I do believe, in light of technological advances i.e. email, electronic bill pay, etc., that it would make sense to go to a MWF delivery system. I think post offices should be open on Saturday, though, because that is the only day many can get to them.
And although the Constitution maintains that the US Gov’t have a postal service, it seems to me competition for it should be allowed. We’d just have to have a U.S. Mail of some type even if there were competitors.
Home delivery is not mandated (it began about the time of the Civil War) It may be worth it to drop the home delivery and allow private, contracted delivery services to handle Door to door deliveries.
Dear USPS: Consider privatizing.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/03/news/companies/usps_postal_service_privatize.fortune/
What they should do is get rid of half of all USPS employees involved in handling mail, then deliver to half of all locations Monday-Wednesday-Friday, and the other half Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Anyone who wants every-day delivery will pay for it, unless they get enough mail that it makes sense for the post office to send a truck out to them every day.
>>email, electronic bill pay, etc., that it would make sense to go to a MWF delivery system
Yes. It is true that more people do pay online (even I,
a postal worker, do). But a lot of people still do pay
by mail. I see lots of credit card and utility payments
being sent to NJ, Delaware, etc.