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Originally Posted by Zeke
I do believe that Congress regulation is a problem and I can say that w/o being political. But SammyG2 gets a time out for not being able to contain himself. God, I'm glad I don't have him for a friend or a neighbor. But someone has to set the bar as to what a bigot is.
The USPS lost nearly 2 billion 1st quarter 2013. Elimination of Saturday delivery would save 2 billion a year. Not really enough, but it's 25% of the annual loss.
I'm going to take the position that the USPS has to add in new innovative services to compliment what they are mandated to do now. Again, I don't see why the local letter carriers can't assist in any federal surveys.
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I think you need to look at the restrictions placed on the USPS by Congress. They have to fund pensions for decades in the future -- by law. No business with that burden would be profitable.
The shift to electronic delivery of messages has impacted USPS more than any other business. They were investigating "certified delivery emails" in 2001 with a company I had an investment in. Not sure why they dropped it. That would have been a lifesaver.