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<blockquote data-quote="&#039;Lord Brown&#039;s bidding&#039;" data-source="post: 1224237" data-attributes="member: 32753"><p>The ignorance about the USPS is profound in this thead.....and it isnt like we haven't had this discussion before</p><p></p><p></p><p>The USPS is losing money not because its services are obsolete; granny <em>could</em> pay her bill online, but many do not, not to mention the millions without access to the internet. Believe it or not, some people cannot get direct deposit, particularly many artists who work on commission, or many "contractors" who only work short periods of times with a company, usually a few months. These people actually have checks <strong>mailed</strong> to them.</p><p></p><p>The reason-the ONLY reason-the postal service is losing money is because Congress requires the Postal Service to pre-fund their pension out to 75 years; no other entity in history has had to do that. To think about from a different perspective, the Postal Service has fully funded the pensions of some who <em>haven't even been born yet</em>, to say nothing of having actually been hired or even aspiring to work as a letter carrier, clerk, manager, etc. When they "borrow" money, all that really happens is Congress allows them to forego a payment to that pension so they can do something else; they are <em>given permission</em> to use <em>their own money</em> as they see fit. BTW, the pre-funding of the pension is supposed to end in 2016.</p><p></p><p>And some of you have it backwards: the postal system is the more robust logistical system in the U.S.; UPS and Fedex have use them more than vice versa. In addition, neither FedEx nor UPS want ALL of the postal service's work, for much of it isn't profitable, especially rural areas. The Dakotas, Montana, and much of Utah would probably lose most mail service if the Post Office ever went completely private.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="'Lord Brown's bidding', post: 1224237, member: 32753"] The ignorance about the USPS is profound in this thead.....and it isnt like we haven't had this discussion before [I][/I] The USPS is losing money not because its services are obsolete; granny [I]could[/I] pay her bill online, but many do not, not to mention the millions without access to the internet. Believe it or not, some people cannot get direct deposit, particularly many artists who work on commission, or many "contractors" who only work short periods of times with a company, usually a few months. These people actually have checks [B]mailed[/B] to them. The reason-the ONLY reason-the postal service is losing money is because Congress requires the Postal Service to pre-fund their pension out to 75 years; no other entity in history has had to do that. To think about from a different perspective, the Postal Service has fully funded the pensions of some who [I]haven't even been born yet[/I], to say nothing of having actually been hired or even aspiring to work as a letter carrier, clerk, manager, etc. When they "borrow" money, all that really happens is Congress allows them to forego a payment to that pension so they can do something else; they are [I]given permission[/I] to use [I]their own money[/I] as they see fit. BTW, the pre-funding of the pension is supposed to end in 2016. And some of you have it backwards: the postal system is the more robust logistical system in the U.S.; UPS and Fedex have use them more than vice versa. In addition, neither FedEx nor UPS want ALL of the postal service's work, for much of it isn't profitable, especially rural areas. The Dakotas, Montana, and much of Utah would probably lose most mail service if the Post Office ever went completely private. [/QUOTE]
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