Comments on: Instead Of Trying To Save The Post Office, Let’s Try Freedom Instead

By: ka br

ka br — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:10:08 +0000

I have 32 years at the post office. I have been a clerk,carrier,window clerk and replacement supervisor. Half of the mail Ideliver on saturday is still in the mailbox on monday when I deliver. Having saturdays off seems like a no brainer to me. Express mail and possibly priority mail would still be delivered on saturdays and sundays, and office would be open to receive mail. In my experience though the post office is so top heavy with management just eliminating all of these layers would be a step in the right direction. in the past when management has been downsized it merely renamed all of the positions and kept all of the managers. kinda makes your head wanna spin around. The union will fight to keep every worker even to the detrement of the company, all they care abuot is their numbers. It would also help if there was a way to address the slackers who think just showing up makes them deserving of a paycheck I love my job, its a hard on your body,but would like to have this job until I can retire.

By: tfr

tfr — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:16:31 +0000

> If we privatize the mail the most profitable routes will get snapped up and the more expensive rural routes will either skyrocket in price or get dropped entirely.

Extremely unlikely. Name a place in the US where UPS and FedEx do not deliver. If there is such a place, a nearby place where they do is probably available.

By: HS

HS — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:30:44 +0000

Worth noting, Chuck– this is the age of e-mail and cell phones. A big part of the reason the USPS is failing is because the people already decided they don’t want to use that mail service, because new technology has rendered the delivery of letters obsolete (FedEx and UPS can do most everything else).
We’ll be out one government-controlled company in the near future, I guarantee it.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:18:05 +0000

Yep..my first thought was “What happens when 5 days per week is too expensive? Four?”

Ok, what if it’s just simply too expensive to deliver mail but once per month?

The only reason they get away with this is because nobody else is even allowed to touch your mailbox.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:13:24 +0000

The post office is Constitutionally mandated for a reason. The mail is a public works project, not revenue stream.

If we privatize the mail the most profitable routes will get snapped up and the more expensive rural routes will either skyrocket in price or get dropped entirely.

By: tfr

tfr — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:06:46 +0000

Agreed. With the infrastructure that firms like UPS and FedEx already have in place, they could ramp up into this business quickly and easily.

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