Posted on 07/27/2016 7:44:11 AM PDT by Kaslin
I think we have to look at the contracts of the subcontractors. We’re getting scr**** over big time.
Let the postal service go totally private. It should have nothing to do with government.
Unfortunately running a postal service is one thing the Constitution actually REQUIRES the Federal Government to do.
Short of an amendment we’re SCROOOOOD.
Constitution says they may do it....not that they must do it.
What’s wrong with the USPS are politicians and unions.
Cutting routine Saturday delivery would be a start.
Shipping has become so expensive at this point.
International shipping costs are a joke. It wasn’t too many years ago that a very large portion of my business was overseas buyers. That’s pretty much gone now.
I once sold hundreds of used books a month and used surface mail ( big container ships ) for overseas buyers.
That’s gone and so are those sales. Shipping a book overseas is very expensive.
Keep raising rates, USPS, soon I’ll be out of business.
As mentioned by another, it’s actually referenced in the Constitution. I believe there should be a government recognized service that cannot go out of business for purposes of issuing subpoenas, sending legal documents, getting mail to soldiers, interacting with foreign post offices, etc. that will go to EVERY U.S. address.
They don’t have to be in the overnight delivery business (that came AFTER Federal Express invented the category)
They don’t have to be in the big package delivery business.
They don’t have to be in the cheap junk mail business.
They certainly don’t have to be in the subsidize shipments from Red China business.
I find priority mail is mature and works well.
There is no political will to close the remote and rural post offices.
There is no political will to dump Saturday delivery.
We should make the postal service smaller in order to make the inevitable shortfalls more tolerable.
The junk mail sector is used to keep the USPS large. Dump the subsidies, make a first class letter 75 cents. The people whp howl about it are the same ones who also boast that they use Internet and email for everything.
I send a lot of personal snail mail, and scads of Christmas cards. I am willing to pay the extra quarter per throw, to make a better postal system with less junk mail.
Do you realize how late the mail would be delivered on Monday which is usually late anyway because they have to catch up on the mail that comes in.
Bring in the auditors and find out why they are bleeding money. Then fix the problem. This isn’t difficult.
While that would help cut the fat, it’s the unfounded healthcare and retiree liabilities that are the 10 ton boat anchor...
Sadly, that's one of the few things that is profitable for them.
“Junk mail” is the only class of postage that has been growing. First class mail has been in a steady decline since the mid-90’s with the advent of email and it took another huge hit with electronic bill pay.
They have to rationalize their infrastructure. They need to offload their retiree benefits as well. Those are untenable as currently constructed.
It is the pension plan they have that is killing the postal system.
Roll it into a 401k plan instead.
I didn’t realize that the workers got direct free medical care coverage forever, even after age 65, instead of Medicare. It is bad enough that they receive it up to 65 even after a relatively short “career.” The cost of medical care is this country’s cancer, eating away throughout the economy.
Track 1 gets delivery on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Track 2 gets delivery on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
The worst thing that happens is that you get half your mail a day later. If you don't like that, rent a P.O. Box and pick it up yourself every day.
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