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The U.S. Postal Service Nears Collapse
Businessweek ^ | May 26, 2011 | Devin Leonard

Posted on 05/28/2011 6:47:53 PM PDT by 4buttons

He is struck by how many USPS executives started out as letter carriers or clerks. He finds them so consumed with delivering mail that they have been slow to grasp how swiftly the service's financial condition is deteriorating. "We said, 'What's your 10-year plan?' " Herr recalls. "They didn't have one."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: biggov; freelazamataz; government; postal; postoffice; usps; veterans; waste
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1 posted on 05/28/2011 6:47:59 PM PDT by 4buttons
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To: 4buttons

Should have been privatized 30 years ago.


2 posted on 05/28/2011 6:52:27 PM PDT by SC_Pete
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To: 4buttons

I know 6 people from my church’s bible study group that work for the post office. Every single one of them tells stories of working the system so they can get guaranteed pension and benefits.


3 posted on 05/28/2011 6:52:47 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: 4buttons

Close it down, sell it to private contractors. No more million dollars house purchases for mail carriers.


4 posted on 05/28/2011 6:53:21 PM PDT by org.whodat
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To: org.whodat

UPS could buy their infrastructure and run it at a profit.


5 posted on 05/28/2011 6:55:40 PM PDT by omega4179
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To: 4buttons
Don't rock the boat too much with the USPS.
6 posted on 05/28/2011 6:56:13 PM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: 4buttons

If the government can’t break even running a monopoly for mail delivery, what make anyone think they will break even running a monopoly for health care?


7 posted on 05/28/2011 6:57:10 PM PDT by Hoodat (Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. - (Rom 8:37))
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To: 4buttons

USPS provides a service and brings in revenue.
What kind of revenue bring in HUD, Dept. of Education, Dept. of Energy, and so on?

I say, we subsidize parasites, we can subsidize USPS!


8 posted on 05/28/2011 6:58:55 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: 4buttons

Does anyone else deliver letters and junk mail?

Post Office is a constitutional office. They couldn’t privatize any more than the U.S. Patent and Trademark office.


9 posted on 05/28/2011 6:59:06 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: omega4179
FedEx > UPS.

FedEx is non-union and has lower shipping costs.
10 posted on 05/28/2011 6:59:57 PM PDT by Minus_The_Bear
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To: 4buttons

Too typical. They are on the verge of bankruptcy so they sign a new contract giving their union employees continued protection from layoffs, a 3 1/2% raise and COLAs. I hope that congress stays tough and gives them nothing. NO bailouts.


11 posted on 05/28/2011 7:01:31 PM PDT by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: 4buttons

I keep seeing a certain word when reading about failed enterprises.

It’s...u....nions!

Remember the union label: “There’s nothing made that we cannot do for more money and less quality. And you have to buy it, or else!”


12 posted on 05/28/2011 7:01:35 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Minus_The_Bear

Too bad that FedEX can’t deliver the mail, too. I think they do an exceptional job.


13 posted on 05/28/2011 7:02:17 PM PDT by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: Minus_The_Bear

Too bad that FedEX can’t deliver the mail, too. I think they do an exceptional job.


14 posted on 05/28/2011 7:02:17 PM PDT by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: 4buttons

It may be that mail delivers trash for the most part. I pull it out of my mailbox and toss it into my trash barrel. The trash men charge more to take it away than USPS does to “deliver” it to me. I don’t want it. Junk mail is a totally useless activity. Like junk e-mail, which I never even look at.


15 posted on 05/28/2011 7:03:45 PM PDT by GregoryFul (Obama - Jim Jones redux)
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To: driftdiver

They may working for their pensions but I have a local postal worker who is getting rich off the packages he steals. I’ve had at least six packages stolen in the past few years.

The USPS makes it easy for their workers. They write the amount the package is insured for right on the label. Then the USPS makes you wait 30 days before you can even begin to use their so-called ‘tracing’ system.

I’ve had to stop using them. Now I use UPS or FedEx. Much better.

BTW any negative comments here on FR usually elicits some irate but amusing private freepmail from USPS workers.


16 posted on 05/28/2011 7:04:09 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Maybe true will probably need one person going around the country cleaning the cob webs out of the post office windows, when the children born in a few years start saying what is a envelope Mommy.


17 posted on 05/28/2011 7:04:29 PM PDT by org.whodat
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To: 4buttons

Even when they have a good idea (drop Saturday delivery), the politicians won’t let them implement.

Here’s a quick fix:

Phase 1 - go to 3 day a week delivery for business, 2 day a week for residential.

Phase 2 - Charge for home delivery, provide cheaper post office boxes for those who opt out of home delivery. Provide ‘stand in line’ service for those who want to receive mail for free. Discard mail not picked up within 2 weeks unless an additional fee is paid.


18 posted on 05/28/2011 7:04:48 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: 4buttons

19 posted on 05/28/2011 7:05:21 PM PDT by Brandonmark (News Coverage)
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To: Minus_The_Bear

UPS nor FedEx will deliver a post card or standard #10 envelope.


20 posted on 05/28/2011 7:06:48 PM PDT by ThomasThomas (I am still looking for that box I am supposed to think out of.)
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