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“Corny, Naïve and Pollyanish” McCaskill Receives "Porker of the Month" Award | Missouri Political News Service

“Corny, Naïve and Pollyanish” McCaskill Receives “Porker of the Month” Award

September 22nd, 2011 by mopns · No Comments

Yes, it can get worst for Claire this week!

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) named Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) its September Porker of the Month for suggesting that the United States Postal Service (USPS) could solve its financial problems by embarking on a new ad campaign….“I really believe that if somebody would begin to market the value of sending a written letter to someone you love, you might be surprised [by] how you could stabilize first-class mail.” She admitted that her comments were “corny, naïve and pollyanish;” the Daily Show’s Jon Stewart agreed.

While Sen. McCaskill’s solution is certainly offbeat, the House and Senate have failed to prevent the USPS from running up against its $15 billion line of credit on September 30; without congressional action, the USPS will either go bankrupt or start borrowing directly from taxpayers to pay its bills….The USPS has 600,000 employees and is the second-largest employer in America behind Wal-Mart. Read more….

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McCaskill: Save Postal Service, Write More Letters!

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