EPISODE · Feb 17, 2013 · 5 MIN
Freedom Minute: Episode 79
from FPP Freedom Minute · host FPP Freedom Minute
The Postmaster General recently announced that the United States Postal Service will be ending Saturday delivery of first-class mail by August of 2013. Many people are upset at this cut in service. But few people are asking the real question: why does the United States Postal Service have a monopoly on delivery of first-class mail? In other news: On February 14, the Peace & Freedom, Libertarian and Green Parties filed an amended complaint in Superior Court in Alameda County, California, in Rubin v Bowen. And, on February 12, attorneys representing the Alabama Secretary of State filed a 15-page brief, in defense of the state’s petition requirement for newly-qualifying parties. The lawsuit is Stein v Chapman and was filed by the Constitution, Green, and Libertarian Parties.
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The Postmaster General recently announced that the United States Postal Service will be ending Saturday delivery of first-class mail by August of 2013. Many people are upset at this cut in service. But few people are asking the real question: why does the United States Postal Service have a monopoly on delivery of first-class mail? In other news: On February 14, the Peace & Freedom, Libertarian and Green Parties filed an amended complaint in Superior Court in Alameda County, California, in Rubin v Bowen.And, on February 12, attorneys representing the Alabama Secretary of State filed a 15-page brief, in defense of the state’s petition requirement for newly-qualifying parties. The lawsuit is Stein v Chapman and was filed by the Constitution, Green, and Libertarian Parties.
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