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  This is for "Let me see if I understand the issue" writer.

  You have it right except for the statement where you think the number of military retirees is huge. Let me remind you in a nice way that military retirees worked for less than a chinaman's wage many years of their life. Don't you believe that people who serve their country and protect your rights to enjoy the freedom to good jobs, should also be entitled to a decent job? I think your real problem is that you are jealous, even though you probably never served a day in the military service and you are probably a postal worker. Sorry bud, pay the bill. I hear it is real nice when that check comes each month.

  Charlie Posted June 8, 2005 12:17 PM
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  Let me see if I understand the issue.

  The Post Office is being asked to pick up the entire retirement tab for Veterans who retire from military service and get a job with the Post Office. I know for a fact this is a huge number of people.

  As a customer of the Post Office, I'm being asked to pay for the entire retirement package of a postal worker who joins the Post Office from a long career with the military.

  Seems like a great deal for the Pentagon and a really poor deal for USPS. Here I'm a bit fuzzy-- USPS is in the process of competing with private companies who don't have to pick up this tab and from the internet where mail is free. USPS was spun off years ago to be quasi-independent in order to compete. And now the administration is saddling it with unreasonable demands to let its customer base pay for workers' military service.

  All I can say is wow. Goodbye Post Office-- it's been nice but I guess now I have to get used to paying my bills electronically.

  GovExec.com reader Posted April 18, 2005 1:41 PM
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  Here we have another politician (Stevens) using the hiring of veterans as way to force Bush to come around to his way of thinking. I got news for him. The postal service doesn't need any incentive to avoid hiring veterans if they can get away with it. They have been shafting veterans for years in the hiring process. How dare STEVENS (who should have been protecting veterans in the employment process) now try to use that as a means to force BUSH to come around to his way of thinking on the postal reform bill. STEVENS was also one who many years ago made the statement that "most disabled veterans received their disabilities from falling off of bar stools".

  Charlie Posted April 17, 2005 6:10 PM
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  Once again the Bush Administration tries to stick it to veterans.

  If the Post Office, which is required to try to hire veterans, has to fund all miltiary service time related benefits out of the 2 cent rate hike, (unlike other agencies which have to fund them out of appropriations), then that gives incentive for the Post Office NOT to hire veterans, as they are "too costly".

  Thank you G.W. for once again giving Veterans the back-hand slap.

  Jim Posted April 15, 2005 5:44 PM