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I think we should just privatize the entire system, and enact laws so that ups and fedex can't charge excessive rates for mail delivery.
Now that I've cancelled my Netflix DVD delivery, the only things I get in the mail is junk mail, and the occasional wedding invitation.
We disbanded the pony express when its time had ended, so......
21st century, its email, text, video chat, etc.
Why is it that when most topics come up (health care, guns, abortion, whatever), so many people use the plight/status/situation of other people to argue their positions ("think of the children!"), but when the USPS comes up, it's "me! me! me!"
And the postal service is one of the FEW things that the federal government is SPECIFICALLY authorized to do! People justify so much waste in government, much of which is arguably unconstitutional, but when it comes to the post office, they demand that it break even or be profitable!
WTF?!
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Originally Posted by Memphis1979
We disbanded the pony express when its time had ended, so......
The Pony Express was operated by a PRIVATE COMPANY. Nobody "disbanded" it.
It's been clear that for years, USPS has been the target of ideologues who think that any public enterprise other than the military is evil. All I can say is, beware of what you privatize. Look to Halliburton/KBR and their ridiculous gouging of the American taxpayer in Iraq and Afghanistan, performing jobs that the military used to do itself. Do you really think that FedEx or UPS will take on USPS' tasks-- all of them, including rural free delivery-- for the price we now pay for USPS? I doubt it.
My mother lives in a rural area where they have a small post office. There are literally 10 people who live inside that city, but the rural areas fought to keep its doors open a few years back. Congressmen swore they wouldn't close it. No one ever uses it, its ridiculous.
There are some rural mountain post offices like that in CO. I'm not talking about post offices in Leadville, Steamboat, etc, which I support. I'm talking about Ward, Jamestown, places like that near Boulder. At a minimum, they could consolidate some of those rural POs.
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Originally Posted by juppiter
I actually agree with those who suggest privatization. The USPS is an anomaly as it has not been fully privatized, but many European countries have privatized their postal services. Probably the only thing that Europeans have privatized and Americans have not. When you look at other western countries, the USPS is an anachronism
So the "Europeans' " way is the gold standard when you agree with it, otherwise not? Europe is very densely populated. There's no comparison.
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Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber
So, you think Congress should give/sell the offices to private companies, and then force them to operate them in rural areas where they are quaranteed to not make a profit? Does that make sense?
Delivering mail was never profitable, yet it was important enough for the founders to make sure it is delivered.
^^This.
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Originally Posted by thecoalman
The USPS needs to be allowed to streamiline their operations. For starters get rid of the rural PO's and limit service to those areas as any for profit company would.
While doing that becsue of the cuts to service the monopoly on first class mail needs to be lifted.
Even though you say you live in a rural area, I don't think you have a lot of experience with rural areas in the western/mountain states. They're not 5 miles from "town", they can be 50-60 or more.
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Originally Posted by Saritaschihuahua
This is pretty awful, since the U.S. Postal Service is the only reliable service I've found. Fedex and UPS suck so bad I can't even talk about it without getting p-o'd.
It's been clear that for years, USPS has been the target of ideologues who think that any public enterprise other than the military is evil. All I can say is, beware of what you privatize. Look to Halliburton/KBR and their ridiculous gouging of the American taxpayer in Iraq and Afghanistan, performing jobs that the military used to do itself. Do you really think that FedEx or UPS will take on USPS' tasks-- all of them, including rural free delivery-- for the price we now pay for USPS? I doubt it.
If something is free, someone is paying for it. Not to mention all the middlemen and what not.
Yeah baby! Let's extrapolate that to everything, why don't we? Let's just say that if A is happening, then B through Z are bound to happen, no question.
Time to ELIMINATE home delivery and require people go to the post office to pick up their mail. How much would THAT save in salaries for mail carriers and fleet vehicles?
Time to ELIMINATE home delivery and require people go to the post office to pick up their mail. How much would THAT save in salaries for mail carriers and fleet vehicles?
Lots, but it might add considerably to the air pollution problem!
the real question is: will Val-pak go out of business?
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