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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 564748" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p></p><p style="text-align: left">Mr. Frederick W. Smith</p> <p style="text-align: left">President, Chairman & CEO</p> <p style="text-align: left">FedEx Corp.</p> <p style="text-align: left">July 15, 2009</p> <p style="text-align: left">P.O. Box 727</p> <p style="text-align: left">Memphis, TN 38194</p> <p style="text-align: left">Via USPS Express Mail & Fax</p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><p style="text-align: left">901-818-7570</p><p></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><p style="text-align: left">Dear Mr. Smith:</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">We</p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">ʼ</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">ve been on record as opposing federal bailouts of failing businesses because they waste</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">taxpayer money, reward businesses that are poorly run, skew the marketplace, and are well</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">outside the proper role of our constitutionally limited government. So when FedEx claimed</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">that UPS was seeking a government bailout, we were prepared to jump all over another</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">wasteful government program. But after looking into FedEx</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">ʼ</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">s claims, we realized that FedEx</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">was not telling the truth. UPS was not seeking any taxpayer funds -- only regulatory reform</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">that would insure equal treatment of both companies under our nation</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">ʼ</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">s labor laws.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">FedEx</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">ʼ</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">s campaign called “Brown Bailout” (<a href="http://www.BrownBailout.com" target="_blank">www.BrownBailout.com</a>) is designed to capitalize</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">on public sentiment that is angry that hundreds of billions of dollars have been wasted in the</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">name of bailouts. But since UPS is not seeking even one dime of taxpayer money, the</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">campaign is essentially a disinformation campaign and should be stopped.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">If FedEx wants to oppose the regulatory reform being sought by UPS, that is fine. But FedEx</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">should use honest arguments and refrain from disingenuous and dishonest labels.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">What FedEx falsely and disingenuously labels a bailout is merely UPS asking that the</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">government treat both competitors the same. You can oppose this change in the law if you</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">like, but you cannot honestly call it a bailout. A bailout is when the government gives money</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">to failing businesses to prop them up in hopes that they will become viable. UPS is not</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">seeking, nor will it receive any taxpayer money as a result of this regulatory reform.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Additionally, UPS is not a failing company. It is doing quite well despite having to compete in</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">the economic race while wearing proverbial army boots.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Again, we are not telling you what position to lobby with Congress. But we are asking you to</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">stop using false and disingenuous labels to make your point. We believe FedEx should take</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">down the deceitful website and stop misleading the public and legislators. To paraphrase the</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">words of Ronald Reagan, “Mr. Smith, tear down this website.”</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Sincerely,</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Malcolm Wallop</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">U.S. Senator </span><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(ret.)</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #001f67"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #001f67"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #001f67"><p style="text-align: left">A</p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #001f67"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #001f67"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #001f67">MERICAN </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #001f67"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #001f67"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #001f67">C</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #001f67"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #001f67"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #001f67">ONSERVATIVE </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #001f67"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #001f67"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #001f67">U</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #001f67"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #001f67"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #001f67">NION</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #001f67"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #001f67"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #001f67"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #001f67"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #001f67"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino-Roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #001f67"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 564748, member: 1246"] [FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT] [LEFT]Mr. Frederick W. Smith President, Chairman & CEO FedEx Corp. July 15, 2009 P.O. Box 727 Memphis, TN 38194 Via USPS Express Mail & Fax[/LEFT] [FONT=Helvetica][SIZE=3][FONT=Helvetica][SIZE=3][LEFT]901-818-7570[/LEFT] [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Helvetica][LEFT]Dear Mr. Smith: We[/LEFT][/FONT][LEFT][FONT=Helvetica]ʼ[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica]ve been on record as opposing federal bailouts of failing businesses because they waste taxpayer money, reward businesses that are poorly run, skew the marketplace, and are well outside the proper role of our constitutionally limited government. So when FedEx claimed that UPS was seeking a government bailout, we were prepared to jump all over another wasteful government program. But after looking into FedEx[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica]ʼ[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica]s claims, we realized that FedEx was not telling the truth. UPS was not seeking any taxpayer funds -- only regulatory reform that would insure equal treatment of both companies under our nation[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica]ʼ[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica]s labor laws. FedEx[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica]ʼ[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica]s campaign called “Brown Bailout” ([url]www.BrownBailout.com[/url]) is designed to capitalize on public sentiment that is angry that hundreds of billions of dollars have been wasted in the name of bailouts. But since UPS is not seeking even one dime of taxpayer money, the campaign is essentially a disinformation campaign and should be stopped. If FedEx wants to oppose the regulatory reform being sought by UPS, that is fine. But FedEx should use honest arguments and refrain from disingenuous and dishonest labels. What FedEx falsely and disingenuously labels a bailout is merely UPS asking that the government treat both competitors the same. You can oppose this change in the law if you like, but you cannot honestly call it a bailout. A bailout is when the government gives money to failing businesses to prop them up in hopes that they will become viable. UPS is not seeking, nor will it receive any taxpayer money as a result of this regulatory reform. Additionally, UPS is not a failing company. It is doing quite well despite having to compete in the economic race while wearing proverbial army boots. Again, we are not telling you what position to lobby with Congress. But we are asking you to stop using false and disingenuous labels to make your point. We believe FedEx should take down the deceitful website and stop misleading the public and legislators. To paraphrase the words of Ronald Reagan, “Mr. Smith, tear down this website.” Sincerely, Malcolm Wallop U.S. Senator [/FONT][I][SIZE=3][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman](ret.)[/FONT][/SIZE][/SIZE][/I][/LEFT][I][SIZE=3][SIZE=3] [/size][/size][/I][SIZE=3][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/SIZE][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=2][COLOR=#001f67][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=2][COLOR=#001f67][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=2][COLOR=#001f67][LEFT]A[/LEFT][/COLOR][LEFT][/left][/SIZE][LEFT][/left][/FONT][LEFT][/left][/COLOR][LEFT][/left][/SIZE][LEFT][/left][/FONT][LEFT][/left][/COLOR][LEFT][/left][/SIZE][LEFT][/left][/FONT][LEFT][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=1][COLOR=#001f67][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=1][COLOR=#001f67][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=1][COLOR=#001f67]MERICAN [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=2][COLOR=#001f67][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=2][COLOR=#001f67][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=2][COLOR=#001f67]C[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=1][COLOR=#001f67][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=1][COLOR=#001f67][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=1][COLOR=#001f67]ONSERVATIVE [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=2][COLOR=#001f67][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=2][COLOR=#001f67][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=2][COLOR=#001f67]U[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=1][COLOR=#001f67][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=1][COLOR=#001f67][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=1][COLOR=#001f67]NION[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/LEFT][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=1][COLOR=#001f67][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=1][COLOR=#001f67][FONT=Palatino-Roman][SIZE=1][COLOR=#001f67] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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