US Post Office is prototypical for a future bankrupt America

[murray t turtle]

Quote from nkhoi:

I went to a post office to complain about a ruined package I asked for a form to file my complaint, none of them can find any form because it seems like there is no need for one.

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Actually , Mr Moderator,you may get great results by politely calling your US Rep, your Senators. One @ a time, otherwise its not wise

Like any insurance or option;
certain time limits do apply.Constitution which limits gov, does specify Congressional oversight on PO...

Most of the post offices in TN are better than average;
Memphis PO may be worse than average.Not a prediction.

I like snail mail, [turtle speed LOL] much more reliable than email.Forever stamps are a good idea, i dont care what Newt Ginrich said.

I did notice an improvement in USPS service after Memphis headquartered FEDX ran its ads/USPS rebuke ...

One South american nation[not Argentina or Uruguay] is known for poor postal service;they found out their SA postal employees were big time,stealing stamps off letters !That meant no delivery

Sounds like some are simply proving what happens when you combine unions with a lazy employee or drone.

 

[dandxg]

Quote from denner:

You sound as if you have a dog in this fight. Dare I ask what in the world you actually receive in the mail these days? Bills? (All of them have an electronic option) Credit card statements? Brokerage statements? Paychecks? Letters? In case you haven't noticed, all of these items have been replaced by electronic means.

If somebody moving to the country can't be bothered to simply enroll in e-paper statements, then tough luck. Otherwise, any important mail could be held at say a centrally located facility for their pick up. It would greatly reduce costs and still offer some centralized location for rural areas where a physical piece of mail need be delivered.

The one problem with e statements is when you need some printed its expensive due to costly printer cartridges. And when I have asked there doesn't seem to be standardization with credit card companies how many years you can go back with online statements. So I pay online but make them send me paper statements.

 

[antitrust]

Quote from niceneasy:

Unions protect the people who are in them and nobody else. Corporations employ people at market values which promotes economic growth and competitiveness.

Delivering mail is non skilled labor which everyone else gets paid $10 an hour for likely with no benefits. Why should taxpayers finance some jackass to make 80k a year plus benefits to deliver the mail and work 4 hours a day?

corporations spend billions of dollars a year lobbing for their fair share of market values???

For an idealog dedicated to open markets they sure spend a lot of money attempting to interfere. Jamie Dimon, Blankfein, everybody at Enron all received their deserved market value?I guess if you define market value as what anyone can extract from the market then everyone deserves what they get. If it's a CEO or unskilled worker it makes no difference whatever method they use to extract market value they deserve the outcome, at least in a free market.

 

[antitrust]

Quote from dtan1e:

80k is a lot for low skilled job

yea no shit to bad they don't make that. there salaries seem in line with ups and fed ex.

http://www.nalc.org/postal/perform/productivity.html

 

[Rashid_G.]

Here you go...

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-07-18-fderal-job-security_n.htm

As the overall economy contracts (less tax receipts) and demand for services drops govt Jobs become even a larger weight on us all...

 

[Illum]

Quote from Rodney King:

USPS could chop every zipcode into three slices. One slice gets Mon & Thr mail delivery, one Tue & Fri, one Wed & Sat. Get rid of 2/3 of the mail carriers. Problem solved. Most mail is junk these days anyway.

Good idea. Slice the post office in half at least. Who still gets letters? Anything shipped to you could be done with ups. Important documents to sign, fax or fedx.

 

[nutmeg]

Quote from antitrust:

yea no shit to bad they don't make that. there salaries seem in line with ups and fed ex.

http://www.nalc.org/postal/perform/productivity.html

the average salary of postal employees is approximately $48,000 annually—
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Letter carriers pay is determined by the route. Yea, they could make 48k working 25 hours a week. One guy I know had a route paid 65k and he worked less than 30 hours a week. You're not going to get those dollars at fed ex or ups.