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Should the U.S. Post Office be allowed to fail and simply have FedEx and UPS take over mail service?

Simmering Frog 2012/08/07 07:44:58
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  • Rebel Yell 2012/08/07 13:13:15
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    The US Post Office is the public option. Take that away and watch how fast UPS and FedEx raise their rates.
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  • Greg 2012/08/09 19:32:26
    Yes
    Greg
    Or be privatized altogether.
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  • senvestoj 2012/08/08 18:06:01
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    senvestoj
    Absolutely!
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  • DS in Oak Ridge NC 2012/08/07 18:40:20
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    DS in Oak Ridge NC
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    Congress needs to get out USPS' way and let them deal with their dire straits of major volume losses... shrink to fit, and drop absurd prepayment sof retirement benefits for employees they haven't hired yet. That wacky idea was in the last postal reform bill.
    Every time USPS wants to close a money-losing branch, local Pols wail that that will kill the town, even though the town sends few letters, and USPS will continue to deliver, just not from a local facility. Imagine if McDonalds were forced to open 10,000+ more stores so no one ever had to drive to get to one. They'd go bankrupt with excessive costs.
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  • dick 2012/08/07 14:56:05
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    The post office is just like everything else our government has tried to run they have let the wages and retirements get so far out of hand that they are going broke they need to just go out of business and let some one take it over that understands economics! broke uncle sam cartoons
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  • Waldorf 2012/08/07 14:05:47 (edited)
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    Maybe, but I wonder if the deal would include UPS taking on postal employees that are beneath their standards and with wages and benefits different than their own union. I am not sure whether to include FedEx or not, because they seem to use so many private contractors as drivers.
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  • JanHopkins 2012/08/07 13:48:19
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    I took a picture of the mailmans truck the other day just to have one to show my great grandchildren. I figure the post office is on it's last days. Kind of sad when you think of the way it was built in this country.
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  • arkiii 2012/08/07 13:38:44
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    let the market decide, if there is money to be made, another company will come in and take it over and run it properly.
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  • Rebel Yell 2012/08/07 13:13:15
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    Rebel Yell
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    The US Post Office is the public option. Take that away and watch how fast UPS and FedEx raise their rates.
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  • senvestoj Rebel Yell 2012/08/08 18:08:34
    senvestoj
    When you can't win on the truth, you can always resort to FUD, fear, uncertainty, and doubt. The fact that there are at least three companies that could handle it (you forgot DHL) and scads of local companies and couriers, then true competition will win for all involved. The only way for FedEx and UPS to be able to price fix, is if the government got involved with regulations, taxes, etc.
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  • ray 2012/08/07 13:03:45
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    $4.00 postage for a letter ? $10.00 a pound for packages ?
    Being told to get your mail / packages at the nearest Parcel center as delivery was missed. That is what comes without the USPS .


