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So long Postal Service, It’s been real

To: the U.S. Postal Service

So long, and thanks for the fish.

Seems other carriers are doing just fine. They are not asking for handouts from the tax payer, and they deliver on weekends.

Perhaps the paradigm of over paid, low output union workers is once again showing
it’s true value to the American people.

Even with a U.S. Government protected monopoly, the Postal Service cannot hang on.
$10 billion in loans.
Asking for another $3 billion

Hmmmm.
Even if they close down weekends, that is only $3 billion out of next years $10 billion. What did we gain.

Raise the rates, and it will be cheaper with better service to send via other carriers.

So I say, once again, the U.S. Government shows, without a shadow of a doubt, that it cannot run a for profit business.

So long P.S., and thanks for the fish.

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  • Leopard1996

    Got out when he did. He was a postal worker for about 10 years, and retired in 2006. He was screwed the worst because he was the last one in, and would cover other carrier routes, but never benefited from the things like the holiday tips, etc.

    Ahhh, another government sinking ship, and they want to run healthcare.

  • izoneguy

    in less than 30 years……2040

    Most of the congress people that voted yes on this will be dead by then.

  • Menlo

    I think it is going to continue to stick around permanently but in a scaled-back form. I think the only competitors right now only deliver packages or items packed in cardboard. I could be wrong, but I don’t think there is a competitive carrier for letters, greeting cards, or postcards.