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It has been a while since I have seen that one, but if I recall the two main points were 1 - Forced to save billions over a short period of time for retirement
by nemacol 6y ago
It has been a while since I have seen that one, but if I recall the two main points were
1 - Forced to save billions over a short period of time for retirements benefits.
2 - Inability to set their own prices, like a business would.
The extra business from Amazon should have been a massive boon to USPS. But it seems the ridiculously low rate they got into, plus the couple factors above (and I am sure many others - like being required to maintain rural routes at a loss) has put them in a bad situation.
- nybble41 6y agoThey should just spin off the USPS as a purely private enterprise—no more monopoly on letter delivery or bureaucratic micromanagement regarding prices—and instead periodically solicit bids from all the carriers (including the former USPS) for the core services. Whoever wins the bid would commit to flat-rate nationwide delivery of first-class letters and receive a negotiated subsidy for each delivery depending on the route.