I don’t know if this is a phenomena in other areas, but the three post offices within four miles of my house are all staffed by Koreans. They do the job perfectly well, but I would swear they’re hiring each other. Makes sense to cut Sat delivery... and at least where I live which is partly a semi-rural area, there are definitely too many post offices.
As for the retiree health benefit prefunding, this author would do his homework if he wasn't interested in just cranking out a hack piece. So can anyone else who is willing to do even a cursory web search. The USPS is paying into this pool at an enormously accelerated rate compared to all other govt agencies. I suspect congress is using the USPS, the only organization that doesn't suck away our tax dollars, to avoid having to deal with underfunding from the rest of the government.
Perhaps the author would care to comment on what $4 gas does to delivery costs for an organization that cannot impose a "fuel surcharge" as UPS and FedEX can. Again, a government restriction.
Appropriate rules: know the facts, understand the problem, apply a reasoned solution.
all of our other monthly bills are invoiced to us electronically.
We pay them all electronically.
Hell, we'd rather receive Christmas cards via e-mail.
Who needs the USPS?
I don’t have a problem with the paying for the USPS. If it makes profit that’s fine, if not I’m OK with subsidy. I don’t expect the Army or the judiciary to make a profit either. It performs a legit constitutional function. I am bothered by bloated unions, obscene pensions and gross inefficiency. Cut the fat and buck up for the bare bones mail service.
Junk mail is what the USPS is all about. I find the enironmental paradox of this situation hilarious. Where are all the eviro wackos over this issue? 90% of what I receive in my mailbox everyday stays in my hand for as long as it takes me to put it in the trash headed for the landfil. The other 10% that I do want can easily be handled by UPS or FedEx, and usually is. All of my finacial bussiness is handled electronically. It's time for the USPS to either go completely private and compete or give up the ghost.