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In reply to the discussion: USPS to announce Saturday service cuts in effort to slash costs [View all]sketchy
(458 posts)57. Vicious cycle (good post in another thread by Hay rick)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022321264
by Hay rick
Vicious cycle
Stopping Saturday delivery will remove one of the few competitive advantages that the Postal Service has been allowed to maintain. The projected savings will be diminished by an additional marginal loss of business. Not picking up from collection boxes on Saturday will damage delivery standards in exchange for trivial savings. Pushing the delivery of weekend mail will make Mondays, already the heaviest day of the week, unmanageable without further delaying mail.
The real story here is the sabotage of the Postal Service by ideologues and the vested private interests who stand to benefit from this exercise in self-fulfilling prophecy.
by Hay rick
Vicious cycle
Stopping Saturday delivery will remove one of the few competitive advantages that the Postal Service has been allowed to maintain. The projected savings will be diminished by an additional marginal loss of business. Not picking up from collection boxes on Saturday will damage delivery standards in exchange for trivial savings. Pushing the delivery of weekend mail will make Mondays, already the heaviest day of the week, unmanageable without further delaying mail.
The real story here is the sabotage of the Postal Service by ideologues and the vested private interests who stand to benefit from this exercise in self-fulfilling prophecy.
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The only reason the USPS is losing money is that the republicans made it fund .....
Botany
Feb 2013
#1
I agree, hell I didnt even know you could classify an obvious long term Note as a "current Liability
Katashi_itto
Feb 2013
#33
Why can't the new Dem Senate and WH overturn that law that Bush & Issa cooked up
Doctor_J
Feb 2013
#3
Because it was a bipartisan bill that received unanimous Dem support in the Senate?
hack89
Feb 2013
#26
If they are racking up delivery costs, why not deliver 1st class mail then?
dixiegrrrrl
Feb 2013
#44
And once the Republicans have their way, the new privatized service will be GREAT. NOT!
Gregorian
Feb 2013
#36
Germany and Japan tried it. First class postage is about double what we pay. And Japan went back
tclambert
Feb 2013
#40
The USPS would make a handsome profit if it charged the same postage rates as Canada,
tclambert
Feb 2013
#43
What they need to do is to increase postal rates on other than first class and packages.
FarCenter
Feb 2013
#55
I agree. Business mail should pay for itself, not rely on first class mail to subsidize it.
tclambert
Feb 2013
#67