[elky] Re: USPS was Murphy's Law
- From: Jared Ryan <jryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:04:26 -0500
The USPS has features both of a private corporation and of a government entity.
While it can in many ways act as a corporation (it can issue debt to raise
capital, to give one example), the aspect of being a government entity limits
it. A perfect example is that it could save money by closing some little-used
or redundant post offices. Well, no senator or representative wants to lose a
post office in his/her district, so any time this is mentioned, some member of
Congress threatens to hold hearings on the act that privatized the USPS (in
effect, leading to making it fully government-run again). It's really in a
no-win situation, because it isn't truly free to compete with FedEx and UPS.
On Apr 13, 2010, at 7:59 AM, Chris Lindh wrote:
> It's hard to believe with the boom in internet sales that USPS is hurting,
> but I guess the other carriers have reaped more of the rewards? Like you
> say, the vast majority of the business must be first class, and less people
> are mailing letters, cards, plus you have online bill pay.
>
> USPS has been an integral part of my business. Most businesses in my
> industry won't ship USPS, so customers don't have a low-cost shipping option.
> Plus the free boxes... I use a lot of free boxes...
>
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 7:42 AM, <STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yeah, I heard that. Well .............. my two cents .......... Technology is
> changing so fast that the Post Office, as we know it, is obsolete. They are
> not diversified, and as the way of the dinosaur, natural selection has sealed
> it's fate.
> I forecast that it will go to privatization, and loose the monopoly on
> first class mail. They (the powers in charge) have been trashing the image of
> the PO for years so that when privatization came the public would not cry to
> save it. Now the PO is going down due to an extreme drop in amount of mail.
> It has supported itself entirely on stamp sales, now that has dried up, and
> no rain in sight.
> The Post office is in it's final days. I got out just in time. The only
> ones that will shed a tear are the employees.
> -Smoky Mt Frank-
>
> In a message dated 4/12/2010 11:24:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> johncgg@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> LOL .... Ya hear that Frank?
>
> JC
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yeah. The USPS hasn't been the same since Frank left.
>
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