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USPS out of business?

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    Daniel
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    USPS says it may not deliver mail in a year – WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta https://share.google/J5wopHBQS7aNxHFFx

    This was the exact plan put into motion when lobbyist controlled politicians put into place an unprecedented law requiring the USPS to pre-fund pensions 75 years in advance.

    'But as they said in one of the later Rocky movies, "Time...it's undefeated.".-- Mik

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      Who knew Congress couldn’t run a business?

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        They certainly know how to run one into the ground. If they had only left well enough alone.

        It reminds me of Social Security. Why fix a looming problem with an easy solution when you can stick your head in the sand like an ostrich.

        'But as they said in one of the later Rocky movies, "Time...it's undefeated.".-- Mik

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          I don't think there was a 'well enough' to leave alone. The market changed, mail isn't as important as it used to be, and the higher value stuff faces competition. Putting aside the pension stuff, Congress still mandates 6 day a week delivery for all routes, including the 71% of them which are money-losing. And Congress has to approve any fee increases and rarely does so. As a result they're kind of screwed.

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            I'll have to disagree with you. Mail is vital. There are business and government letters that must be mailed.

            FedEx isn't going to deliver the mail to everyone, meaning every one. FedEx isn't going to mail for a nominal fee. Neither will happen five or six days a week, or ever.

            Privatization would screw every one. and be a detriment to the economy.

            Not every part of society was meant to be nor should be profit bearing, e.g. The Social Security Act and its constituent parts.

            'But as they said in one of the later Rocky movies, "Time...it's undefeated.".-- Mik

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