Matt Collins
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Giving the USPS exclusive use of your mailbox by federal law sounds like a monopoly to me.
The Most Significant Example of Socialism in the U.S. (Postal Service)
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Yes, because they have such a GREAT record and provide wonderful service.
Some Money is budgeted annually by Congress for the "Postal Service Fund." These funds are used to compensate USPS for postage-free mailing for all legally blind persons and for mail-in election ballots sent from US citizens living overseas. A portion of the funds also pays USPS for providing address information to state and local child support enforcement agencies, and for keeping some rural posts offices in operation.
Can you tell me a county or company that does a better job at a more reasonable price?
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I was talking about Amtrak not the USPS.
The USPS I must admit is one of the better functions of the government, and it is Constitutional.
However, I would still like to see it compete with the free market.
I'm getting a little fed up with the long lines at our Post Office.
Let me just say this: not all post offices are created equally. In the ghetto, the Post Offices are really terrible. My old post office was fast and efficient, but my new post office is a total piece of crap. It's the worst Post Office in the universe.
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Yes, I ABSOLUTELY agree with that!
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Why would you believe that a government operated post office can operate in the black, but a privately operate postal carrier cannot? I believe that private business is generally better at operating at a profit than government sponsored business. And why would you think that a private carrier would have to pay his carriers minimum wage to deliver your mail. If the USPS can afford pay and all the other things it does so well (and it does do well), then why could not a private company do the same and operate at a profit. If the USPS can deliver rural mail, etc. six days a week rain or shine blah blah blah then why wouldn't a private company be able to do the same. The only way the competition would be unfair is if the USPS recieves money or other help from the government that private companies would not be entitled to. I don't like the government in business. I don't pay taxes to have to compete with a business support by my taxes.
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sweetlou, here is my gripe about the usps. If there were anyone else who could deliver my mail I would probably pay some sort of subscription just so I could expect some decent customer service. When I have a problem with the post office no one I talk to acts like they could give a rat's ass.
I have a post office box in my apartment complex that is like half a block away from my door. The thing is huge and with all the mail I get, it could hold a months worth of my mail easily. My checks are direct deposited and most of my bills are payed by my bank so I really don't need to get my mail more than once a month just so I can throw away all the crap that isn't even addressed to me (coupons and junk mail). So sometimes I forget to check it and the damn post office starts returning my mail with a "moved left no forwarding address" sticker.
Maybe it is my fault for being lazy but what recourse do I have when this happens? I go and complain and they act like dicks and give me the run around for an hour before fixing it. If it was not the ONLY choice I have for my mail service I would find someone else to do it.
I have a post office box in my apartment complex that is like half a block away from my door. The thing is huge and with all the mail I get, it could hold a months worth of my mail easily. My checks are direct deposited and most of my bills are payed by my bank so I really don't need to get my mail more than once a month just so I can throw away all the crap that isn't even addressed to me (coupons and junk mail). So sometimes I forget to check it and the damn post office starts returning my mail with a "moved left no forwarding address" sticker.
Maybe it is my fault for being lazy but what recourse do I have when this happens? I go and complain and they act like dicks and give me the run around for an hour before fixing it. If it was not the ONLY choice I have for my mail service I would find someone else to do it.
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