So, Y'all heard about the new Postmaster General?

"JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2)
05/08/2020 at 09:18 • Filed to: Politics

California Businessman, Top Trump campaign donor and supporter. No experience in package delivery or logistics.

This is gonna be fun.

DISCUSSION (29)

ttyymmnn > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
05/08/2020 at 09:32

Par for the course.

TheRealBicycleBuck > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
05/08/2020 at 09:37

Cronyism at its best.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
05/08/2020 at 09:43

Nepo tism? What Nepotism. No you’re the Nepotism!

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
05/08/2020 at 09:44

The external view is no better...

https://amp.abc.net.au/article/12225042

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
05/08/2020 at 09:46

Trump appointee application

Qualifications:

Rich

Donated money to the Trump family campaign

Thorough understanding of ass kissing

Need not apply if you :

Are k nowledgeable

Have experience with subject matter

Have a backbone

pip bip - choose Corrour > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
05/08/2020 at 09:58

in all fairness, could he do worse than the previous one?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > pip bip - choose Corrour
05/08/2020 at 10:04

We’ve heard that before... The answer is always “yes”

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > pip bip - choose Corrour
05/08/2020 at 10:31

DJ Trump: “watch me”

The Ghost of Oppo > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
05/08/2020 at 10:37

DrAiN tHe SwAmP

nermal > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
05/08/2020 at 10:44

I like the part where they hired a guy with n o logistics experience, despite the fact that he ran a logistics company for > 30 years........

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
05/08/2020 at 10:44

You act like that is surprising. Pay to play has been going on longer than this country has existed, and throughout US history... and the opposing side is FAR, FAR from immune from that criticism.

Someone with a private sector business background, with a brain in their head, and some experience getting things done, earning revenue, making a payroll, and growing that business...

I don’t see how that would be less qualified than a public sector bureaucrat with a history of mis-managing public tax dollars, and running a public sector enterprise BADLY.

But that doesn’t stick with the narrative that:

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then set p oliticalView = “ Correct” and set s tatus=” GOOD” ,

else set p oliticalView = “ Evil” and set s tatus = “ BAD!!”

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PyramidHat > pip bip - choose Corrour
05/08/2020 at 10:53

In the recent 10 years or so, my interactions with USPS has been good, so...

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
05/08/2020 at 10:54

No.

1) Public sector needs to be free of the influence of business. If you disagree that is because you are invested in business and not the public sector. And if you’re talking specifically about the post office being “run badly” I’m not sure where you’re getting your information from, the US post office is leaner, meaner and more efficient (and effective) than it has ever been in history. We can talk about the pension mandate in a separate grudge match. PS if your argument is that this guy is an “outsider”, his business was a government pork earner and arguably part of the previous wasteful spending at the US postal service.

2) This appointment is so transparently a play to get a Trump crony into the post office to execute Trump’s weird personal vendetta against the US Mail, which I’m increasingly beging to believe actually IS an attempt to make the Postal System questionable in order to downplay the viability of voting by mail, as a means to further optimize voter suppression.

3) I never said the opposing side was innocent, in fact I increasingly believe the ENTIRE US political s ystem is in the pocket of big business and yada yada yada, I voted for Bernie.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > nermal
05/08/2020 at 10:57

You say logistics, I say a government contracted repair firm that may or may not have contributed to previous overspending at the post office.

DipodomysDeserti > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
05/08/2020 at 11:25

“ Someone with a private sector business background, with a brain in their head, and some experience getting things done, earning revenue, making a payroll, and growing that business...”

Unless he was a small business owner, he has no experience in any of these things.

nermal > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
05/08/2020 at 12:05

Here’s what I found based on where the company was when he sold it. He grew the it from 10 employees to 6,800 over the course of 30+ years, and made a ton of cash in the process . Sounds like a guy with a solid resume. The company had dealings that stretched far beyond the USPS as well.

Note this part :

“ For the past 10 years, New Breed has increased revenue at a compound annual growth rate of 16%, and realized a compound annual growth rate of 19% on adjusted EBITDA. New Breed’s growth is being driven by its focus on attractive customer verticals, namely technology, e-commerce, aerospace and defense, medical equipment and manufacturing.”

https://www.eft.com/3pl/xpo-logistics-acquire-new-breed-logistics-and-completes-acquisition-atlantic-central-logistics

fintail > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
05/08/2020 at 12:13

You’re forgetting about DeVos, Perdue, Javanka, and the rest of the gang who’d be introduced to a guillotine in a just society. This is how things work.

fintail > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
05/08/2020 at 12:14

Whatabout!

fintail > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
05/08/2020 at 12:20

#2 is exactly it. Not just the voting bit, but working with Amazon as well.

Derpwagon > nermal
05/08/2020 at 12:28

facts don’t matter anymore, only orange man bad.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > fintail
05/08/2020 at 12:48

No, I’m not forgetting, just adding this one.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Derpwagon
05/08/2020 at 18:44

T hat’ s Fake N ews!

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > nermal
05/08/2020 at 18:51

OK, so I spent some time researching New Breed and it seems it did evolve and grow signif icantly in the later years of DeJoy’s helming. This may indeed make him the most qualified Trump app ointee yet, this does not mean he *ISNT* there to serve T rump’s will to destroy the USPO.

See #2

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/1843340554

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Derpwagon
05/08/2020 at 18:51

Also, Orange man *IS* bad.

nermal > DipodomysDeserti
05/09/2020 at 13:29

You clearly have r ushed to judgement and pulled that out of your nether regions with zero to back it up . He took over a logistics business with 10 employees. He sold it 30 years later with 6, 800.

nermal > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
05/09/2020 at 13:38

I think he’s certainly qualified but also acknowledge that his donations and “networking” within the RNC absolutely helped him to get a shot at the position in the first place . Also, it’s not like he needed the cash - He got $30m from New Breed, and the postmaster position only pays $276k / yr.

That said, t he current problems with the USPS finances can be traced to the “Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006", which changed requirements for funding pensions and totally screwed everything up. Since Obama was starting his campaign around that time, this is clearly his fault.

DipodomysDeserti > nermal
05/09/2020 at 13:44

I’m guessing you’ve never actually worked for a small business, let alone ran one, if you think that’s an accomplishment. My nether regions are much more accomplished and glorious than anything these peckerwoods can come up with.

nermal > DipodomysDeserti
05/09/2020 at 13:51

Y ou don’t think that growing employee count for a small business by 680x (six hundred and eighty times) is a significant accomplishment.... Sorry about your sense of perception.

DipodomysDeserti > nermal
05/09/2020 at 14:29

No, I don’t. I’d rather work for a small business than some behemoth that doesn’t give a shit about it’s workers. People that think like you are a disease. People like me will outlast you, I guarantee you that.

“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer cell.”

-Cactus Ed