Thomas Rogers
Well-Known Member
Les,
Right, and has been since '71.
TJR
Right, and has been since '71.
TJR
If USPS is a "civilian business", then why does the Postmaster General need to ask for Congressional permission to eliminate Saturday delivery to avoid possibly losing $7 billion this year?
Why can't he just make that decision on his own, if he's in effect, the "CEO" of this "civilian business"?
For that matter, if this "civilian business" is performing so poorly, why not just let it go under? There are plenty of competitors in the same market that can provide the exact same services, often more efficiently and at less cost to the consumer.
Actually, the topic was about jobs being lost by 2018--not about the autonomy of the USPS at all...
Of course, items 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10 share another common denominator that has probably had a significant impact on their job losses... However, my asbestos suit is in the cleaners, so I won't bring it up right now.
The simple fact is that the Postal service must continue to exist but needs to be modernized, streamlined and that will require significant hikes in our postal rates.
I think some smart guy could develope a small economical PC for communications that would be easy for most seniors to learn to use and allow them to take advantage of free bill paying services at their banks, or at the variouls financial instututes and utility companies so that bills can be easily paid online for senior citizens or handicapped people and not charge them extra fees or require postage.
If you make something "idiot proof" then only an idiot will want to use it.
Such simple communcation appliances HAVE been built and sold. They haven't done well in the marketplace. I suspect that market for such an appliance is pretty small, which is why such products haven't sold well. I don't think the product attempts in that space have failed; I simply think the market is small. Maybe they were not marketed well, but I don't think that is the case.
It's all about thinking outside the box
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