[Ben Mugged]

pressure from rural constituents and labor unions

Privatize the Post Office and let it make money or die.

[muawiyah]

I have such a plan. First thing to go are 28,000 small postal facilities ~ most of them rural post offices. Second thing to go is DOOR DELIVERY.

Eliminating supernumery mail processing employees could be Third or Fourth on the list. Have to see how closing down those smaller MPCs is going to affect the service ~ could be a disaster. Modern computer modeling techniques should be able to tell us ~ but I think the ban on doing a Preferential Mail Network is still in effect so management is probably just pulling that one out of their collective behinds.

We shall see.

There's about $20 billion a year right there!

[max americana]

“Privatize the Post Office and let it make money or die.”

It’s not that simple. We have a satellite production office in Canada. Sending by Fedex a few documents with a tracking number costs us $76. Priority Mail Intl costs us $23.

It’s no secret why Ebay and Amazon sellers depend on the programs from USPS. If one indeed privatizes the system, start with the overall logistical process of USPS.