Comments on: Saturday Mail Delivery: NE Readers And Postal Commission Offer Opinions

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:50:37 +0000

So maybe if the Post Office ran as a business does, it would cut some of the useless upper management jobs and save itself some money. If they want to cut Saturday delivery, so be it. I will use UPS, FedX, email and stop wasting money on stamps! I have lost packages by using the mail service so I use UPS or FEDX now anyway. Sometimes my mail that goes out never arrives…no idea what has happened to it and when asked, no one seems to know either. Hmmmm.

By: Gary Maher

Gary Maher — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 05:13:14 +0000

where do you people get your info you are surely misled the post office gets 0 tax dollars 0.the reason the p.o. is broke is ,that we have to prey pay all future healthcare ins. payments and retirement benefits .No other company in the us is required to do this. As for sat delivery they sort the mail at the plants 7 days a week so we will have 3 days of mail stacked up for monday. They are not talking about shutting down the mail just not gona deliver. The P.O. is top heavy we need to cut upper management and waiste not service,and I agree some of the unions make it tuff butt with out them management would run rough shod of the workers and end up hireing their brother inlaws wifes and cousins . Everybody should deliver the mail at the first of the month or after a holiday atleast once then tell me how you like the mail man

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:04:45 +0000

REGARDING:
“The only money it gets from congress is cover for all the government postage and the amount for civil service retirement that was mandated when congress created the US postal Service.”

Still, money’s money. The postal service has done a fine job in the past but it well could be that its days are numbered. Expenses add up. Usage drops. We can decide every expense is reasonable and every loss is unavoidable, but they add up.

It used to be a two cent post card could be delivered anywhere so a person could be heard anywhere for that, hence the “my two cent’s worth”. Now, if you have internet access, you can be heard for free. Inflation doesn’t even get in the picture.

David considering purpose of Postal Service

By: Vernon L Wiggins, Jr.

Vernon L Wiggins, Jr. — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 03:27:01 +0000

As a former Postmaster and US Postal Service emploee I wish to point out that Postal Service is not on the budget of the United States. The only money it gets from congress is cover for all the goverment postage and the amount for civil service retirement that was mandated when congress created the US postal Service. It is run by a board of goveners(9) who apoint the Postmaster General. it is mandated to break even and has a bottom line like any other business.
They have discussed many times about not having saturday delivery. saturday and tueday are low volumes days. a lot of post offices in rural areas close their windows on thursday aftertnoons. most of the letter mail is now sort to route order thus saving money we use to have to spend to sort mail by hand. 80% of the budget is for personel.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:44:07 +0000

REGARDING:
“Why does everyone assume that all federal spending is a waste; Bureaucratic worm as someone put it. “

Who told you everyone does assume that?

Nonetheless, you DID point out a few expenses which might be reduced.

Our military is larger than needed simply to protect this nation and our vital interests. In fact because it is so strong, politicians keep finding jobs for them to do which are NOT in our vital interest and are sometimes counterproductive and get our people killed. Let’s retire from conflict before cutting supplies to fighters in harm’s way first, though.

You propose ending subsidizing of farmers, one example of which is food stamps as part of the Department of Agriculture budget. We might want to keep some form of it, at least enough to avoid starvation but we might consider limiting foods available. Taxpayers are less sympathetic when they see recipients eating better than they are.

As to “why don’t we stop the Congress from getting lifelong health insurance and retirement benefits after serving only 2 years; they receive better benefits than the people that elected them”, that’s simple: Congress voted for those benefits and only Congress can eliminate them.

Actually, though, Congress is cheap to feed, it’s what they spend money on which is hard to keep up with. And there’s no way in sight to take away their credit card. Give them each a million dollars per year each year they balance the budget without raising taxes and it would be money well spent.

Keep proposing cuts, though, the battle isn’t lost until the fighting stops.

David for reason

By: reanna

reanna — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:54:24 +0000

Why does everyone assume that all federal spending is a waste; Bureaucratic worm as someone put it. If this is true let’s just cut out that military defense budget which is waste on the highest level. Companies such as Boeing, Lockheed & GE have shown to be the biggest waste of tax $$ and why don’t we stop subsidizing farmers; that should put a big dent in the budget. Or do those cuts come to close to home. Or better yet why don’t we stop the Congress from getting lifelong health insurance and retirement benefits after serving only 2 years; they receive better benefits than the people that elected them.

By: confused

confused — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:45:57 +0000

regarding wizcorgi

you cant cash or deposit your check until monday anyway so whats the big deal??

its always about me me me no matter what the issue

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:11:21 +0000

REGARDING:
“I- – - receive my disability check in the mail on Mondays. That means I would be forced to wait another 2 days in the delay of my check and I can’t afford that.”

Not that they couldn’t direct deposit, although I assume they could and would prefer to do so since it would save them money on postage, but what would not delivering on Saturday have to do with delivery on Monday?

David just wondering

By: wizcorgi

wizcorgi — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:58:39 +0000

It sure would make my life a living hell. I live in the rural area and receive my disability check in the mail on Mondays. That means I would be forced to wait another 2 days in the delay of my check and I can’t afford that.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:38:18 +0000

As our mail delivery system makes itself less and less useful, people are forced to turn to alternatives, thereby making the USPS less important, forcing even more people to turn to alternatives, thereby making the USPS even less needed, forcing even more people to turn to alternatives, thereby making the USPS less and less relevant, (do we see a pattern yet?) forcing even more people to turn to alternatives, thereby making the USPS less and less relevant, forcing even more people to turn to alternatives, thereby making the USPS less and less relevant, forcing even more people to turn to alternatives until the day comes when kids in history class wonder what it was and the teacher isn’t absolutely certain any more either.

There are so many more efficient ways to deliver information that there may be no saving it.

David considering the fate of the dodo bird