US Post Office (Kill it!)

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by miraja2

I admit I don't really know anything about the operating budget of the USPS, but it does seem like the way the thing runs needs to be reconsidered. Perhaps they should cut service out on Saturdays....or Tuesdays....or something. If they couple that with a substantial increase in stamp prices, it doesn't seem like it would be that hard to make it defecit neutral if the political will was there (which of course it isn't).

The USPS simply isn't as vital to the daily lives of most Americans as it was in the pre-electronic media age....but it seems to me as if it still operates as if it is.

Tell that to the APWU which fights every single attempt to close offices or branches despite many being completely unnecessary. Trying to reduce the size or overhaul operations of a quasi-govt "business" is almost impossible because of the huge power of the unions who absolutely don't care how much taxpayer money has to be wasted to keep every single union job without a single concession.