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re: USPS is a disaster right now
Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:29 pm to mmmmmbeeer
Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:29 pm to mmmmmbeeer
Rounding into Election Night form.
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Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:29 pm to TigersSEC2010
This has been in the news. A new Trump appointee has been making big changes at USPS slowing down services.
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Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:29 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:Don't forget the billions in research grants.
Free market in food? You mean, the billions in farm subsidies and billions more in protectionist tariffs?
That free market?
America, 2020, doesn't have much of a "free market" in anything.
Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:31 pm to AbitaFan08
quote:
I have a package that USPS has had since July 27th. Hasn't moved since August 1st.
The kicker is I ordered this item and it shipped from China. Between the Chinese postal service and now USPS, it's been in transit 114 DAYS.
Do you even remember what you ordered at this point?
Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:32 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:I've never heard anyone argue that any government agency should operate at a profit...except the post office.
It always interests me how people decide what "government agencies" should operate at a profit, and which ones don't need to be / should be taxpayer supported.
Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:32 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:
America, 2020, doesn't have much of a "free market" in anything.
That’s the problem!
Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:33 pm to mmmmmbeeer
quote:doesn't have to happen
The few billion dollars they lose each year
Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:35 pm to mmmmmbeeer
I have a sneaky suspicion you wouldn’t give a shite about the USPS if not for the election this year 
Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:38 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:
I actually think what USPS is being forced to do, is what every other government agency and private company should be forced to do.
But USPS is the only one.
If other government agencies / private companies were forced to do this, things would look a LOT different.
Pre-fund pensions for the next 75 years?
Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:38 pm to Tyger07
quote:
This part here is what private corporations do daily. Working knowledge of industry and what does/doesn’t work.
I have no issue with the government hiring someone with industry experience.
quote:
Similar scenario in reverse: CPA goes to work for IRS for a few years and then markets themselves or corporations recruit this CPA to run finance because they know what IRS is looking for and how to save them money.
Except, 1) The IRS and CPA firms don't compete with each other, and 2) When this guy goes to work for a CPA firm, he doesn't own stock in other CPA firms.
The conflict of interest isn't in his past work history, it's in his current ownership of USPS competitors.
Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:39 pm to TigersSEC2010
Well, they are doing a wonderful job of delivery 1-day Amazon packages to my mailbox. 
Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:39 pm to Bronson2017
quote:For freaking YEARS!
Right now??
USPS has sucked balls for a while now.
Our office manager has had to call and personally visit the main branch in our area dozens of times due to the mail carrier not picking up the out-going mail for days on end. We were told that mail deliver is the responsibility of the USPS, but picking up out-going mail is a courtesy.
Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:40 pm to Gravitiger
quote:
I've never heard anyone argue that any government agency should operate at a profit...except the post office.
Public owned utilities
Public recreation
Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:40 pm to kingbob
quote:
America, 2020, doesn't have much of a "free market" in anything.
That’s the problem!
Do not disagree.
But, it's important to remember.
Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:41 pm to mthorn2
quote:
to my sister. Your package ain't gonna make it....lol
I bet your sister receives a lot of packages...
Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:42 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:Utilities is a good example I had not thought of.
Public owned utilities
Public recreation
No one expects the National Park Service or their local parks and rec department to actually turn a profit, do they?
Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:43 pm to Wally Sparks
quote:
Pre-fund pensions for the next 75 years?
75 years may be extreme, but companies and other government agencies should be required to put a lot more in pension plans with today's dollars than they do.
The amount of unfunded pension / future retiree health costs in this country is absurd.
Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:44 pm to Gravitiger
quote:
No one expects the National Park Service or their local parks and rec department to actually turn a profit, do they?
Ha, spend some time on the book of faces, twitter, or even our local PT board...
Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:44 pm to TigersSEC2010
The only stuff I order that’s shipped via USPS that arrives on time 100% is from amazon.
Everything else is 2+ extra days.
I ordered something from Atlanta recently and it took 12 days for me to get it.
I have something coming from FL and PA, and it’s already showing 2 days behind...
Everything else is 2+ extra days.
I ordered something from Atlanta recently and it took 12 days for me to get it.
I have something coming from FL and PA, and it’s already showing 2 days behind...
Posted on 8/12/20 at 12:47 pm to Tyger07
quote:No, a similar scenario would be the IRS being run by an expert in how the wealthy evade taxes, then that person dismantling the IRS enforcement division for wealthy people. Oh shite, that already happened.
Similar scenario in reverse: CPA goes to work for IRS for a few years and then markets themselves or corporations recruit this CPA to run finance because they know what IRS is looking for and how to save them money.
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