Repubs: When will you end the US postal service, since it is such a horrible example of govt/bus competition?

Of course, those $9 mail envelopes from the commercial companies are going to get a bit pricey...Repubs: When will you end the US postal service, since it is such a horrible example of govt/bus competition?
First, it isn't the Republicans or Democrats that are keeping the US Postal Service going.



Second, the Post Office is not a government run business, it is supposed to be a whole self sufficient entity.



Third, the reason that government is involved with the distribution of the mail is that the private services UPS, FedEx, etc. are taking only the easy items. There is no private sector entity out there that will deliver a letter to the door of somebody in West Podunk, Vermont for $0.50.



When FedEx came along, they filled a gap that the post office didn't really address. After seeing that it's a multi billion dollar business, the post office is trying to catch up and get some of that money to help subsidize their mandate have a daily mail delivery service.



Everyone thinks that we all have access to email or texting or using the phone and that the mail service is ot dated and of no use. A lot of the country still doesn't use email. There are many businesses that send out bills %26amp; statements to their customers using mails. Many financial transactions are done using mail.



Personally, I think it is one of the better examples government %26amp; business competing while at the same time trying to continue to provide an expensive service at a relatively love price.
I already have. I haven't sent anything through the USPS in years. Pay all bills online and send packages via Fedex.Repubs: When will you end the US postal service, since it is such a horrible example of govt/bus competition?
Repubs??



The post office is bankrupt without our help.
Most mail could be sent online. Packages obviously cant be. Maybe you accidentally have a point.Repubs: When will you end the US postal service, since it is such a horrible example of govt/bus competition?
Obviously you haven't read the Constitution. No surprise there.



One of the Powers of Congress authorized is "To establish Post Offices and Post Roads"
Are you implying that without government competition, the private sector will get out of hand and begin overcharging?



When will the government open their own WALMART?
I had them rip up two bills that I sent to PG%26amp;E in a row. I was never a fan of online bill pay, but it sure is more reliable than the post office. Not to mention all of the times that I have had mail just disappear completely and checks not show up. I don't know if Fed Ex or UPS is any better as I haven't used a whole lot of them but being that they haven't screwed me yet, I trust them more.



Seriously people...what condition do you have to where you trust the government and throw your blind faith their way?
Competition lowers prices, genius.



The post office is full of job-for-life, incompetent future gun spree killers.



Do you think on a level playing field FedEx or UPS with its advanced logistics systems and tracking technology (not to mention employees who get fired if they cannot contribute to profitable success of the organization) would lose out to the f***ing post office?!?



Have you been to the post office lately. It is like walking into a school for the mentally retarded.
Do you have a job?

Do you actually produce something you can sell to others without forcing them to get you tax money?

We all know that when the government is setting the rules and is backed by tax dollars, it will destroy, not compete with, the private sector.

The comparison of Cash for Clunkers and Freddy 鈥?Fanny Mae:

Is cash for clunkers just another version of the Democrat Debacle? How is getting Americans to turn in cars that are paid off and working fine helping Americans bottom line? This program is going to do the same thing as it did in the mortgage crisis and get people who can鈥檛 afford to buy something making payments that they were not making before.
The US Postal service actually is self sustaining.



For what 200 years it has pretty much provided the world with its business.



Technology has changed but the POST OFFICE can still take care of its own.
It seems many anti-Health-Care-Reform people do not completely understand how much of our system is owned by the government. Public schools, police, fire dept., etc...



I don't think most would convert all public schools to private schools. Nor do I think people would want police to be all employees of a company, whom you must pay extra to get full services, etc...



I'm not for complete socialism. But security, health, etc... should be covered by my government.
Republicans love smaller government. Which means businesses and corporations they love more. Less govt, more money!!!!
I would in a heartbeat. No one uses the postal service anymore but junk mail corporations and the US governement, and it is staffed by rude, overpaid people who don't get the fact that the "customer" in front of them is the very person who signs off their pay checks. I'm not happy with the amount of money that gets pumped into that sucker just so it can stay alive long enough to shove bills and ads into my box. I don't know what you mean about $9 mail envelopes-they must be made of gold, because envelopes where I am don't go over a dollar. E-mail is free.

Peace
I fail to see how the Republicans are solely responsible the USPS.
Well if they lift the GOVERNMENT BAN of residential letter delivery, I would quite expect Fed Ex or DLS etc. to quickly figure out a free market solution and prices to drop



Hence the 7 billion dollar subsidy per year goes away also, making a refund $53.84 in every taxpayers pocket per year. (7 billion divided by 130 million taxpayers)
I'll tell you a story.



There is a cafe located not far from the House of Reps. It's tasteful, healthy, pleasant, and delicious. The prices are fair, the waiters are well trained, and it makes a solid profit.



It's privately owned.



The House quit subsidizing it about 20 years ago because the food there was so rotten, they didn't want to keep paying for it (it was orginally a government-run restaurant).



There is ANOTHER cafe near the Senate.



It's food is lousy. It's menu is terrible. It's service sucks and the prices are high.



This one is still subsidized by the Senate. Almost no one goes to eat there.



The HOUSE cafe PAYS taxes.

The SENATE cafe COSTS taxes.



This is what competition and private enterprise brings to the market.
They will get on here and lie, I assure you. "They refuse the mail delivered to them via the Post Office, and they never mail a thing from their mailbox." The biggest group of liars I have ever seen.
You realize that the US Postal Service is running in the red to a tune of ~$7 billion dollars right? And that's just for this year. Which of course is a great example of how the government can't run anything efficiently. Unfortunately, the federal government restricts the ability of UPS and FedEx to compete with the USPS, which the only reason it's still around. Not to mention, the USPS is subsidized by the federal government. If you're trying to make an argument for socialized health care based on the postal service you really need to look at how much the postal service costs the country and how inefficient it really is. I know you didn't say it but I assume that you are making some jab at health care.
As soon as we get back the majority. What are you talking about?