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bobcat7407Aug 5, 2011
Even the USPS is spending more than it makes! Of course they are hamstrung by the politicians in Congress to take any action to fix the situation, which is yet another reason why the government sucks at running things.
professorpeakAug 5, 2011
Yet ANOTHER example of a completely mis-managed government bureaucracy. There are some things we need from the government and some things we don't. Is mail one of them? Certainly not health care. Can't mail delivery be privatized? UPS does it. Fed-Ex is working just fine.
pinskiaAug 6, 2011
Wait did you know it is not a government bureaucracy but rather a semi-private company that was created so it could be less efficient and destoried (via privatization). Oh the mail is required to be public.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
bagos1Aug 6, 2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service
Dont know why you are being buried. It is written into the Constitution.
It is being destroyed through manipulation and managment, not privatization....much like the rest of the world.
kaelyiestaAug 6, 2011
Nothing protected from competition by the state can be called private. The whole point of that distinction is one of voluntary actions respecting private property vs not. Semi-private is a contradiction in terms. It can only rightly be called nominally private.
bagos1Aug 6, 2011
It is certainly a hybrid to be contested...but I would defer now to our immediate challenges in which there seems to be no coffers to allow such debates, no offer of help, no way forward.
Only degredation.
But there willl still be a Post Office,
Always
peppermintpigAug 6, 2011
Their pensions are still state funded. Not private.
Most of the time people claim it is not the job of government to make a profit, out of some strange reactionary opposition to the success of productive ventures. To justify any expense, no matter how ridiculous, in the name of government 'service' is the reveal on that viewpoint.
I would point out the apparent, which is even when government tries to make a profit it fails due to political interests trumping economic considerations.
linuxpersonAug 6, 2011
FedEx and UPS are recording profits despite not having a legal monopoly on their primary markets like the USPS does.
Great example of why government should not be providing services that can be provided more efficiently by the private sector.
roddackAug 6, 2011
In fairness the Post office is a bit unique in its obligations compared to other government agencies agencies. Such as being self-funding.
The biggest difference is that the post office must pre-fund its health and pension plans at a 100% which even the privates sector doesn't have to do. That alone is the biggest reason they are almost always in the red since by law they have to start deep in the red. Also any excess revenue they generate they don't get to utilize themselves and instead it is absorbed by different parts of the federal government. The last estimation I believe
was that they had over funded the pension buy $75 Billion but they don't get to utilize those funds and the only way they can tap that portion is though an act of congress.
They also do have the universal services obligation along with joint services that it must render with the military.
One thing the post office has in its favor is that unlike the majority of government agencies it is an obligation actually named in the constitution.
bobcat7407Aug 6, 2011
The biggest problem for the USPS is the ones who make the rules for it are politicians. They have this problem in common with all of the other government agencies, this is just the latest example of the failure of the federal government.
houstontexasinjuryattorneyAug 10, 2011
We are witnessing the USPS' slow but inevitable demise
faithclubdotnetAug 6, 2011
Don't deliver mail on Saturday...
realcoolguy9022Aug 6, 2011
Monday mail delivery for north/south streets Tuesday for east/west streets and rural areas on Wednesday. Once a week delivery with 1/3rd of the staff working part time... If they wanted the absolute lowest cost, something like this may be an option in a world filled with emails.