Source: ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa kēia
I nā makahiki he 15 i hala iho nei, ua nalowale au i ʻelua hale leka mai nā kūlanakauhale aʻu e noho nei.
ʻO ka mua ma Maple Glen, PA, he kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi a mākou i neʻe ai i ko mākou haʻalele ʻana iā Hong Kong i ka makahiki 1997.
ʻO ke kikowaena o ke kaona, kahi i kū ai ka hale leta, he huinakolu ia o nā hale kūʻai, ʻo ia hoʻi kahi pahu hau, kahi holoi kaʻa, kahi hale kūʻai kūʻai nui a me nā hale kūʻai ʻokoʻa, a me kekahi hale kūʻai liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, a me ʻehā mau panakō.
No nā makahiki ʻewalu mua a mākou i noho ai ma ʻaneʻi, ua maʻalahi ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hale leka. He wahi ia e kūʻai ai i kahi kauoha kālā, a i ʻole nā peʻa leka, e hoʻouna ai i nā pūʻolo a i ʻole nā envelopes nui e pono ai ke kaupaona ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi no ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā ʻāina ʻē. Ua ʻike ʻoe i nā limahana leka, a ua ʻike lākou i nā mea a pau, no laila he wahi maikaʻi ia e kiʻi ai i ka nūhou kūloko. I ka wā i pani ʻia ai i ka wā o ka hoʻokele ʻana o Obama i nā hōʻemi kālā no ka USPS, he poho nui.
ʻO ka hale leka uila kokoke loa iā mākou ma ia wahi he mau mile ka mamao - mamao loa ke hele i ka wāwae a i ʻole ke kaʻa kaʻa, ke ʻole ʻoe i nui ka manawa e hoʻolilo ai i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i loaʻa ʻole iā mākou.
Aia ka lua ma kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo Fishs Eddy, ma luna o nā Catskills ma kahi i ʻike ʻia ʻo ka Southern Tier o New York State. ʻO Fishs Eddy, me ka heluna kanaka ma lalo o 200 poʻe, he moʻolelo lōʻihi. Aia ma ka B&O Railroad kahiko a ua pau i kēia manawa e holo ana ma ka lālā Hikina o Delaware, ma mua ia e hoʻokipa ai i nā poʻe hoʻomaha mai New York City, akā i kēia manawa, ua hala kona mau hōkele a me nā hale B&B, ʻo ka mea hana ma ke kūlanakauhale he ʻohana nona. wili lāʻau. Aia ma lalo o 200 ka heluna kanaka o ia wahi.
I ka makahiki 1984, ua hoʻohana māua me kaʻu wahine i nā mea a pau i loaʻa iā mākou ($16,500 i kēlā manawa) a kūʻai aku i kahi hale pule Methodist liʻiliʻi i pau i ke kaona i makemake i ka mālama wikiwiki e pale i kahi hapa o ka hale mai ka hiolo ʻana a me ke pani ʻana i hoʻokahi pā o ka pōhaku. hale waihona puke o ka hale waihona puke e pili ana, a ua mālama koke au ia mau mea ʻelua ma muli o kahi hōʻaiʻē $3000 mai kā mākou panakō.
He mea paʻakikī ke ʻae ʻia ʻoe ma kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o Appalachia e like me Fishs Eddy, kahi e pili ai nā mea a pau ma kekahi ʻano, a ʻike paha kekahi i kekahi mai ka hānau ʻana.
ʻO kekahi kumu i hiki ai iā mākou ke komo i loko, ʻo ko mākou mau hoalauna, ʻo Rosengrants, he ʻohana ʻoluʻolu me nā keiki nani i ʻoi aʻe ma mua o kā mākou kaikamahine ponoʻī, ka mea i ʻike i nā mea āpau o ke kūlanakauhale. Ua lilo koke lākou i mau hoaaloha no mākou.
ʻO kekahi ʻo ka Hale Leta kūloko, me kāna Luna Leta ʻoluʻolu, ʻo Robin Arnoldine.
