Missing the Point – It’s way past the beginning of the end of the USPS

Clearly, our government and the USPS have been contemplating the adverse impact of electronic mail delivery on our mail service for some time now.  True, the effects of technology on our Postal Service have, undoubtedly, been much more severe than they anticipated sixty-plus years ago.  The point is, it’s not as if Congress and USPS management didn’t see it coming or haven’t had time to adjust.

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Missing the Point – Are we going to take the climate crisis seriously, or not?

Facing a climatic existential threat, the cause of which, in the United States, has largely to do with vehicle emissions, we desperately need to convert our national fleet of 280 million vehicles from gasoline to electric power as soon as possible.  And our answer to that challenge is a $7,500 tax credit of which only people making $100,000 or more can take full advantage.

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