To: Gene Eric
USPS must make the tough decisions any corporation is required to make in tough economic times. Hope it arrives at a commercially successful point. I wish USPS well. I wish them well too, I may be one of the few here that thinks that sending a letter across country for 45¢ is a bargain.
They really haven't had to make those "tough decisions" you speak of, in the past. They are a government agency after all.
14 posted on
12/22/2012 3:58:38 PM PST by
Graybeard58
("Civil rights” leader and MSNB-Hee Haw host Al Sharpton - Larry Elder)
To: Graybeard58
I wish them well too, I may be one of the few here that thinks that sending a letter across country for 45¢ is a bargain. I do too. I think USPS's core problem is that they can't make critical business decisions without government approval so everything becomes a patronage issue.
18 posted on
12/22/2012 4:04:59 PM PST by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: Graybeard58
>> They are a government agency after all.
True, but its different from the other agencies in that its revenue is not based on taxation, but through commercial sales.
20 posted on
12/22/2012 4:08:05 PM PST by
Gene Eric
(Demoralization is a weapon of the enemy. Don't get it, don't spread it!)
To: Graybeard58
I may be one of the few here that thinks that sending a letter across country for 45¢ is a bargain. Since it became an independent agency and had to survive on postage rather than tax money back in the 1970s, the first class postage increases have just about matched inflation. So in real cost since it was 13¢ in 1973 has stayed the same and the more than tripling in nominal cost is entirely from the Federal Reserve and Treasury destroying the value of the dollar.
25 posted on
12/22/2012 4:25:26 PM PST by
KarlInOhio
(Big Bird is a brood parasite: laid in our nest 43 years ago and we are still feeding him.)
To: Graybeard58
I tend to agree with you. My family members have lived in many different countries but the USPS has been much more reliable than the service in other countries.
42 posted on
12/22/2012 5:58:29 PM PST by
Silentgypsy
(If you love your freedom, thank a vet.)
To: Graybeard58
You can mail a letter for 45 cents because they operate in the red. I’d like to know what the actual cost is per letter.
62 posted on
12/22/2012 10:45:28 PM PST by
Terry Mross
(I'm here mostly for the entertainment....and I know that people I don't like read my posts.)
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