DE Forum: Carper is lead Dem sponsor of new postal service overhaul bill signed by Bush today:

[cyberpj]

Carper is one of my 2 senators here in Delaware. He's also vice-chair of the DLC. AND he co-sponsored the bankruptcy bill as well as voted with Republicans on the recent "torture bill". Because he's usually a blatant big business supporter, I question everything he "hail"s and "sponsor"s and I now consider him a Republican lite. I'm betting they're finally setting up the USPS for privatization to compete with UPS and Fed Ex. Here are more of the bill's details, published in our local newspaper today:

Carper lauds postal service overhaul
By AARON NATHANS, The News Journal

Posted Thursday, December 21, 2006 at 1:11 pm
Sen. Tom Carper hailed the passage of the overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service, saying it would help keep prices stable and allow businesses to better plan for the future.

President Bush signed the legislation into law on Wednesday, requiring price increases to stay below inflation for the next 10 years. The law also moves the burden for paying the pensions of its military veterans-turned-postal workers to the U.S. Treasury, helping the postal service to regain its financial footing, Carper said.

Carper was the bill’s lead Democratic sponsor.

The new law also gives the postal service the ability to offer discounts and promotional rates.

...to corporations I assume...

The postal service is facing a decrease in demand, due to new communications technologies like e-mail, fax machines and cell phones, Carper said. The result, he said, has been a dramatic increase in the price of mail. The new law, he said, will ensure the long-term viability of the postal service.

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061221/NEWS/61221017/1006/NEWS

[LynneSin]

1. I voted for him because it was too late in the game to get an opponent

But that's going to change in 2012

[cyberpj]

2. I'm with you! Remember, this is the bill that Bush used to read our mail.

Have to check - not sure if it was IN the bill or a signing statement but we all knew there was something up with the way they pushed it through at the last minute that way.

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