Obama admin silent as USPS lays off 35,000 workers...with more layoffs to come

[haele]

33. I write letters and pay bills by mail all the time.

The kidlet occasionally sells beaded items via Etsy, small items that can fit in a padded envelope. Cheapest way for her to send them is via USPS - about $1.00 an item. Fed-Ex starts at $4.00; UPS starts at $2.00 for the same item - unless she has a business license and/or a business account with them. She can't afford either right now; I don't even think she makes a 50 cent profit on any of the items yet.
For holidays and birthdays, I sometimes send hand-made gifts- USPS is less than half the cost to send via FedEx or UPS - and since several relatives and friends live in rural areas, USPS is the only mail service that will deliver to their door.
You know, many small online vendors use USPS because they can't afford to use UPS and FedEx. Getting rid of USPS will kill many small businesses that are just starting up or holding on.

Try sending two large FedEx boxes full of holiday gifts to, say, 3443 County Road 74, BFE, Alabama where your husband's favorite Uncle, his wife and say, 7 kids live on a small farm. If the local post office has been so cut that the mail carrier can't get them to the family you sent those packages to, they will get a notice delivered to them via USPS from the nearest FedEx drop, which could be 25 to 30 miles away telling them "come and get your boxes". Oh, and only between the hours of 9am - 4pm, Tuesday through Thursday.

Haele