“Screw ‘em—we don’t need USPS anymore.”
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That is easy for some of you to say, but you obviously
do not live in an isolated area where you depend on a post office box in the nearest town to receive mail.
Even if you are in a city, please explain your ideas for replacing the existing mail service.
Is UPS or other private carrier willing to take over such operations? Will they build offices with 24/7 box access in every little berg in the US, or will they just save your mail and make a monthly delivery?
I think you need to put a bit more thought into “Screw ‘em—we don’t need USPS anymore.”
You're correct. The USPS provides a vital service not easily replicated by the private sector. However, if there were competition for first class mail (which indeed there should be) the USPS could and should be a much, much smaller entity. The savings would be in the billions. The USPS remnant would not be a profit making enterprise - in other words it would lose money - however, the losses would be a fraction of what they are now.
—...but you obviously
do not live in an isolated area where you depend on a post office box in the nearest town to receive mail.—
I do. We almost never get mail. And anything important comes via FedEx.
Thought? You're asking for thought from one of these shoot-from-the-hips Freepers? Really, now.
If you receive mail which is critical, you can pay extra to get it. I don’t get anything in my mailbox anymore that’s useful, other than greeting cards. Most of the bills are electronic. I do not believe that the existing mail service actually needs to be replaced. Certainly it’s not profitable the way it’s run right now, so that should tell you that something is fundamentally wrong with the business.
Who says you have to have 24/7 access? Maybe if you need that, you could pay extra for the privilege. If monthly delivery is good enough for you, then it should be at a discounted price.
I have thought through my “screw ‘em” comment quite thoroughly, and I stand behind it.