    If USPS was allowed to simply raise rates for mail to cover costs and quick begging for pennies it would not have it's current troubles.
    USPS still offers the best service available at the lowest cost for individuals and small business.
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  • dick ray 2012/08/07 14:57:39 (edited)
    dick
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    You are kidding aren't you? laughing mouse
    They are a part of the government and will continue to squander money as long as they can get it! Do you really think any mail person is worth $25 to $40 an hour???
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  • RED DAWN ray 2012/08/07 16:37:33
    RED DAWN
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    Why would you rather pay the post office and not pay United Parcel Service.You're saying if UPS takes over the service they will go up on postage.You sound like you think that would be wrong.But then you sound like you approve of the post office raising their prices.It can start to hurt when you try to stand on both sides of the fince.
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  • ray RED DAWN 2012/08/07 18:04:57
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    Used to ship a lot of small packages . UPS was a multiple from 2 to 6 times the cost .
    Allowing the Post office to increase first class postage by 100% percent rather than playing around with a penny a year later or what % that needs to be viable .
    USPS needs to raise prices to remain fiscally viable .
    Raising prices to avoid bankruptcy is sensible , doesn't mean they need to be the highest price in town .
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  • Kat ♪ 2012/08/07 12:50:21
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    Kat ♪
    +3
    Given the salaries they make and the waste fraud and abuse, it could be cheaper.
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  • santa6642 2012/08/07 12:47:23
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    Cost will go up and service will suffer.Also efficiency. will crumble.
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  • doc moto 2012/08/07 12:45:41
    Yes
    doc moto
    +1
    Its a toss up, depending on what is failure and who defines it! You can regulate the fire out of a burning anything, stove, grill, it is used for heating things up... The USPS is run by politics... If they cut back where there is more expenditures and open more PO Boxes where there is a slight charge, this would save on fuel cost and added time between drives and frankly, I just because political myself, just adding that suggestion! Maybe a run for the 'house' then?
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  • santa6642 doc moto 2012/08/07 12:49:55
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    What they really need is for Congress to pay back the billions they stole , like they did to Social security,and then the problem will be controled.Get thw politicians out of the post office.
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  • doc moto santa6642 2012/08/07 13:26:20
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    Absolutely and suggest a necktie party to follow for those so engrossed with their innocence!
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  • U-Dog 2012/08/07 12:39:35
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    U-Dog
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    Actually, from what I have read, I think the US Postal service could complete if the congress would remove their meddling little political hands from the pie but I don't see that happening.
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  • Rusty Shackleford 2012/08/07 12:05:36
    Yes
    Rusty Shackleford
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    Yes, if it is so inefficient that it can not support itself, let it fail and let a more efficient organization take its place.
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  • ray Rusty S... 2012/08/07 13:06:00
    ray
    let the Government set the rate UPS and FED EX can charge according to the people who don't want to pay for it and watch them crumble .
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  • Rusty S... ray 2012/08/07 13:08:35
    Rusty Shackleford
    +2
    So you want the government to set prices for private companies?
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  • ray Rusty S... 2012/08/07 13:18:05
    ray
    No , allow the post office to set their own rate .
    UPS and FED EX set prices to cover costs not what government bureaucrats allow.
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  • Rusty S... ray 2012/08/07 13:21:11
    Rusty Shackleford
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    Well, the Post Office is a government run business, it is doomed to fail because politicians do what is best for themselves, not for those that they serve.
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  • ray Rusty S... 2012/08/07 13:25:42
    ray
    USPS is in a nether world where they must function as a private business , but, Bureaucrats decide what market value is .
    When postal rates go up. Debating for 8 months to raise a penny is ignorant .

    Double the price and be done with it . Even at a Dollar a letter it would still be a fraction of what UPS or FED EX will charge .
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  • Rusty S... ray 2012/08/07 13:27:18
    Rusty Shackleford
    +2
    Sort of what 0bamacare is getting ready to do to our medical industry?
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  • ray Rusty S... 2012/08/07 13:30:05
    ray
    +1
    Exactly !
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  • Dar 2012/08/07 10:47:46
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    Dar
    +2
    I think that privatizing the Post Office...might not be a bad thing at this point.
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  • senvestoj Dar 2012/08/08 18:10:31
    senvestoj
    +1
    It is already privatized to a degree, but I agree that we should completely privatize it.
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  • Lady Whitewolf 2012/08/07 10:09:52
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    Lady Whitewolf
    +1
    I think our lawmakers should get off their asses, get thier hands outta the cookie jar and DO SOMETHING to help the postal service.
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  • Rusty S... Lady Wh... 2012/08/07 12:06:18
    Rusty Shackleford
    +1
    They've been helping, that's the problem.
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  • The Birdman 2012/08/07 08:29:39
    No
    The Birdman
    The infrastructure and sheer number of jobs that would be lost would be disastrous! I'm not a fan of bailouts, but the Postal service can be restructured with a private company taking over without all the Union contacts that plague the public sector jobs! Get the Government out of the mail business and it'll work itself into a mega-business moneymaker and job creator! Government run business is contrary to what it was intended to do!
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  • dick The Bir... 2012/08/07 15:05:51
    dick
    Yeah sure your'e right think of all of those $26 to $40 an hour numb numbs that would be out of work the ones that deliver your mail to the guy across the street or around the block those people that show up when they feel like it and still get a better retirement than the rest of us because they are government employees and we have to pay for them like it or not! laughing mouse
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  • The Bir... dick 2012/08/08 08:35:10
    The Birdman
    That's why I say privatize it! Without union contracts to deal with, pay rates will come back down to earth, retirements can be negotiated into 401k's, and service should improve! Getting the postal service out of the hands of the government will only make the situation better in the long run!
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  • my2cents 2012/08/07 07:51:44
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    my2cents
    +1
    That's been the plan all along.
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