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[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 106 points 1 year ago (4 children)

San Francisco will rename a post office in honor of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein

And here I thought I would never have to hear her name again. Fucking clueless neoliberal Democrats. It's not enough she got rich fucking us over, now we're expected to honor the memory of it. Wasn't there a sewage treatment plant in need of a name?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jello Biafra once called her the worst person he'd ever met. And added a "really" to that.

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He also called her a "whore for police brutality". She would personally come see police raids on punk shows in the early 80s in th SF area.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope it's the post office in the tenderloin that takes general delivery mail for homeless people without an address.

[–] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope that post receives extra funding as that's a very important service for an at-risk population. Things like that are when I'm very happy to pay taxes as they're providing a needed service.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IIRC taxes don't pay for the USPS. It's funded by stamps and mail.

[–] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's funded by both. However since 1971 there have been efforts to privatize it, and trying to defund it by requiring the post office to keep liquid funds equal to the entire pension burden of it's employees. Thankfully that requirement was lifted in 2022

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Service_Reform_Act_of_2022

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago

Awesome to hear that stupid requirement is gone (for now)