President Obama was right in his State of the Union Address to declare that "we can't just cut our way to prosperity."
Now it is time to act on that understanding that the austerity agenda being promoted by Congressional Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan and his "Fix the Debt" allies poses a fundamental threat not just to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid but to essential services that are necessary to economic renewal.
And there is no better place to begin than with a rejection of the plan to dramatically downsize the US Postal Service by curtailing Saturday mail delivery.
Too much of the media coverage of the Postmaster General's announcement that Saturday service will end in August accepted the fantasy that there is no alternative to postal austerity.
There is an alternative.
Congress has the authority—outlined in the Constitution, no less—to preserve Saturday mail delivery and to create a stronger, better Post Office that will maintain vital services in rural communities and central cities across this country.
they have the mandate and still set in motion the definite failure initiative that set them up to ride in privatize and start the mail for money right wing post office, therein lies the motive to not motivate.
