SENATE BILL: The Duke-Marokai Postal Service Act of 2013 (Law'd)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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Sponsor: Averroës Nix

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Sorry for ruining your New Years Day, Nixy, but you'll have to start advocating for this one too.

[Simfan34]

God save Nix. Strong support.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Good lord, for whatever reason I remembered that postal service bill last year as having passed. If I'd remembered it failed, I would've introduced this before!

Of course, I absolutely support this, then.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

God bless us.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

An amendment:

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[Niemeyerite]

I think everyone will vote Aye on this.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

15 years, Nix.  The reasoning behind this is simply to make it easier for the Postal Service to pay it off; I think 3 years isn't enough time.

[Marokai Backbeat]

I support giving them more time than just three years, but 15 seems like a bit much. How about just ten?

[Niemeyerite]

Don't you think 10 is also too many years? 3 to 5 is OK, IMHO.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I'd like to see 5, if you don't mind me butting in.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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Sponsor Feedback: Hostile
Status: A vote is now open on the above amendment, please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Nay

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Nay

A shorter period will help ensure that the postal service operates as efficiently as possible. I'll also take this opportunity to express my general support for this bill.

[Franzl]

NAY

[Niemeyerite]

Nay.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Aye

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Aye

[Simfan34]

Nay

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

On the other hand, I worry that a shorter period might constrain quality and thus worsen the revenue situation by driving even more people towards alternative shipping methods.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Aye, but I could still be convinced otherwise at this point.


If I had checked, this could have been ended on the third as it was 2-6 then and even with mine is 3-6.

[Frodo]

Is there going to be any relief from the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act which forces the Postal Service to prepay employees' retirement pensions? 

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

NAY Nix, Marokai, Hagrid, Franzl, Julio, Simfan
AYE Ben, Snowstalker, Yankee

The amendment fails.

[Barnes]

Is there going to be any relief from the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act which forces the Postal Service to prepay employees' retirement pensions? 

I was under the impression that this bill wasn't law in Atlasia; if it is, I'm in favor of relaxing its requirements.

It isn't; US law only goes up to 2004 (when the game began).

[Frodo]

Is there going to be any relief from the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act which forces the Postal Service to prepay employees' retirement pensions?  

I was under the impression that this bill wasn't law in Atlasia; if it is, I'm in favor of relaxing its requirements.

It isn't; US law only goes up to 2004 (when the game began).

Oh.  That's good to know, then.
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I would like to know why people find it so necessary to cut Saturday delivery when the long-term financial situation is taken care of in other parts of the bill that relates to internet purchases and deliveries (part 2, section 2).