Part of the problem is first class mail is way too cheap. I can drop a letter in the mailbox from Brooklyn and it will arrive at someone's door in California in three days- 3000 miles away- for the cost of 49 cents. Are you kidding me?
It's time for the USPS to face the reality that prices have to come up. If I send a two day fedex it might cost me around $20. Most letters arrive in two days for 1/40th of that amount. Raise the price of a letter to 75 cents or a dollar, or whatever it takes to start making it profitable. They will lose some volume but that is happening anyway.
Last edited by barrysloate; 01-10-2015 at 08:02 AM.
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