along. If the USPS is going to survive it needs to completely private without the government interference. Cut service to 4 days a week, close the little offices that are not needed, and move on.

    September 15, 2011 at 1:01 pm | Report abuse |