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Blue Owl

(50,256 posts)
1. Where I come from, that's no way to earn yourself employment
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 03:28 PM
Feb 2021

Goddamned the hell if I could get a job anywhere by announcing I was going to make things less efficient and more expensive.

Get this fucker OUT of our USPS.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
6. Honestly at $0.55 per first class letter, maybe it's time to reconsider if we can afford
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 04:00 PM
Feb 2021

to aim for 2 day delivery, especially when the number of such letters is rapidly declining.

I'm not talking about anything close to UPS or FEDex rates, but I'm not against a longer delivery goal and a 20, 30% hike. The goal ought to be to get USPS in the black -- even with the prefunding of pension and healthcare -- so that the Postal Service can take steps to offer new services, budget for the future, etc., without having to worry about Congress screwing them over every year.

Dejoy is a POS, but I think he's right here.

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