Ua ʻike ʻo Robin i nā mea a pau, ʻoiaʻiʻo, no ka mea, ua loaʻa i nā mea a pau o ke kaona pono kā lākou leka mai kahi pahu laka manuahi i loko o ke keʻena lumi hoʻokahi ma ka hope o ka pā ākea pālua a Robin a me kāna kāne ʻo Gary i kāhea ai i ka home. ʻO ia ko mākou kumu o ka nūhou e pili ana i ke kūlanakauhale. Ua aʻo au ʻaʻole ʻo "e kiʻi i ka leka uila" ʻaʻole ia he ʻumi mau minuke kaʻa kaʻapuni a he aloha wikiwiki iā Robin. He hapalua hora ka loihi o ke kamailio ana, aole me ia wale no, aka, me na poe e ae e komo mai ana no ka lakou leta oiai au e noho ana.
Aia ma ka hale leta kahi a makou e ike ai ina ua make kekahi ma ke kaona, a i ole i hele i ka halemai, a i ole no ke aha la o ke alahao o ka lepo kahiko a me ke alahao cinder e hiki ai ke kalaiwa no ke kii aku i ka lala hikina. ma luna o ka muliwai mai Fishs Eddy, he pōʻino e kali ana e hiki mai (ʻaʻole i waiho ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Hancock i kahi moena ʻiliʻili maikaʻi ma lalo o ka macadam a ua kau i ke kāleʻa ma luna o ka lahilahi, no laila e hoʻopaʻi ʻia i ka hau a me nā māwae. hau mua o ka hooilo). Ua ʻike ʻo Robin i nā mea a pau e ʻike ai e pili ana iā Fishs Eddy, a loaʻa i nā mea a pau kā lākou nūhou me kā lākou leka uila.
Aka, i ka kokoke ana o Robin i ka hoomaha ana, ua hoomaka laua me Gary e noonoo no ka hoomaha ana a nee aku i Binghamton, 45 mile ma ke alaloa, i ole loa aku i ka laua mau keiki, ua maopopo loa aole e mau ka hale leta. Me ka hoʻomalu ʻana o Obama e nānā ana i nā ala e ʻoki ai i ke kālā federal i ka US Postal Service, nā keʻena leta liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi - ʻoi aku ka poʻe i hoʻolimalima ʻia i ka USPS e nā mea nona nā hale e like me Robin, a i ʻole nā mea kūʻai liʻiliʻi. pani ʻia.
ʻO ke kaiāulu, e aʻo ana i ka USPS e hoʻolālā ana e pani i ka Fishs Eddy PO, a me ia ka code zip ponoʻī o ke kūlanakauhale, ua huhū. Ua kākau ka poʻe i ko lākou ʻahaʻōlelo Repubalika kūloko, i kā lākou mau Senatoa Demokarata ʻelua, a i ko lākou ʻelele mokuʻāina a senator. e noi ana i kōkua, akā i ka hopena ua hiki ke pani.
Ma ke ʻano he sop, ua ʻae ka USPS e hoʻokumu, ma ke kūlanakauhale kokoke o East Branch ʻehā mile mai uka, he paia pahu kaawale no ka poe ma Fishs Eddy i makemake mau i ka pahu leta. E mālama ʻia kēlā mau pahu i ka code zip Fishs Eddy, ʻoiai ʻo ka hale leta a lākou i noho ai he zipa Hikina.
Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka mea ʻole, akā ʻo ka holo ʻana i ʻewalu mau mile he lōʻihi loa ia e kiʻi i kāu leka i kēlā me kēia lā, no laila nui ka poʻe i hoʻōki i ka hele ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO ka poʻe ʻelemakule ʻaʻohe kaʻa, pono lākou e hilinaʻi i kekahi hoalauna e lawe mai i kā lākou leka. A ʻo ka luna leta o ka lālā Hikina, ʻaʻole i ʻike i kahi kumu nūhou e pili ana iā Fishs Eddy e like me Robin.
Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻonohonoho kaiaulu.
Me ka ʻole o ka hale leta, ua ʻano liʻiliʻi ka puʻuwai o ke kūlanakauhale.
Palapala: Ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi keʻena post-office i kekahi mau makahiki i hala. Ma hope o ka nui o nā leka a me ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā poʻe kālai'āina, ua hoʻolimalima ka USPS i kahi wahi mai ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Hancock ma ke kahua o kahi hale mālama lā ma ke kūlanakauhale, a kūkulu i kahi hale liʻiliʻi i hoʻolaʻa ʻia ma ke ʻano he keʻena leta. ʻAʻole like loa. Hoʻololi mau ka poʻe e lawelawe nei ma ke ʻano he luna leka, a ʻaʻole ma ke kūlanakauhale. Akā ma ka liʻiliʻi loa, loaʻa iā mākou kā mākou keʻena leta ponoʻī, ma ka liʻiliʻi no kekahi manawa.
