Comments on: More Problems http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/01/12/more-problems/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:38:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Bryan http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/01/12/more-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-33056 Bryan Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:58:18 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/01/12/more-problems/#comment-33056 Business reply envelops insure prompt delivery through the bar coding and they are postage due, not pre-paid, which means you only pay postage on those returned and you establish an account with the Post Office to cover the cost. Ballots and tax forms should both be free of charge. Business reply envelops insure prompt delivery through the bar coding and they are postage due, not pre-paid, which means you only pay postage on those returned and you establish an account with the Post Office to cover the cost.

Ballots and tax forms should both be free of charge.

]]> By: Steve Bates http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/01/12/more-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-33054 Steve Bates Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:24:28 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/01/12/more-problems/#comment-33054 Pardon my rude vocabulary, but it should be fucking free to vote, for everyone, period, no exceptions. This postal anomaly is no better than a poll tax, which was ruled unconstitutional decades ago. Pardon my rude vocabulary, but it should be fucking free to vote, for everyone, period, no exceptions. This postal anomaly is no better than a poll tax, which was ruled unconstitutional decades ago.

]]> By: Bryan http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/01/12/more-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-33048 Bryan Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:03:47 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/01/12/more-problems/#comment-33048 The cost increased was based on the "special handling" required, and too many stamps means hand canceling, so there may be another fee. People shouldn't be required to pay for voting, but that's what is happening. The cost increased was based on the “special handling” required, and too many stamps means hand canceling, so there may be another fee.

People shouldn’t be required to pay for voting, but that’s what is happening.

]]> By: 18 Stories to Read at Florida Progressive Coalition Blog http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/01/12/more-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-33046 18 Stories to Read at Florida Progressive Coalition Blog Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:49:19 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/01/12/more-problems/#comment-33046 [...] Why Now? - More Problems: “The recent changes enacted by the Postal Service weren’t simply an increase in the price of stamps. There were other changes in the package that is shifting costs from large corporations to the people at the bottom. Many of you have heard of the large increases for small periodicals as compared to the big guys, but there are also changes that affect the individual. A big change is that almost anything that isn’t a standard #10 envelope is going to cost you more to mail. Sinfonian at Blast Off! has a prime example of this: absentee ballots. The Palm Beach county absentee ballot will cost 91¢ to mail back, not a single first class stamp, because it is not a standard sized envelope.” [...] [...] Why Now? – More Problems: “The recent changes enacted by the Postal Service weren’t simply an increase in the price of stamps. There were other changes in the package that is shifting costs from large corporations to the people at the bottom. Many of you have heard of the large increases for small periodicals as compared to the big guys, but there are also changes that affect the individual. A big change is that almost anything that isn’t a standard #10 envelope is going to cost you more to mail. Sinfonian at Blast Off! has a prime example of this: absentee ballots. The Palm Beach county absentee ballot will cost 91¢ to mail back, not a single first class stamp, because it is not a standard sized envelope.” [...]

]]> By: ellroon http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/01/12/more-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-33037 ellroon Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:21:36 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/01/12/more-problems/#comment-33037 Just wait until they decide they can't take the envelopes if they have too many stamps all over them.... Just wait until they decide they can’t take the envelopes if they have too many stamps all over them….

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