The subsidize bulk junk mail because it justifies labor levels--by that I mean it shows they are moving a certain volume of mail.
1. Rural delivery costs tons. Requiring a PO box outside of a certain radius would probably reap huge savings.
2. I saw something that was a good idea in California. A lot of their subdivisions have a central spot where all the mail is delivered and residents pick it up. Security is an issue but its certainly mroe efficient.
3. Street boxes at the least. Maggie was right, it wastes tons of time and effort by mailmen.
The subsidize bulk junk mail because it justifies labor levels--by that I mean it shows they are moving a certain volume of mail.
1. Rural delivery costs tons. Requiring a PO box outside of a certain radius would probably reap huge savings.
2. I saw something that was a good idea in California. A lot of their subdivisions have a central spot where all the mail is delivered and residents pick it up. Security is an issue but its certainly mroe efficient.
3. Street boxes at the least. Maggie was right, it wastes tons of time and effort by mailmen.
The mail to small rural towns in California, especially in hard to access areas, has been routinely delivered to centralized locations such as stores or small Mom and Pop run POs for years.
Right. Im saying we should nationalize that standard.
One size doesn't neccessarily fit all.
UPS is a private company and may refuse service and does not have to service everyone. Unless you replace it with another public utility that everyone has access to, you must keep it.
Plus UPS could be bought out tomorrow and all it's assets cashed out.
No one can make a business stay in business. Which is why the constitutionally mandated US Post Office is called a service.... .
I don't accept your conclusion. UPS trucks are all over the place. If they were allowed to compete with the post office, the post office would be out of business in six months. And I wouldn't be getting 95% junk mail at my house.
Of course. I don't understand why some people continually demand that government behave like a business. It shouldn't. It should behave like a government. The USPS is not a business, it doesn't have to make money, it merely must be there and function.
Do you really think that UPS is going to pick up mail at your house, deliver it anywhere in the country in a couple days, 5 days a week, for 46 cents each?
Do you really think that UPS is going to pick up mail at your house, deliver it anywhere in the country in a couple days, 5 days a week, for 46 cents each?
It isn't doing that now!! Fiscal Year 2011 saw the post office default on its $11.1 billion pension obligations. Has had multi-billion-dollar losses for at least the past five years. In November 2012, they asked Congress for another $14 billion.
It isn't doing that now!! Fiscal Year 2011 saw the post office default on its $11.1 billion pension obligations. Has had multi-billion-dollar losses for at least the past five years. In November 2012, they asked Congress for another $14 billion.
Because it was meant by the founders to be a SERVICE, which it was until the lseventies, not that artificial construct called a private corporation. You can thank Nixon for it's current problems.
Meh, it's not a business. It shouldn't try to be run like one. It's public utility. It should be run like that.
My electric company is a public utility. It runs at a profit. My gas supplier is a public utility. Same thing. Difference? One is run by businessmen. The other is run by politicians.
My electric company is a public utility. It runs at a profit. My gas supplier is a public utility. Same thing. Difference? One is run by businessmen. The other is run by politicians.
One other difference, there is a Public Utilities Commission that sets the rules for them. Rate hikes and service changes must be approved by the local or state PUC and there is typically plenty of public input.
Those are more government enforced local monopolies.
And what does that have to do with a profit? What do you consider the USPS to be? You called it a public utility.
Fine. No matter what the restriction, these public utilities run at a profit, trade on the stock exchange, and provide excellent service to their customers. And know what? They don't use a nickel of public money.
It isn't doing that now!! Fiscal Year 2011 saw the post office default on its $11.1 billion pension obligations. Has had multi-billion-dollar losses for at least the past five years. In November 2012, they asked Congress for another $14 billion.
They would have to if they wanted to win over USPS customers. In fact, they would need to top that in some way. Competition is good for consumers.
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