Cummings: Postal Service cuts would hurt minority groups, single mothers

The Hill ^ | 2/09/13 | Cameron Joseph

[southernnorthcarolina]

The joke has been around for a couple of decades, and has appeared in many forms, but it's still relevant; so here's one version:

God was fed up with what had happened on His earth, so he decided to destroy it. But before pulling the plug, He decided to give four newspapers a 24-hour warning, and revealed His plans to the editors thereof.

The headlines in the next editions of the papers were interesting.

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The New York Times ran a typically cautious, nuanced, and lengthy headline:

HIGHLY-PLACED SOURCE HINTS AT WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION

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The Wall Street Journal focused, as always, on the financial repercussions:

Gold Vaults to New High; Markets to Close Early

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USAToday was typically pithy:

We're outta here!

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And the Washington Post stayed true to form to the end:

World to end; women and minorities to suffer most

[jmacusa]

LOL!

[PapaBear3625]

I would predict that we will discuss opening the post office for delivery for three days a week by 2030.

Yep. Cut the delivery people by 50%, and have half the delivery area get mail Mon, Wed, Fri and the other half Tues, Thurs, Sat.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

And with regard to Asian, African-Americans, and Hispanics, they comprise about 40 percent of the Postal Service employees," Cummings told Melissa Harris-Perry on MSNBC Friday night. "So it's logical to believe if they were to lose that 30,000 jobs, easily 40 percent of them would be African-Americans, Hispanics, and Asian-Americans."

Yes, and Asians, African-Americans and Hispanics comprise about 40 percent or so of the country's population as a whole, dumbass. They are not disproportionately represented in the Postal Service. They may be in lower socioeconomic strata, but they are NOT disproportionately represented.

Maryland "Freak State" PING!

[RedMDer]

[newzjunkey]

Keep in mind we have more than 100,000 people that are right now eligible to retire.

Excellent. There's room in there to 'save' 30,000 jobs for people who are not eligible to retire, right? /s

I'm enraged by this talk of "compassion" for the SOLE REASON of saying women and minorities are most at risk.

[kearnyirish2]

“We now have more people walking around with college degrees than ever before but seem to have fewer competent people.”

The college degree has absolutely been cheapened; they are given away for nothing to certain minorities and women, for whom it is no indication at all of any knowledge or training. I want any applicant to write enough on an application so I can tell whether they even have basic mastery of English at this point, since I’ve seen so many applicants with degrees that can’t compose a simple coherent email.