Political Quotes

“Madam President, coming before us soon on the Senate floor will be the Postal Reform Act. This is a matter which is timely because we understand our Postal Service is in a situation where it is currently losing millions of dollars every single day. Because many things have changed in America--the use of the Internet, e-mail, bill payer--fewer people are using the Postal Service. Less revenue is coming into the Postal Service. So they are trying to reconcile today's demands with the actual costs they face. Several years ago we said to the Postal Service: We think the day will come soon when you will have more retirees than actual workers, so start banking money for retirement and health care for those who will need it in years to come. We set a number--about $5 billion a year--and they kept up with it for several years but then found they couldn't meet that requirement. So the Postmaster General came through with a sweeping plan in terms of cutting costs to the Postal Service. I understand the imperative to do that, although I question the premise of his statement because this is one of the first things he said: We are going to change the Postal Service, and the first thing we will do is slow down delivery. If there is ever a marketing technique designed to fail, it is the announcement you are going to slow down the delivery of your product. Yet that is what he said, and I am sorry he did.…”