Posted on 08/07/2011 6:15:39 AM PDT by maggief
A large majority of post offices that have been targeted for closure are in Republican districts.
More than 2,500 of these post offices are in GOP districts while about 1,000 are in districts represented by Democrats, according to a review by The Hill. There were fewer than 100 stores where the district could not be determined because the zip code is represented by lawmakers in both parties.
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has stressed that politics played no role in determining which sites to shutter, noting that it adhered to a strict methodology for choosing them. The USPS used a computer program to select the offices on a range of factors, including revenue and workload.
The closures would save about $200 million annually for the ailing USPS, which has urged the end of its Saturday service.
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See. The GOP is now responsible for the post offices closing in your district. They hate government so much that they would let that happen.
Not sure why they would do that intentionally, or why we would care. This isn’t like the attack on GOP donor-owned card dealers where they took private property in a vicious socialist grab. If they are purposely going to GOP areas and closing more profitable locations in exchange for leaving less profitable one, they are cutting their own nose. The organization is already on the verge of collapse as it is.
I don’t have rural delivery where I am but our post office is one of those targeted for closure. Yippie a 10 mile round trip to get mail.
I’d rather cut postal service days down to 4 per week.
Who knows? Rural and suburban districts tend Republican and may be most uneconomical. It could simply be a case of correlation not indicating causation.
This still isn’t going to have all that much impact until they get up near 25,000 closures. The first 15,000 or so simply don’t have very much revenue, or workforce, or mail. They work more like a drag weight on rural letter carrier service.
“a 10 mile round trip to get mail.”
Don’t like it? Move.
I keep a UPS store box and let the mail pile up there and check it every couple of weeks unless I am expecting something.
I think if any rational accountant looked at the USPS they would notice a huge amount of over head in the “management” ranks. Each of these desk bound paper pushers should be given a letter carrier bag to carry and a salary commensurate with those duties...financial problem solved.
Ya see, the USPS runs like the education industry, highest salaries at the top for those who do nothing.
I was sorta thinking the same thing, ilgipper. Sometimes, we need to quit seeing something evil in everything that the government does. I think that’s called paranoia..........
OTOH, if MY post office is closed, then I’ll know for sure it’s a conspiracy against Republicans! LOL!
Your insistence on having taxpayers subsidize post offices so God forbid you don’t have to drive very far and be inconvenienced sounds alot more Marxist to me.
If I used alternative delivery methods, my shipping costs would double. Also, some of us still rely on the USPS for the delivery of our checks (incoming, not outgoing).
I am not defending the post office per se, but don’t discount the number of folks operating their own small businesses who use the post office every day.
Sell the USPS to UPS problem solved.Sell Amtrak next.
Well, now, isn’t THAT nice!
Where the heck am I supposed to go now when I want to stand in line for hours in a dingy room, awaiting my turn for the pleasure of speaking to some union boob who moves in slow motion and speaks about as much English as my dog?
And you sound like Willie Green, No train station near your house? Move to the city.
What do you think I pay postage for moron?
Post Office management is terrible. My local post office had a drop box along the side street where you could easily drop letters from your car window.
Recently, the post office moved the drop box to the parking lot. Now you need to park your car, get out of the car, and drop your letters into the box.
The parking lot is quite busy and this needlessly adds to the congestion.
Wages and salaries for Postal Workers needs to be cut until it reaches the point where no one wants the job. I suspect most post office jobs would be filled at 50% current salary.
Right. And so were the closing of the car realerships.
“What do you think I pay postage for moron?”
Evidently not for any lessons on civility or the raising of one’s IQ. Taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for your comforts.
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