Postal Service proposing cutting 120,000 jobs

Boy, this would be a terrible blow to the economy (including the unemployment figures) if this were to occur.

IMHO, they'll reach some sort of compromise where they won't have to let go of that many workers, or close that many small locations though. It looks like they're posturing right now.

The real ruth is the GOP wants to privatize it so they can rape it and run it into the ground.

Both parties want to privatize everything - they're fighting over the spoils as we speak. If you've been paying any attention at all to the legislation that's been proposed on the floor of Congress, you will see their agenda free and clear. It looks like while the Fox Noise machine had the goomers in an uproar over "socialized" medicine, the republicon apparatchik was working feverishly around the clock to get the first and most important segment of it's plan in place - take over state gov't, because they would then have the power to redistrict in a manner that would ensure permanent republicon seats. How could this have been overlooked by the so-called "left" especially when Tom DeLay was under fire for doing this very thing? Not only has our federal gov't been privatized compliments of Citizens United, but our state legislatures as well. Now the oligarchs can begin transferring our nation's wealth - we're just around to pick up their tab. I find it impossible to believe that the democrats weren't aware of the con - we're being played like a fiddle.
Check this out or google ALEC:
http://alecexposed.com/wiki/ALEC_Exposed