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To think the Japanese postal service is one of the richest entities in the world.
To think the Japanese postal service is one of the richest entities in the world.
To think the Japanese postal service is one of the richest entities in the world.
Curious.... how many private sector companies have gone out of business? Look this is a "company" that is NOT a Federal run joint. It is NOT a federal run business. Did you NOT know that!?!?!?!
OPPPPPSS!!! NO! You didnt. :roll:
I can't believe the Post office still delivers on Saturday. That's a no-brainer.
I agree. We need a modern, leaner more efficient post office.It's a law tied into the banks, I believe. Banks can't be closed for more than two days, nor can the post office.
Made sense in 1950 when commerce ran exclusively through physical banks and the post office. Now, it's antiquated and unnecessary.
Councilman nailed. it.
Reduce mail delivery to three times a week, cut the post office work force by 2/3, and it'll make budget.
Otherwise, this dinosaur will keep leaking like the Titanic. The world has passed it by.
I think the USPS like no other has within it's infrastructure to outpace FedEx and UPS.
...especially since, unlike FedEx and UPS, the post office doesn't have to show a profit. Government agencies never do.
That's the same reason insurance companies have no chance against a public healthcare option.
Councilman nailed. it.
Reduce mail delivery to three times a week, cut the post office work force by 2/3, and it'll make budget.
Otherwise, this dinosaur will keep leaking like the Titanic. The world has passed it by.
At the same time, many private companies utilize these government agencies to increase their own profits. In fact, these private companies create the majority of the workload for this particular govenrment agency. Interesting, isn't it?
And eliminate all these small town post offices. I'm talking a town of 300 people will have a post office. In almost every case their will be a larger town near by. An example of this is a town I lived that had one hundred seventy some people. We had a post office but we did not have deliverymen, it was strictly postal boxes. The neighboring town of 25k people was only 6 miles away where most people in the area worked anyway. So why not remove the expense of having a separate post office. I dont think many would have complained.
Another easy money saver would be to require everyone to have a mailbox at the street. The town I currently live requires all new homes to have a mailbox at the curb however any current houses at the time of the law change were exempt. So we have thousands of homes with mailboxes at the front door meaning mail carriers must walk the routes costing us ALOT more in man hours.
why not just raise rates? mailing a letter is cheap........
I'm reading through this thread and I'm seeing a lot of appeals to emotion. But the fact is the post office is an economic drain, and it needs to be on the chopping block. We can't govern based on warm and fuzzy feeling from our childhood. We can cut the post office and life will go on. People will just have to start using fedex or ups or dhl. It's irrational support for wasteful government spending in areas where entrepreneurs simply do the same thing better, and we can't afford to subsidize nostalgia.
The lack of government meddling in the postage industry will lead to enhanced competition, and net economic stimulus for this country. Better yet, there is no way to outsource postage delivery jobs, so they stay right here. This is one instance where I think everybody can agree the free market knows best.
why not just raise rates? mailing a letter is cheap........
That seems the obvious solution.
While I agree in concept, it would damage the access, I'm afraid.
There's a ton of FedEx places in the suburbs. Not so much in the ghetto.
why not just raise rates? mailing a letter is cheap........
Now I feel like a sucker for buying all those "forever" stamps.
Even more interesting how, with all of this virtually guaranteed business, the post office went bankrupt.