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Geeesh. That's getting old. I wish the commie 'RATS would come up with something new.
Everybody wants something for nothing....
Postal rate should be alot higher than they are, and junkmail senders should pay full rate!
Want it quick? UPS or FedEx.
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Mail must travel 250 miles to make it across the street now.
That'll save a few bucks!!!! /s
The time is ripe for a movement to privatize first class mail.
So people will have to begin to take care of themselves. The end of Fraud by Mail would be a good thing.
Pray for America
I’ve already resigned myself to longer turn around on Netflix movies. Oh, the things I put up with :)
Congress needs to let the USPS make the changes it needs, including consolidating sorting facilities. If prescriptions by mail take two days to arrive instead of one in some locations, so be it. Who orders a prescription after it runs out and expects the next day’s mail to arrive with a refill? Let’s get real, here.
Mail order medications?
My mom uses a Medicare complete plan with these. She calls in the order and the arrive via FedEx. The USPS has nothing to do with them.
FedEx used to send EVERY package in the Lower 48 to its Memphis sorting center before delivery.
Perhaps that is no longer the case.
Point is, people were still willing to pay a premium to get that service.
And that's bad why? Yeah, "private enterprise" won't likely deliver a letter overnight for mere pennies, but why should anyone expect that?
Otherwise all of the problems outlined in the article have easy solutions, and it just doesn't look like the end of the world to me. Even the "workers" at Gateway won't be laid off (though I reckon some might end up in a gig where they have to actually put in a full day's work).