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I've mailed hundreds of packages (business related) over the past 7-8 years and have had very few problems. A couple were returned because of bad address (given to me), one (of very small value) was stolen. And thats it as far as problems go.
Everything is sent insured and is always delivered promptly. And at a far cheaper price than FEDEX or UPS.
If you're recommending they be left to die, I suggest you consider just letting them privatize.
At least US Postal Service creates millions of good paying jobs. A US postal worker makes 20 to 30 dollars an hour with great benefits including a retirement plan. A UPS or Fedex driver makes half of that with little or no benefits, even though a UPS driver has to work much harder lifting heavy boxes all day while US postal workers handles mostly lightweight mail and letters.
I've mailed hundreds of packages (business related) over the past 7-8 years and have had very few problems. A couple were returned because of bad address (given to me), one (of very small value) was stolen. And thats it as far as problems go.
Everything is sent insured and is always delivered promptly. And at a far cheaper price than FEDEX or UPS.
Good, then there shouldn't be any problem removing life support from it.
I've never had a problem with USPS. Ordered a piece of computer equipment just before Christmas and got it several days earlier than expected.
Can't say the same for UPS or FedEx. My Swiss Colony shipment this Christmas sat at some FE terminal for three weeks in limbo. A previous Christmas I got a package with half the goods broken and the box was thrashed when delivered by UPS.
Am I the only one that has noticed USPS consistently delivering packages late? UPS and FedEx seem to be getting it right.
What if we just let USPS die of natural causes? I'm talking about not keep putting it on life support. If they can't deliver mail and packages on time, what's the point of keeping it around?
You do realize that the USPS was actually forced to pay in advance ALL Pension payments to the Government (Federally) in ADVANCE.. then basically defunded and allowed free market couriers of mail ala Fed-EX and many other entities. Course, USPS has been funding itself with stamps and charges/fees just like any other Carriers. They have had to reconstruct their structure in order to compete.
THE MODERN POSTAL SERVICE: AGENCY OR BUSINESS?
Until the adoption of the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970, the U.S. Postal Service functioned as a regular, tax-supported, agency of the federal government.
According to the laws under which it now operates, the U.S. Postal Service is a semi-independent federal agency, mandated to be revenue-neutral. That is, it is supposed to break even, not make a profit.
In 1982, U.S. postage stamps became "postal products," rather than a form of taxation. Since then, the bulk of the cost of operating the postal system has been paid for by customers through the sale of "postal products" and services rather than taxes.
Each class of mail is also expected to cover its share of the costs, a requirement that causes the percentage rate adjustments to vary in different classes of mail, according to the costs associated with the processing and delivery characteristics of each class.
According to the costs of operations, U.S. Postal Service rates are set by the Postal Regulatory Commission according to the recommendations of the Postal Board of Governor's
The financial woes of the U.S. Postal System have become a point of contention on Capitol Hill. The Postal Service is supposed to make a $5.5 billion payment to its retiree health care fund by November 18th... but doesn't have the money.
US Postal Service workers have a retiree health care benefit in addition to their pension. Before Congress passed the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006, the USPS operated under a pay-as-you-go model for retiree health care funding. The new law requires the Postal Service to pre-fund its benefit obligations.
"The idea is that enough money is saved over the course of a career that the benefit is fully paid for by the time the worker retires.
Thanks to these prefunding payments, the Postal Service has greatly reduced its unfunded obligations for retiree health benefits. At the end of fiscal year 2010, these obligations were under $49 billion – a substantial sum, but much more manageable. If the Postal Service continues making its prefunding payments, its unfunded obligations for retiree health benefits will be around $33 billion by the end of the decade. And the postal service will be on course to pay these benefits over time," a Congressional insider explained.
If you're recommending they be left to die, I suggest you consider just letting them privatize.
USPS is not really a competitor to UPS and FedEx. Right now they have obligations-such as universal service and funding of pensions-which UPS and FedEx do not have. They also have limits-such as not being allowed to raise stamp rates even when it makes sense-that are stopping them from being competitive with UPS and FedEx.
I doubt they would win head to head competition without limits-but they *certainly* won't win if you keep all the restrictions but fail to give them the opportunity to fairly compete.
Hear, hear. That USPS service is as good as it is with all that is asked of them is actually kind of amazing and somewhat of a miracle.
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