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1/A true story: On Friday I sent a package to my dad. My local postmaster told me @usps couldn& #39;t deliver overnight to rural Montana. The contents were perishable, so she recommended I try @FedEx. https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1249359264566726657">https://twitter.com/amuse/sta...
2/ What was I sending? I& #39;ll tell, you you have to promise not to spoil Papa PLL& #39;s surprise.
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3/So I drove across town to @FedExOffice with my medium flat rate https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📦" title="Package" aria-label="Emoji: Package"> full of morel mushrooms.
4/The nice lady at the counter told me they don& #39;t deliver overnight to rural Montana, but she could send it 2-day (with a Monday delivery) for a little over $100. Yes, you read that right.
5/Knowing that a medium flat rate @usps priority https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📦" title="Package" aria-label="Emoji: Package"> costs $15.05, I politely declined the additional $85 cost and went back to the post office. The place where Miss Mary knows my name and all about my family, and puts up a tree during Christmas so the kids can make decorations.
6/It& #39;s the place where you can send a letter to Public Land Lover with just a zip code and she would put it in my box. It& #39;s the place where the birthdays of local residents are marked on the free calendar that hangs above the counter.
7/I sent my package of https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🍄" title="Mushroom" aria-label="Emoji: Mushroom"> to Papa PLL and it will still arrive on Monday (again, https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤫" title="Shushing face" aria-label="Emoji: Shushing face">) and I paid $15.05 with the fringe benefit of all of the above and more. The @USPS is not a for-profit company, and its profit margins shouldn& #39;t be compared to for-profit companies.
8/It does not pay federal taxes just like other government agencies do not pay federal taxes. NPS doesn& #39;t, DOD doesn& #39;t, the Department of Energy doesn& #39;t.
Buy some stamps, send a package, write a letter, call your reps, and #SaveThePostOffice.
Buy some stamps, send a package, write a letter, call your reps, and #SaveThePostOffice.
9/Also, let& #39;s get our postal workers proper PPE. At my local post office the EMPLOYEES used their own money to buy clear plastic shower curtains to hang above their counters.
cc: @KamalaHarris @SpeakerPelosi @SenFeinstein
cc: @KamalaHarris @SpeakerPelosi @SenFeinstein
