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A few years ago the Post Master General tried to eliminate mail delivery on Saturdays. He could not get this accomplished because the union simply refused. The post office looses billions of dollars, but this very simple cost cutting measure could not be executed because of old and outdated agreements. This seems like the first and easiest step in cutting cost for USPS.

I hope you are not claiming that it is more convenient to use USPS than UPS, and that the lines are shorter at USPS than at UPS. Yes, USPS is cheaper because they lost $9.5 billion last year.

It is FAR more convenient to use USPS than UPS and while I once encountered a line at USPS I don't believe I have ever NOT encountered a line at UPS. So I guess, yes, that is what I am claiming.

The $9.5B is part of the debate. If the USPS was ALLOWED to run as a business and not burdened by Congressional mandates then it might not have the $9.5B loss.

To the person that passed that gov employees can make more in retirement then while working, it's not like the new hire strong armed the gov into a great contract. Like most jobs the bosses control work and retirement conditions. That deal was out there for anyone interested. Don't be ****ed at the employees.

Not a good idea in the USA unless a law is passed forcing internet providers to run broadband or fiber optic to all rural areas (Like the Telecommunications Act of 1934 did with telephone landline service). The digital divide is already severely disadvantaging folks living in places with no high speed internet available. Most of those areas also don’t have good cellular service and their internet option is limited to slow, expensive, weather sensitive, and data capped satellite service.

The Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program (BEAD) encourages deployment to rural areas though doesn't require it. That program has been in the news lately.

I get needed mail almost daily

USPS is not more convenient than UPS. There are plenty of UPS drop boxes and other locations where you can send a letter or package without waiting in line.

As a prior govt employee, I sure would like to know how to get more in retirement than I earned as an employee.
- Under CSRS a retiree would receive 80% of his salary (20% less than what he earned)
- Under FERS a retiree would receive 1% of his salary for each year he worked (typically 40% and less than what he earned unless he had 100 years in). However, FERS also includes Social Security which might amount to 20% for a combined total of 60%.

CSRS employees were just handed a gift where some can now collect Social Security payments but even that isn't likely to push them past 100% of what they earned as en employee.

I know you don't want to accept it but...
- I used to have a USPS drop box at the end of my driveway
- I now have a community USPS drop box within 1/4 mile of my home and I pass many others as I drive through the Villages
- To use the USPS drop box I need to buy an envelope at my local grocery store
- To use the USPS drop box I need to apply a stamp that I can purchase at the grocery store

- I have seen a UPS drop box but I can't remember which city it was in
- I have no idea where to find a UPS drop box around the Villages
- To use a UPS drop box I would have to find an appropriate box, maybe I can find one at the grocery store.
- To use a UPS drop box I would have to pay for postage and print a label which is fine if I happen to have a working printer.
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How would they digitally send me my prescriptions?

SafeShip in Magnolia Plaza handles USPS, UPS, and FedEx. Maybe DHL also, not sure.

With the amount of packages people get via Internet shopping they would not have enough time or space in the delivery truck to deliver them.

with the amount of things people order online they would not have enough time or space on their trucks to deliver everything. Think of this. Our mail stations have only so many mail boxes for packages. If you change delivery of packages to 2 days a week vs 6 days a week the amount of packages will far exceed the mail boxes to put them in. What do you do with all of the packages people are to get when you cannot deliver them?

How are you going to get items you order on the Internet then if you eliminate the mail stations?