Representative Joe Walsh who recently won an award for his position on families (while being a 'dead beat dad' who owes his children $117,000 in back child care payments), appears on video speaking to a constituent who works for the post office, Melissa Rakestraw. To watch the video, click here.
Representative Walsh was voted in as a Teapartie4r but is now apparently considered a Teapublican. Little did we know that the Teaparty, as they were forming and and making promises, would change their minds on goals once they got to their job in Washington. The wishes of their constituents appears no longer as a high priority for Mr. Walsh. When postal delivery person, Melissa Rakeshaw, challenged him about shutting down the Postal
Service which exists because it is written to do so in the Constitution and told him it threatens 200,000 jobs, he said 'I don't care about them' ..The ' I ' in that sentence says it all, especially since he said it to one of his constituents. After hearing her interviewed the day after this exchange, it seems highly likely that Mr. Walsh need not try to campaign to her as it seems equally unlikely that he will get her vote.
Just as the vows of marriage meant nothing to Mr. Walsh, neither does his oath of office. Judging from all his votes, he is also a Norquist pledge signer. Since he cannot be loyal to his family, nor his country, we need to take a better look at the people who think they can make decisions that profoundly effect the rest of us.
Representative Walsh was voted in as a Teapartie4r but is now apparently considered a Teapublican. Little did we know that the Teaparty, as they were forming and and making promises, would change their minds on goals once they got to their job in Washington. The wishes of their constituents appears no longer as a high priority for Mr. Walsh. When postal delivery person, Melissa Rakeshaw, challenged him about shutting down the Postal
Service which exists because it is written to do so in the Constitution and told him it threatens 200,000 jobs, he said 'I don't care about them' ..The ' I ' in that sentence says it all, especially since he said it to one of his constituents. After hearing her interviewed the day after this exchange, it seems highly likely that Mr. Walsh need not try to campaign to her as it seems equally unlikely that he will get her vote.
Just as the vows of marriage meant nothing to Mr. Walsh, neither does his oath of office. Judging from all his votes, he is also a Norquist pledge signer. Since he cannot be loyal to his family, nor his country, we need to take a better look at the people who think they can make decisions that profoundly effect the rest of us.
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Rep. Walsh is certainly lacking in tact, but he is right that there is a serious problem with the U.S. postal service. Mail volume is way down (20% since 2007), leaving the service with a lot of excess capacity and a sea of red ink. The USPS is already starting to miss payments, and their financial outlook is even bleaker for next year.
Other countries have dealt with the drop in mail volume with privatiztion; see
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/10/only-way-to-save-usps-privatization
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