USPS posts $586M net lost for 3rd quarter of FY15 (an improvement over the same period last year). No more tax dollars.

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8 years ago 09/02/2015 9:10am EDT

re: Neutral Observertard

Neutral Observertard wrote:
fsddfsa wrote:
Even though their financials have improved a bit, I don't think our tax dollars should go toward this dinosaur.
How about the military? Did they post a profit in the 3rd quarter of FY15?

I have no idea. My point is that the USPS, which is taxpayer-supported, provides a service that private companies also provide. The U.S. military, to the best of my understanding, provides a service that no one else provides. (Of course, the military contracts with private industry to provide goods and services (e.g., vehicles, etc.)).

8 years ago 09/02/2015 9:57am EDT

re: 454554

No. At least not UPS. I am a former USPS employee. They have an agreement with UPS whereas UPS will drop off packages at the Post Office and the Post Office delivers them the "last mile." UPS doesn't have what is needed to deliver to small towns with farms, RFD, etc.

8 years ago 09/02/2015 11:01am EDT

re: Precious Roy

Precious Roy wrote:
I really hope that a Republican crazed congress kills off USPS so we can see the reaction from all the people that will be most adversely affected--rural conservatives. The main reason USPS is important is that it is required to deliver first class mail from any address to any address in the US for the same postage. Someone living in South Dakota pays the same amount of money to send a letter to Boston, MA as would someone living on Boylston Ave in Boston pay to send a letter to someone living just a few miles away in Cambridge, MA. If you get rid of the post office, private companies will charge based on distance and on whether an address is in a big city or in a rural area. Retirees living in tiny Burwell, NE will find their annuity payments being subject to a $25 a month fee for private mail carrier charges. People in rural towns will have to drive hours to big cities just to be able to send a package through a private carrier.

mmm.....yes, because people in rural areas moved to rural areas so they could.....have all the conveniences of living in the city, right? Next thing you know the govt will decide not to take over the grocery store industry, thereby FORCING rural retirees to drive an hour to the store!

Those wascally wepublicans! Why can't they see that a $2B+ annual loss plus the billions wasted, I mean "invested", in a bloated, inefficient mail delivery system are rights the govt should guarantee for all, comrade!

8 years ago 09/02/2015 11:05am EDT

re: Neutral Observertard

Neutral Observertard wrote:
fsddfsa wrote:
Even though their financials have improved a bit, I don't think our tax dollars should go toward this dinosaur.
How about the military? Did they post a profit in the 3rd quarter of FY15?

great point, since we all know the US Constitution clearly tasks the federal govt not only with providing a common defense, but also to deliver junk mail 6 days/week to all.

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