[Robertnavarre70]

Originally Posted by Pedrocarrasco01@yahoo.com

the Post Office is the most inefficiently run business in Government, why do you think made UPS, FedEx, and others successful, better faster delivery And a much better business model. Remember at one time they did not exist, a good business person would not allow it and would become more competitive and efficient.
USPS is inefficient and loaded with PORK, in any town you have several post offices, reduce them, pay mail carriers a per mile allowance for use of their vehicles, Instead of paying $45,000 plus for the vehicles it uses, new sorting equipment, eliminate double staffing at some of the Post Offices and staff the reduced offices right, stop the vacation (after 5 years they get one week per week of service) I had a mail carrier in Virginia that had 27 weeks of vacation. Congress has failed our Country in so many ways, they have done nothing for the last 3 years except work against our Country success. Finally it’s impossible to fire or demote an employee for anything, including destroying mail, this Union is killing their own employees by failing to negotiate for a better business model to compete with the others, remember the others were born out of the inefficiencies of the Post Office.
God Bless America

Over my years doing USPS construction and renovation projects I saw small Post Offices closed to be consolidated with other offices in towns just a few miles away and then reopened due to political pressure through congress. So even when USPS tried to improve efficiencies the efforts were often thwarted by political pressure of by the Union. Over the good years the Postal Union negotiated too good contract provisions that now are totally unacceptable in tough times. Those agreements need to be renegotiated just like the UAW contracts were when the auto companies were in serious trouble.