Rural deliveries are part of why the post office is an essential government service explicitly mandated by the US Constitution and not a business.
In my coastal community of about 35,000 people UPS is open from 3:30 to 5:30 PM. Fed Ex doesn’t even have an local office.
The post office would be much better off financially if the private firms were not skimming off the high profit markets around the big cities and leaving the rest of the country high and dry.
Great post. That’s exactly why the post office needs to be saved. The best reform would simply to end the excessive congressional oversight and let the CEO make the needed decisions without having to lobby congress for permission to make simple and obvious business decisions.
I think stopping Saturday deliveries would be okay, if needed...but the unions would have to agree to a much smaller work force and to changes in their medical and pensions...
I would even pay more for stamps if there were substantial savings elsewhere....
the postal service is important, especially for the smaller areas...