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<blockquote data-quote="tworavens" data-source="post: 579436" data-attributes="member: 22946"><p>I capitalized America in mine, as I always do. That last quote was from upssalesguy's post, however I will refrain from suggesting you don't have a clue.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/peaceful.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":peaceful:" title="Peaceful :peaceful:" data-shortname=":peaceful:" /> And in any case my point was the same as yours, that Fedex would raise it's rates, not that it would make a smaller profit. Assuming that the rates are currently more or less on par, a Fedex rate increase would tend to push more customers to use UPS. Why would UPS want to raise its rates to match the new, higher Fedex rates? Yes, I realize greed is a powerful incentive to do so, but you seem to assert that having a Teamster-organized UPS and Fedex (which is far from certain, btw) would allow both companies to raise their rates with impunity. I don't believe that would be sustainable.</p><p></p><p>As for the USPS, they will have to raise their rates in any case, they are $7 billion in the hole right now, but that's another discussion.</p><p></p><p></p><p>In your original post to which I responded, you said:</p><p></p><p> <em>"REally? THat is the only reason UPS wants the to get out from under the RLA? To raise the cost of living on America during this downturn in the economy, just to level your playing field?</em>"</p><p></p><p></p><p>I would be interested to hear why <u>you</u> think UPS wants Fedex out of the RLA.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tworavens, post: 579436, member: 22946"] I capitalized America in mine, as I always do. That last quote was from upssalesguy's post, however I will refrain from suggesting you don't have a clue.:peaceful: And in any case my point was the same as yours, that Fedex would raise it's rates, not that it would make a smaller profit. Assuming that the rates are currently more or less on par, a Fedex rate increase would tend to push more customers to use UPS. Why would UPS want to raise its rates to match the new, higher Fedex rates? Yes, I realize greed is a powerful incentive to do so, but you seem to assert that having a Teamster-organized UPS and Fedex (which is far from certain, btw) would allow both companies to raise their rates with impunity. I don't believe that would be sustainable. As for the USPS, they will have to raise their rates in any case, they are $7 billion in the hole right now, but that's another discussion. In your original post to which I responded, you said: [I]"REally? THat is the only reason UPS wants the to get out from under the RLA? To raise the cost of living on America during this downturn in the economy, just to level your playing field?[/I]" I would be interested to hear why [U]you[/U] think UPS wants Fedex out of the RLA. [/QUOTE]
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