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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has in recent weeks expressed a keen interest in privatizing the U.S. Postal Service, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing three people with knowledge of the matter. The U.S. Postal Service, which has lost more than $100 billion since 2007, reported a net loss of $9.5 billion for its fiscal year ending Sept. 30, $3 billion more than last year, largely due to a year-over-year increase in non-cash workers’ compensation expense.
QUESTION: Do you think the USPS should be privatized?
Talk about it….
If the price of everything would go up, no. If the prices stay the same, why not. Losing billions of dollars every year doesn’t make any sense.
Yes
Elon , Bezos or Taylor Swift could & would do better.
That’s probably where we are headed … there is too much admin overhead and built-in legacy “gimmes” (maybe their pensions, bonuses, etc. are too costly)….. not just today – but many times recently… going into a post office, during heavy holiday mailing times (which is no surprise to the PO) …. there has been a huge long line and only one window rep! … and when inquiring about replacement reps when 2 recently retired – they’re not backfilling! Unacceptable
With the USPS, it’s a double-edged sword. They are losing money because their customers
are using private carriers, and are using the internet to take care of business, like paying the bills, and writing letters. The more they raise their prices, the more customers they will lose.
Many people don’t know this, but the USPS is protected by the US Constitution. If the USPS were to be taken over by a private company, it would take an act of Congress to make changes in the law, and one argument they can make is that sensitive government mail cannot be entrusted to a private company.
On a personal note, I like it the way it is. I have never been unhappy with their service.
I would guess that the prices would be higher if privatized.
No!
Government agencies move like they’re swimming through mud. The argument against privatization has always been it’s good to have a neutral organization to handle the mail. Of course we know now the government snoops so that is no longer valid.
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Sometimes I think it’s over and the time for the US government to collapse into oblivion. And then break in to separate countries. But then that would probably be a crazy time too.