Current Events > White House announces US intent to withdraw from Intl. Postal Agency

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CyricZ
10/17/18 4:12:09 PM
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https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/10/white-house-announces-intent-withdraw-us-international-postal-agency/152102/

Those of you who like to import, hope you don't mind your postal charges going through the roof.
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Were_Wyrm
10/17/18 4:13:23 PM
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Thanks Obama!
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Giant_Aspirin
10/17/18 4:13:57 PM
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just wait until 2021 when we have a reasonable person in the WH it'll be fixed
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Menardii
10/17/18 4:15:08 PM
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Isn't it weebs that like to import stuff a lot?
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EscapeFromHell
10/17/18 4:15:29 PM
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Giant_Aspirin posted...
just wait until 2021 when we have a reasonable person in the WH it'll be fixed

Dude, you know DT is getting a second term, right? Not only that, even IF he did lose, he probably ain't leaving. They're going to have to drag is ass out like an old rug.
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Unbreakable
10/17/18 4:15:36 PM
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Giant_Aspirin posted...
just wait until 2021 when we have a reasonable person in the WH it'll be fixed

Trump put the US reputation in the gutter. It'll take a long while to fix.
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King_Hellebuyck
10/17/18 4:15:54 PM
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The current system has led to the United States subsidizing the imports of small packages from other countries, said Jeff Adams, a USPS spokesman.


Well thats pretty shitty
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Tyranthraxus
10/17/18 4:16:12 PM
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You have got to be fucking kidding me. What the fuck is wrong with this brain dead asshole?
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Giant_Aspirin
10/17/18 4:18:44 PM
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EscapeFromHell posted...
They're going to have to drag is ass out like an old rug.


and i can't wait to watch
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Master_Bass
10/17/18 4:20:52 PM
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I'm screwed. At least next year I won't be importing as much stuff.

Edit: Looks like it takes a year to withdraw and they're hoping to negotiate new arrangements before that time is up.
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YUHH
10/17/18 4:22:52 PM
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Menardii posted...
Isn't it weebs that like to import stuff a lot?

I bootleg beer through US customs. Hooray democracy.
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Alpha218
10/17/18 4:29:44 PM
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Master_Bass posted...
they're hoping to negotiate new arrangements before that time is up.


You mean screw over other countries so Donald Trump looks good

Its what they tried to do with NAFTA - it leaked out and probably ended up making the deal a lot more fair than it was going to be
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UnholyMudcrab
10/17/18 4:31:46 PM
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Giant_Aspirin posted...
just wait until 2021 when we have a reasonable person in the WH it'll be fixed

It's going to take a loooong time to build back the trust and agreements that Trump has smashed since he took office. It's not going to be a simple one-term fix for the next Democratic president.
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s0nicfan
10/17/18 4:32:55 PM
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https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45894346

The United Nations treaty sets lower international rates for packages from certain countries, a move originally designed to support poorer nations.

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ImTheMacheteGuy
10/17/18 4:36:48 PM
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This sounds like it will hurt the business I work for. If shipping rates go up for exporting, I will know how much we are getting fucked by it.
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TomNook20
10/17/18 4:41:44 PM
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EscapeFromHell
10/17/18 4:51:46 PM
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TomNook20 posted...
Sounds fine, guessing no one actually bothered to read an article about this.

Guilty as charged, but then, I don't really care about it, so...
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ekie
10/17/18 4:57:56 PM
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TomNook20 posted...
Sounds fine, guessing no one actually bothered to read an article about this.


I work for the post office. Would you like to discuss how fine it really is or isn't?
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s0nicfan
10/17/18 5:02:42 PM
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ekie posted...
TomNook20 posted...
Sounds fine, guessing no one actually bothered to read an article about this.


I work for the post office. Would you like to discuss how fine it really is or isn't?


Sure. What is acceptable about intentionally lowered international rates for our primary economic competitors first set over a hundred years ago?
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Questionmarktarius
10/17/18 5:03:29 PM
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Someone is going to have to tl;dr this. I read the damn thing, and still don't really understand it.

It seems like the argument is that it somehow costs more to ship something from Los Angeles to Nowhere Kansas than it does to ship it across the ocean from Nowhere China to Los Angeles, and that the post office is getting screwed in the deal.
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ekie
10/17/18 5:15:53 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
ekie posted...
TomNook20 posted...
Sounds fine, guessing no one actually bothered to read an article about this.


I work for the post office. Would you like to discuss how fine it really is or isn't?


Sure. What is acceptable about intentionally lowered international rates for our primary economic competitors first set over a hundred years ago?


Depends on whose behalf you're speaking. Are you speaking in favor of consumers or are you speaking in favor of companies?
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