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Im glad my attitude has changed...listening to some of you on this forum has assured I will vote democrat...your hating on labor and you intense desire to deny ALL working class a decent living I find appalling....listening to you and few others on here harry everyone is OVERPAID but of course you
It doesn't exist to be a bottomless money pit, either.
Then adjust wages for the local area, but paying a flat rate all over the country is a bit ridiculous.
The starting wage for mail workers is much greater than the starting wage for production (factory) employees and cops in my area.
That's a bit screwed up.
Exactly this isnt an inefficiency issue its basically a lack of business issue...I read mail is 20% of what it was at peak...so closing post offices makes sense..so does ending saturday deliveries....
No, it's not even that. It's legacy costs. Consider the last 5 years of financial reporting. Strip out the legacy costs and USPS either makes a sizable profit or breaks near even. Honestly, I don't see how you people think you can discuss this topic without first cracking open its reported financials.
Here we go...of course its the workers fault...<eyeroll>
Then adjust wages for the local area, but paying a flat rate all over the country is a bit ridiculous.
The starting wage for mail workers is much greater than the starting wage for production (factory) employees and cops in my area.
That's a bit screwed up.
Whats screwed up to me harry is this attitude that everyone makes too much money but the privledged class....
Whats screwed up to me harry is this attitude that everyone makes too much money but the privledged class....
Whats screwed up to me harry is this attitude that everyone makes too much money but the privledged class....
You do realize this is a debate forum, don't you? If you don't want people responding to your posts, don't post. :dohI would deeply appreciate it if you would stop responding to my posts. I find your tone offensive and your one-liners annoying.
I wonder how many more good paying jobs this will cost us.
The USPS is a publicly funded operation, seeing that they can't turn a profit without the infusion of tax dollars to keep them afloat.
But that's the real point, right? The USPS doesn't NEED to turn a profit, it's not private. It has to exist because it's public and serves everyone where as private companies don't have to. It ensures that there is at least one means open for everyone to have access to mail. It's probably something we should keep for the time being.
you can make the argument that wages are too high, and perhaps (I never actually looked into it). But there's no necessity that they turn a profit. The USPS doesn't need to make money, it needs to exist and function.
Like a moron consulting with a retard.
too much money? wages are based mainly on the labor market. The postal service pays higher wages than equivalent jobs in the private sector. I know this because I have seen dozens of cases where people lost postal employment. In every case they couldn't find similar employment in the private sector that paid anywhere near what they made at USPS
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