No wonder the USPS is going broke

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by bnorth

... I complain about the business side being run like Bozo the clown is in charge ...

I think a major part of the problem is that Congress won't let the USPS run itself like a business for fear that this would upset too many of their constituents, because far too many "want to have their cake and eat it too." We all saw the recent furor over the USPS's request to eliminate regular residential delivery on Saturdays to help reduce its massive deficits. IMHO, the USPS needs to go much farther than this - it should reduce regular residential delivery to 3 days a week, with half of us receiving mail on M-W-F and the other half on Tu-Th-S to better help bring its costs more in line with its revenues.

Going further, the USPS was an absolutely necessary government service for its first 200 years or so, but I don't believe it is needed any longer, especially if it keeps running huge deficits that we taxpayers have to absorb. I say this for the basic reason that I don't believe that government should be involved in running any type of business that private enterprise can accomplish with reasonable competition. With the advent of companies like UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc., I have little doubt that private industry can more efficiently handle all of the mail services the USA needs, albeit with there likely to be many changes to the way it is being done by the USPS.
Val