The person writing this doesn’t seem to understand how the system works. Bulk mail is not something you use for time sensitive mailings. Ever.
It still costs about a dollar to mail something to the other side of the country.
That is a bargain.
The reasons for the annual deficits are well known, but to generally understood by the masses.
The increased automation and efficiency in the Postal Service is amazing. Buildings that used to be filled with people handling each piece a couple of times have been replaced by scanners and sorters that move millions of piece of mail every day.
Bitching about the postal service is an age old trope. It is based on ignorance.
I have a close relative who worked there over 25 years who left about 4 years ago. He is amazed how bad it has recently gotten. Priority mail, over $10 dollars, 100 miles away. One took two days, one took two weeks. The second traveled back and forth a few times. 1099 forms taking 2 to 3 weeks.
“Buildings that used to be filled with people handling each piece a couple of times have been replaced by scanners and sorters that move millions of piece of mail every day.”
And it was more dependable then than it is now. Automation isn’t always helpful.