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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Should have been privatized 30 years ago.
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.
Close it down, sell it to private contractors. No more million dollars house purchases for mail carriers.
UPS could buy their infrastructure and run it at a profit.
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?
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!
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.
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.
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!”
Too bad that FedEX can’t deliver the mail, too. I think they do an exceptional job.
Too bad that FedEX can’t deliver the mail, too. I think they do an exceptional job.
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.
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.
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.
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.
UPS nor FedEx will deliver a post card or standard #10 envelope.
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