Ke kākau nei au i kēia no ka mea ke lawe nei ka hoʻokele Trump i ka defunding o ka Post Office i kahi pae hou. ʻAʻole ia he mea e mālama ai i ke kālā, ʻo ia ka hewa ma lalo o ka hoʻokele Obama a me ka hoʻokele GW Bush ma mua o ia. I kēia manawa he politika, me ka ʻae ʻana o Trump ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia e hiki i ka USPS ke lawelawe i nā leka i nā balota i kēia Nowemapa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua wehe ʻia nā balota i hoʻouna ʻia i ka hoʻopunipuni, ʻoiai ʻo nā mokuʻāina ʻelima e hoʻohana nei i nā balota i hoʻouna ʻia a i ʻole nā leka i hoʻouna mua ʻia i kā lākou koho balota, e like me Oregon a me Colorado, ʻaʻohe pilikia me ka hoʻopunipuni, a ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke komo ʻana i ke koho balota. ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā mokuʻāina ʻo US— ʻo ia ke kumu maoli ʻaʻole makemake ʻo Trump a me Republicans i ke koho balota ma ka leka uila. ʻO ke kākoʻo nui o ka ʻaoʻao Repubalika mai nā kāne keʻokeʻo kahiko a me ka liʻiliʻi o nā wahine keʻokeʻo. Aia ka heluna kanaka i ka emi ʻana o ka heluna kanaka, ua pani ʻia e nā poʻe koho pāloka ʻōpio i makemake i ka Democratic a kūʻokoʻa paha, a me nā poʻe ʻulaʻula, ka poʻe i makemake e koho Demokarata. ʻO ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i nā balota demokalaka ua lilo ia i kumu hoʻolālā no ka Party Republican, a ʻo ka pale ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana i ka leka uila he ʻāpana ia o ia hoʻolālā.
ʻO ka mea naʻe, ʻo Trump a me Republicans i ka Senate e pana ana iā lākou iho i ka wāwae ma luna o kēia, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka hilinaʻi o ka poʻe kahiko i ka hale leka ma mua o ka poʻe ʻōpio. ʻAʻole wale ka PO kahi e puka ai i waho o ka hale a e hui ai i nā hoaaloha a e ʻohi i nā ʻōlelo ʻōlelo kūloko. ʻO ia hoʻi ke ʻano o ka loaʻa ʻana o kā lākou mau lāʻau lapaʻau, kā lākou mau makasina, nā leka mai nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana, a pinepine pū kekahi i kā lākou Social Security. ʻO ka poʻe ʻelemakule e hilinaʻi nei i ka leka uila e koho balota, a mālama nui lākou i ke koho balota.
Auwē ka poʻe e hoʻāʻo e kāʻili iā lākou a pau!
He mea pono ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka US Post Office e ka First Continental Congress i ka makahiki 1775, ʻoiai ma mua o ke kākau ʻana o ka Hōʻike Kūʻokoʻa. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Benjamin Franklin ka Luna Nui Nui o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻOiai hoʻokahi makahiki wale nō ka noho ʻana o Franklin ma ia kūlana, ua waiho ʻo ia i kāna hōʻailona ma ke keʻena, me ke koi ʻana e hiki ke uku ʻia ka uku leta i nā mea āpau, ʻaʻole i ka poʻe waiwai wale nō, a e lawelawe ia i nā ʻAmelika a pau, ʻaʻole i ka poʻe ma nā kūlanakauhale wale nō. Ua ʻike ʻo Franklin i ka Hale Leta ma ke ʻano he ala e hoʻohui ai i nā heluna ʻokoʻa o nā mokuʻāina a me nā panalāʻau o US, a ua pololei ʻo ia. Ua hana ia. ʻAʻole ma kahi mamao wale nō, akā ma nā kaiāulu hoʻokahi, e like me ka mea i wehewehe ʻia ma luna.
