They owe the government money? So, they want the government to give them money? So they can pay the government what they owe the government?
We are so screwed.
Most of the stuff I get in the mail today is junk - maybe they should raise their prices on that stuff rather than the price of a stamp?
And Fannie and Freddie want 5 Billion more...
We still use the postal service and they do a decent job for us. I have no idea how much it costs (bottom line) to ship a letter. How much is a stamp now? 45c? Probably costs a lot more than that when you consider all funding and costs.
Lol, you need to cut those retirement benefits and close the bulk mail centers. That are buy a few more million dollars homes for employees.
Oh yea - I meant to mention - I totally piss off the people in my local post office when I ask for the President Reagan stamps and not the generic Forever stamps. One time one disgruntled cog told me they were out of them when I saw a sheet in her drawer - I thought her head was gonna explode when I told her “I think I see one more sheet in your drawer there.”
It is one of the few constitutionally authorized functions of government.
I would eliminate SS and 40 other government agencies before eliminating the Post Office.
I remember when Zero was talking about how the National Health Care scheme he was proposing would not squeeze out private insurance companies. He compared the Postal Service to UPS and FedEx and smuggly claimed that THEY weren’t being squeezed out of business.
But the lazy and butt-kissing journalists failed to use that analogy and ask about how the USPS LOSES money every year and the taxpayers have to shoulder that burden as well.
the lying postal unions are advertising heavily on rush’s show.
In my area they have released a list of post offices that are up for “possible” closure. They all appear to be in heavily Democrat populated areas sure to generate large volumes of complaints to Washington.
Calling Fedex!
Mike
The USPS should charge more for junk mail ads.
Postal service employees I see get time off for sick time any time a bee farts upon them. Snow Shoe Thompson is reeling in his grave.
This morning on CNN the USPS had an add that ended with, “How much does this cost the taxpayer? Nothing. The USPS does not get public funds.” (paraphrase)
Then they are asking congress for money. ROFL
The USPS loses about 10k per employee per year.
Mail volume is in decline. Times are tough for everyone, so it may be a bad time to make drastic job cuts. But there are things we CAN do now, w/o job cuts.
- Why not start by ending Saturday delivery ? That would end the Saturday overtime pay.
- Why not end new hiring & let attrition shrink the workforce.
Where’s the long term plan to re-size the USPS ?
- Why not have a long term goal for mail delivery every other day (M W F one week, Tu Th the next week). Double the route sizes and end junk mail. These changes would allow 1/2 the work force to deliver our mail.
Nobody is entitled to anything. There are no “entitlements” in the long run.
Cap the spening and cut the program.