[DeanFL]

Not concerned if this slows regular mail delivery (esp junk mail) to the Postal station boxes. BUT timely delivery of boxes/packages there, and to home by USPS. hopefully will not become an issue.

[graciegirl]

Does anyone know why this has changed. IN FACT?

Please don't tell me the developer is being greedy. I haven't had coffee yet.

[DeanFL]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Does anyone know why this has changed. IN FACT?

Please don't tell me the developer is being greedy. I haven't had coffee yet.

GG,

Drink up quickly, if today is the norm on ToTV. Matter of fact - some days you may need an adult beverage or two.

(not from me mind you, I LOVE TV and all "The Family" has done/will do for us here in Paradise USA).

[Bay Kid]

IF the government needs to replace private workers with government workers why not give the private workers at least a chance to keep their job if they become a government worker? No training necessary!

[Cedwards38]

The original poster started the comment with, "In an effort to save money." If that is true that money will be saved, then why the complaints? The USPS is currently paying the independent contractors. Sometimes people lose jobs when efficiency policies are implemented. I also hate to see anyone lose jobs, but it looks like the USPS will be adding jobs to do this. Don't we want the USPS to be run as efficiently as possible?

[Bavarian]

Originally Posted by Clawdio45

Just a note from a retired Postal worker: the Post Office is self funding. It is NOT supported by taxes, but by its own sales and postage. I can also tell you from PERSONAL experience that my "pension" consists of a very small government stipend (into which I paid for almost 20 years) and Social Security. The two combined come nowhere near what I earned while employed. It rankles when people who have no direct knowledge present unfounded crud that "everyone knows" as fact. I do NOT get health insurance "paid for" for the rest of my life. NONE of us do. I pay for Medicare (comes out of my Social Security) and I pay for additional insurance (comes out of that small pension). End of rant.

As a retired CS Electrical Engineer, we made less money then Contractors that startedsetting up shop outside the gate. People do not know that the manual labor jobs like painting, plumbing, electrical and so forthe are done by Service Contractore. The Fed Govt employees are Engineers, Scientists, Medical Doctors, Lawyers. That swings the comparison to the total private Sector workforce off.

Now Police and fireman can not work as long due to the demands of the job.

I am under CSRS, no Social Security, pay as much for my FHEB Health Insurance now as when I worked. It is not free and quite pricey. Get Medicare A free as since early '80s we were forced to pay Medicare tax.

So don't begrudge us Feds our pension as that is all we get.

[Jdmiata]

Why not wait till all the facts are in instead of making wild statements without any .

[Clawdio45]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

So, why did the U.S. Postmaster recently acknowledge that the agency lost over $10 billion in fy 2015 and 2016? The U.S. Postal Service's own fiscal reports show that they lose money every year. Look it up. Isn't that direct knowledge?

Well, it isn't losing money because of paying oversize pensions or lifetime health insurance. Of that, I personally have direct knowledge.

[DeanFL]

The new Mail folks just better not mess with our Valpak mail>

No strings attached: Valpak is tucking $100 checks in some of the envelopes with all those coupons

Don’t be so quick to stuff those coupons you get in the mail in a drawer – or the trash.

Valpak, the direct marketing business behind those budget savers that arrive every month says that it has tucked $100 checks inside some of those envelopes.

The unexpected bonus will show up in random, specially marked envelopes each month this year. Your chance of winning? Roughly 1 in 50,000.

The company said in a statement that there are “no strings attached.’’ Rather it’s a way to get people to actually open Valpak’s signature blue envelopes and check out the coupons inside.

The envelopes will read “Look inside! $100 could be in this envelope.” Winners will find a check wrapped in an insert with similar language.

[Dutchman]

Originally Posted by Clawdio45
Just a note from a retired Postal worker: the Post Office is self funding. It is NOT supported by taxes, but by its own sales and postage.

Who is making up the $10B loss, the tooth fairy???

[Clawdio45]

Originally Posted by Dutchman

Originally Posted by Clawdio45
Just a note from a retired Postal worker: the Post Office is self funding. It is NOT supported by taxes, but by its own sales and postage.

Who is making up the $10B loss, the tooth fairy???

Interesting point. Guess by that logic, the tooth fairy also makes up the difference between tax revenues and government spending in general (otherwise known as the Federal deficit). No, USPS does just what any corporation or government does when it loses money... it borrows to cover the losses. How much money did Sears Roebuck lose last year? Do you think the taxpayers bailed them out?

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Clawdio45

Interesting point. Guess by that logic, the tooth fairy also makes up the difference between tax revenues and government spending in general (otherwise known as the Federal deficit). No, USPS does just what any corporation or government does when it loses money... it borrows to cover the losses. How much money did Sears Roebuck lose last year? Do you think the taxpayers bailed them out?

From whom did the USPS borrow the money?

[Rapscallion St Croix]

The only reason the USPS is in debt is because in 2008 Congress mandated that they had to pre-fund future retiree health benefits for the next 75 years and do so by 2018.

[CFrance]

The USPS is not self-funding, in that it borrows from the US Treasury at a highly subsidized rate of 1.2% to cover its losses. It also doesn't pay any state or local property or real estate taxes, tolls, vehicle registrations, and parking tickets. An interesting article with this information is here: U.S. Post Office gets an $18 billion gift from taxpayers every year | Fortune

An estimate of the subsidies and legal monopolies that Congress bestows upon the post office is worth $18 billion annually.

We loved Vera, our postal contractor person, when we lived in Tamarind Grove and hope she keeps her job. Her customer service is amazing.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Rapscallion St Croix

The only reason the USPS is in debt is because in 2008 Congress mandated that they had to pre-fund future retiree health benefits for the next 75 years and do so by 2018.

And didn't they also block the USPS's idea of cutting costs by discontinuing Saturday delivery? Talk about a double bind.