Posted on 06/14/2016 11:18:14 AM PDT by sparklite2
It’s no secret that the postal business is shrinking. First-class mail volume is melting away like a popsicle in the sun—down 40 percent since 2000.
Less well-known is the shrinkage of the U.S. Postal Service’s board of governors. It is supposed to have nine members (not counting the postmaster general and deputy postmaster general). At the moment, it’s down to one.
At first blush, this May sound like good news for those who think the Postal Service is a government-run dinosaur that should be dismantled or sold off. What better start than to eliminate the board? But on closer look, this postal decapitation is not a solution to USPS’ shortcomings, but a stark illustration of the problems with this government-owned enterprise.
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oh, and before we had any distribution centers doing business here in my state ( a couple of years ago) we didn’t get charged state sales tax by Amazon, either. :-)
“I’ve never seen an Amazon truck. Didn’t even know they had any!”
You’ll know one if you see one-—they have a large,very distinctive “a” logo on the side.
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