[CoachKandSportsguy]

Mail delivery slowdown: USPS to slow delivery starting October 1 - CBS News

So maybe its not your or our imagination, but maybe there is some truth behind the old USPS is gone, and the new USPS is not like we all remember.

[tvbound]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

Mail delivery slowdown: USPS to slow delivery starting October 1 - CBS News

So maybe its not your or our imagination, but maybe there is some truth behind the old USPS is gone, and the new USPS is not like we all remember.

A quick search will show what the USPS boss (Louis DeJoy) is trying to do long term, which is to slow down most mail delivery.

[B-flat]

Sorry to say folks we are seeing history repeat itself as in “The Fall of the Roman Empire.” ‘Nuff said.

[MrFlorida]

Maybe by being slower, they will focus on getting the mail delivered to the correct address.

[GrumpyOldMan]

Originally Posted by B-flat

Sorry to say folks we are seeing history repeat itself as in “The Fall of the Roman Empire.” ‘Nuff said.

I agree, it is sad. It seems many feel it is better to do away with things that are broken than to fix them. Post Office, Public Schools, etc were all the best in the world when created, and most are now broken. Once upon a time, we worked together to solve problems, now all we do is argue. I think the great experiment is over.

[billethkid]

Fix the business decisions being made by people who have never run a business!
No experience.
No continuity.
No planning or follow up measures.

Inner circle owe me and quid quo pro decision making process.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

The mail service is in the situation it's in currently, because the Postmaster General wants it that way. He can't be "fired" by anyone other than the board, and the Board doesn't seem interested in firing him.

He is making bank by destroying the USPS. He has financial interests in other delivery services, and every time USPS suffers, more people use those other delivery services. This is simple logic, simple math. There's no zebra here at all; it's a horse.

It's not a secret, it's not a mysterious conspiracy alt-whatever political whosiwats. It's plain as day, known, a given.

[GrumpyOldMan]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

The mail service is in the situation it's in currently, because the Postmaster General wants it that way. He can't be "fired" by anyone other than the board, and the Board doesn't seem interested in firing him.

He is making bank by destroying the USPS. He has financial interests in other delivery services, and every time USPS suffers, more people use those other delivery services. This is simple logic, simple math. There's no zebra here at all; it's a horse.

It's not a secret, it's not a mysterious conspiracy alt-whatever political whosiwats. It's plain as day, known, a given.

I agree the root cause of MOST of America's problems is money.

[I'm Popeye!]

Originally Posted by MrFlorida

Maybe by being slower, they will focus on getting the mail delivered to the correct address.

More coffee breaks makes a postal worker happy and keeps them from turning into a "Son of Sam".

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

The mail service is in the situation it's in currently, because the Postmaster General wants it that way. He can't be "fired" by anyone other than the board, and the Board doesn't seem interested in firing him.

He is making bank by destroying the USPS. He has financial interests in other delivery services, and every time USPS suffers, more people use those other delivery services. This is simple logic, simple math. There's no zebra here at all; it's a horse.

It's not a secret, it's not a mysterious conspiracy alt-whatever political whosiwats. It's plain as day, known, a given.

I am not defending the current postmaster general, but the reality is that the USPS was a money losing mess long before he was appointed to the position. If the USPS was a private business, it would have gone bankrupt many years ago.

[JoMar]

And our generation is the only one that really cares....those behind us have moved on. The longer times they have talked about doesn't mean anything...one day, two or three...it doesn't matter.

[Ben Franklin]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

But it is not a private business, and it isn't designed to be a money-making profitable entity. It's losing money because of a government-imposed mandate on pensions that only applied to the USPS and no one else, and it was a mandate that had no other possible result but to drive the USPS into insolvency.

DeJoy is just helping it along, to his increasing glee.

Bingo. They had to fund pensions of people who weren't even hired yet.
I looked at what it cost to send a letter via UPS and I believe it was about $9.
Since the PO is in our Constitution wouldn't they need am amendemt to get rid of it?

[Luggage]

Not too many people actually read the entire articles so here are some facts.
Congress has decreed to the post office that they must by law fully fund their pension, no other part of the government does this including social security. The slowdown is actually to save money. So that taxpayers do not have to fund additionally post office needs nor will they have to have postage stamps go up every single year. The slowdown is simply so that most first class mail which goes by airplane to maintain the old 3-day standard to be having first class delivered anywhere in the Continental to become abandoned (3 day standard) and be allowed to go by truck so we have a new 5-day standard which will save significant money and actually make things more efficient. Most businesses will adapt as they understand the process. Yes it'll take a little more time to get checks and letters but as long as things don't get changed every 5 weeks that is what businesses prefer. Some credit card companies have more than one location to receive money that's called Dropbox banking and I'm sure a few more will now provide additional addresses. Just remember the old excuse the check is always in the mail.

[Luggage]

Dejoy is solving the problem of the post office running a deficit by getting rid of stupid standards of having every piece of mail fly in an airplane when a truck would do just as well

[holger danske]

Originally Posted by Luggage

Dejoy is solving the problem of the post office running a deficit by getting rid of stupid standards of having every piece of mail fly in an airplane when a truck would do just as well

Here's another suggestion to cut into the deficit. Perhaps USPS should stay in their own lane and concentrate on delivering the mail. Instead they created a unit called iCOP (Internet Covert Operations Program) that monitors social media and issues and circulates bulletins to law enforcement agencies that already monitor the internet. This is costly and redundant.

Covert Postal Service unit probed Jan. 6 social media - POLITICO