General Discussion

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

25. The big problems and have been for a while are twofold.

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 10:54 PM

Feb 2021

The requirement to prefund retirement pay and healthcare out to 75 years drains billions. No other government agency OR private company has that obligation (in fact, private companies have nothing more than the ACA Cobra mandate to deal with, and if republicans could get rid of that they would).

Second, the charter of the USPS is unique. It must somehow deliver mail to wherever people live in the USA. UPS and FEDEX serve only densely populated places. So the Post Office must deliver to places in Nebraska, Montana and other sparsely populated places, where two mailboxes may be miles apart - the private delivery companies wouldn’t touch places where their drivers can’t deliver to dozens of customers per square mile.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

42 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy 'plans to eliminate two-day delivery for first-class mail and hike po [View all] Klaralven Feb 2021 OP

Fire this incompetent fool. C_U_L8R Feb 2021 #1

He's not incompetent, he's a saboteur JHB Feb 2021 #27

Ironically, he's maybe one of T****'s MOST competent hirings, since the GOAL was to sabotage the Grown2Hate Feb 2021 #41

Lock him up! bamagal62 Feb 2021 #2

Why hasn't this guy been investigated for voter suppression? dem4decades Feb 2021 #3

Get rid of this asshole. dalton99a Feb 2021 #4

I have a better idea: Let's terminate him. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2021 #5

how will they deliver mail to hawaii by truck? ship takes 4/5 days nt msongs Feb 2021 #6

Don't have a problem with that. $.55 for two day delivery is too low, as are rates for Hoyt Feb 2021 #7

If all mail were required to pay for first class postage FakeNoose Feb 2021 #37

Agree completely. A few years ago, I spent some time researching the amount of junk mail, etc., Hoyt Feb 2021 #39

This reminds me. ShazzieB Feb 2021 #8

Good idea. Let me add that to my list! nt ecstatic Feb 2021 #10

I can't believe that corrupt clown is still in place ecstatic Feb 2021 #9

I regularly send priority boxes from west coast to east coast on Friday, and they always.. Grasswire2 Feb 2021 #11

Only the Pist Office Board can remove him. Biden needs to fill empty board positions to do it. SharonAnn Feb 2021 #29

I paid $45 to send a PRIORITY envelope from PNW to Novia Scotia. Grasswire2 Feb 2021 #12

once again. USPS was under severe pressure, both political and financial stopdiggin Feb 2021 #13

I agree there were problems EndlessWire Feb 2021 #14

It's nothing to do with the universally accepted problems. DeJoy OnDoutside Feb 2021 #17

The big problems and have been for a while are twofold. Blue_true Feb 2021 #25

They're removing the retirement prefunding obligation putting millions back in the business live love laugh Feb 2021 #15

I have a friend who is a letter carrier MichMan Feb 2021 #19

It was funded anyway otherwise millions of retirees would not live love laugh Feb 2021 #20

That bill you are referring to also passed the House and Senate too MichMan Feb 2021 #21

Maybe because the Bush administration threatened to veto the legislation live love laugh Feb 2021 #23

It passed the House 410-20 MichMan Feb 2021 #24

It doesn't help your friend or the Postal Service. nt live love laugh Feb 2021 #28

Many people no longer use mail to communicate. Blue_true Feb 2021 #26

I switched to almost completely online payments after the mail started to fail me Maeve Feb 2021 #34

A person that owns a business can even get receivables payments online Blue_true Feb 2021 #40

Can't disagree with anything you said--especially the last! Maeve Feb 2021 #42

How the hell is Postmaster General Louis DeJoy still a thing ? OnDoutside Feb 2021 #16

Only the Postal Board can fire him. SharonAnn Feb 2021 #30

Yes but there are enough unappointed board members to be OnDoutside Feb 2021 #31

corrupt incompetent asshole, can't President Biden get rid of him ?? steve2470 Feb 2021 #18

He can fill the board back up to its full complement of 9, which would OnDoutside Feb 2021 #32

Hubby has great idea for him Politicalgolfer Feb 2021 #22

It doesn't work that way dansolo Feb 2021 #33

Is having 2 day delivery for local mail necessary or not? MichMan Feb 2021 #35

Its probably difficult to meet with the requirement for imaging Klaralven Feb 2021 #36

Why is this crooked incompetent ass still in charge of the USPS? [nt] Nexus2 Feb 2021 #38