The crisis is, as Ralph Nader and other consumer advocates argue, "manufactured."
Across the country today, tens of thousands of postal workers, union allies and community advocates will rally to defend the United States Postal Service and to argue for responsible Congressional action to renew and strengthen a precious public asset.
Jennings Randolph (who passed in 1998) isn't around to cheer them on. But if he were, he would celebrate the fact that there are still great masses of Americans who recognize that "when the human side of government closes its doors, we're all in trouble."
Cross-posted from The Nation(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).