That’s essentially what I was arguing. Force them to become competitive. If they are so confident that they can be successful, privatize them and allow them to go public.
But do you really think that’s what the government has in mind for them?
All they want is to infuse some stimulus to the tune of 50 or a 100 billion dollars or whatever magic number they can convince people is “the fix.”
USPS is not allowed to make a profit.
End of story in that regard.
Frankly what's happened is the senior members of Issa's committee who knew anything at all about USPS all retired. Now he's got no one there who knows anything.
I'd be happy to help him out but only on a contract basis ~ and that starts at ONE HALF MIL per year and goes up if I get threatened physically.
There are organizations who do business with USPS who are quite intimidating and dangerous. When I retired I gave up messing with that crowd, but they're still there.