For or Against Privatization of the U.S. Postal Service

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let the private companies compete to produce a more efficient and less costly system.

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Fed Ex did this two years before I was born.

And I'm 52.

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The U.S. Postal Service runs six days a week, delivering rain or shine. But annual reports from the postal service show the last two years have ended in a net loss of $16.5 billion.

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I see Amazon, Fedex and UPS delivery trucks in my neighborhood all week long and every Saturday, seems there are a lot of vehicles/trucks running around that could be delivering the mail.

Mailbox mail should be once a week at most. 99% of mine never makes it in the house.

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Whoever can tell me why 90% of my mail is literal trash.

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Junk mail is highly discounted. If companies and political entities had to pay actual cost, (not to mention 'a profit'), then 90% if it would cease and the USPS would collapse.

The Airlines , UPS, Fedex, and trucking contractors transport the bulk of US MAIL, and do a very good job.. The problem is on the receiving end, the Postal Service bureaucracy. Would love to see it privatized.

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Whoever can tell me why 90% of my mail is literal trash.

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I wonder if private companies delivering the mail would put a higher rate on junk mail?

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Time to let it sink completely and let the private companies compete to produce a more efficient and less costly system

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How much does it cost to send a letter through USPS?

How much does it cost to send the same letter through FedEx?

Obviously, FedEx can't do it for a lower cost.

For. Privatize the living shite out of it

Full disclosure. I work there. It’s kinda like an electoral college thing. You have huge swaths of the country who will vote for the congressman who will make sure their meds, magazines and whatever else gets there 6 days a week. I’m on board, standing on the main deck and ready to lift sail on dogeing some of the crap I see go on. I know most of you don’t think about this kind of thing but remember again….huge swaths of territory that UPS, FedEx, etc, will not daily deliver to. Just look at a map and think trucks, machines, buildings and people. I don’t know. Maybe enough people have changed but a lot of Americans expect a daily, mandated “every address national system”. And yes. It’s still full on DEI. I think based on what I’ve seen and what they state in their own words that’s pretty much above argument. There’s still a lot of good folks but it’s not a meritocracy. Will it change? I’m sure. But I’m not gonna believe it’ll be another UPS

I think we heat the post office. Getting mail out everyday to rural customers would never be feasible in the private sector. The government is not in the business of making money or not having a loss. Of all the things we're blowing money on the post office is small potatoes.