Ua hoʻāʻo ʻia ke keʻena me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hoʻokūkū mai nā hui lawe pilikino e like me FedEx, UPS, a i kēia manawa ʻo Amazon, akā he mea nui ia. ʻO ka poʻe e like me Trump nāna e hoʻokaʻawale iā ia ma ka inoa o ka "kūpono" a i ʻole nā kumukūʻai kālā, a i ʻole no nā kumu politika, pono e pale ʻia.
Ua ʻike maikaʻi ʻia ka pane maoli i nā pilikia kālā o ka Hale Leta i ka wā kahiko e nā ʻāina o ʻEulopa a me Taiwan a me nā lāhui ʻē aʻe he nui. e ʻae ana i ka Hale Leta e lilo i panakō aupuni.
Ua ʻike au i ka hana ʻana ma ke ʻano he polopeka Fulbright e noho ana ma Kaohsiung ma ka hema o Taiwan i ka makahiki 2004. E hele au i ka hale leta o ke kulanui kūloko e leka uila i kekahi mau leka a me nā mea kākau leka, aia nā puka makani no ka waihona hale leka. ʻO ka maʻamau, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o nā laina ma nā puka aniani ma mua o nā puka makani leka. Loaʻa iaʻu kahi moʻokāki ma laila me kahi puke pass. He mea maikaʻi ia no ka hoʻolilo ʻana i kaʻu uku, hoʻololi kālā, a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe. Ua haʻi mai koʻu mau hoa Taiwanese iaʻu e waiho mau ana lākou i kā lākou waihona i loko o ka waihona o ka Hale Leta no ka nui o ka ukupanee i loaʻa iā lākou, a ua loaʻa pū lākou i nā moraki no kā lākou mau hale paʻa mai ka waihona Leta no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa a maikaʻi loa.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua hāʻawi ka US Post Office i nā lawelawe panakō liʻiliʻi mai 1911 a i 1967, i ka wā i hoʻopau ai ʻo Congress. Hāʻawi ka waihona PO i nā waihona kālā liʻiliʻi akā i kekahi manawa he $ 3 biliona waiwai (e like me $ 30 biliona i nā kālā o kēia lā. No ke aha i pepehi ʻia ai ka panakō leka?
Ua hāpai ʻia kēia manaʻo o kahi panakō keʻena leta a ua makemake ʻia e ka Hui Leta Workers Union, akā ke kūʻē ʻia nei e ka ʻoihana panakō ikaika o ʻAmelika, e hopohopo nei e hoʻohilahila ʻia ka hoʻokūkū. Pono e ʻoki ʻia kēlā hoʻoikaika ʻana e ka makemake nui. Ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana i ka luku ʻana o ka ʻoihana panakō i ka hoʻokele waiwai o US ma 2007/8 a laila hoʻopiʻi ʻia no nā hāʻawi kālā a ke aupuni i waiho ai i ʻoi aku ka ikaika a me ka ikaika ma hope o ka puka ʻana mai ka Great Recession ma mua o ka wā i loaʻa ai ka Fiscal Crisis, pono mākou a pau e ʻōlelo lawa! Pono mākou i kahi panakō aupuni, a pono iā USPS. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā pilikia kālā o ka Hale Leta e nalowale inā he panakō.
ʻAʻole ʻo ia wale nō, akā, nui nā kaiāulu kuaʻāina ʻaʻole i loaʻa kahi panakō e loaʻa koke i kā lākou hale leka liʻiliʻi!
No laila lawa ka kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka haki ʻana i ka hale leta. E koi kakou a pau i ka bana leta lehulehu, a e koi kakou e hoopau i na oki leta, ma na keena, na limahana, a me na manawa keu, a pau keia koho balota a pau keia kau Peresidena.
Kiʻi hou: Ma ke ala, o manaʻo paha ʻoe e neʻe wale ana ʻo Trump Postmaster General, ʻo Louis DeJoy, i kekahi mau mīkini hoʻokaʻawale, eia ke wikiō a ka mea hana leta e hōʻike ana i ke ʻano o kēia mau mīkini mammoth. ʻAʻole ʻoe e hoʻoneʻe iā lākou. Kūkulu ʻia lākou ma nā kikowaena hoʻolaha Post Office, a ʻoki ʻoe iā lākou a lawe ʻia i waho. ʻO ia ka hoʻolaha aupuni!: https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/8/18/1970417/-some-background-videos-to-inform-your-thining-about-the-USPS-sorting-machines
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