Post Office

[Buzz]

What are your thoughts?

http://news.yahoo.com/post-office-repor ... 03156.html

[Barfly]

There was a time you had to wait 6-8 weeks for the post office to deliver an ordered item.... private industry has reduced that to overnight or any number of relatively quick options, catered to what you're willing to pay - private box carriers of various types can deliver mail, there is no need for the USPS anymore - they don't do anything that can't be done better in the private sector.

[Pudfark]

Ok Buzz...here's my thoughts
That 15.9 billion deficit?
Will look like chump change in a few years....
Wait till you see the deficits that ObamaCare is gonna run up....

Oh, and what Barfly said "they don't do anything that can't be done better in the private sector."

[callmeslick]

There was a time you had to wait 6-8 weeks for the post office to deliver an ordered item.... private industry has reduced that to overnight or any number of relatively quick options, catered to what you're willing to pay - private box carriers of various types can deliver mail, there is no need for the USPS anymore - they don't do anything that can't be done better in the private sector.

except.....the private sector won't touch bulk advertising mail, and would charge triple for a mere letter, and those two are the vast bulk of what the USPS has to deliver now. Anyone trying to use the USPS as some sort of example of 'government gone awry' or 'superiority of private sector management' has their head up their ass, IMHO.

[Pudfark]

There was a time you had to wait 6-8 weeks for the post office to deliver an ordered item.... private industry has reduced that to overnight or any number of relatively quick options, catered to what you're willing to pay - private box carriers of various types can deliver mail, there is no need for the USPS anymore - they don't do anything that can't be done better in the private sector.

except.....the private sector won't touch bulk advertising mail, and would charge triple for a mere letter, and those two are the vast bulk of what the USPS has to deliver now. Anyone trying to use the USPS as some sort of example of 'government gone awry' or 'superiority of private sector management' has their head up their ass, IMHO.

I agree with all you said there Slick....except the part "has their head up their ass, IMHO.", which disproves all of what you said above it...

Private companies go out of business, spending more than they receive...
It seems? You're endorsing huge government deficits, as the way to go....
Personally, I got better things to do....than read bulk mail...each to their own

[callmeslick]

yes, I am endorsing running the USPS at a deficit, or, if you will, subsidizing a public service that benefits both society and the economy.

oh, and I'm with you on the bulk mail, although my wife scarfs up the coupons.....which speaks to the economy part above.

[Buzz]

What's your predictions if the PO goes belly up?

[Pudfark]

"it's in the mail"....will have a new meaning.

[callmeslick]

...and now, FedEx and UPS are under investigation....

[Pudfark]

Well, that comes as no surprise.....
Any and Every thing goes...to make that 18.9 billion look acceptable/except-able...eh?