USPO having new buildings for USPOboxes for more revenue/boxes ( Archived) (4)

Yeah,Right!



From the original conception of the United States Postal Service in the 1700s to the technologically advanced market of today, the words that enumerated to Congress the power to "establish Post Offices and post Roads" have never been more than a waste of ink.

In Uncle Sam, the Monopoly Man, William C. Wooldridge explains well the historical patterns of failure within the United States Postal Service (USPS):

More than a decade before Parson Weems immortalized the cherry tree, the United States Post Office was losing money. For most of the years since Postmaster General Thomas Osborne reported the first deficit to President George Washington, it has continued to lose money, receiving all the while less critical attention than the cherry tree it antedates. Yet the stars in their courses do not ineluctably dictate a government postal monopoly......................read on

The last I heard the USPS was 8b in debt. Thinking of cutting 220 post offices and 1000s of job. Going to a 4 day work week.....and the price of stamps and priority mail just increased.....

and the was the recent bit....where our mail carrier vehicle had
it front aisle break and the two wheel flipped out in different directions....)) being towed into the shop for repair...))...so I am not sure if they have the money to make the repair.