Always important to remember mail was getting delivered on time before DeJoy took over and started to break things. The whole post office issue is just an intentionally manufactured budget shortfall. Easy enough to fix and then our mail can be delivered on time again.
https://twitter.com/lrozen/status/1364731762685968388
2/ since so many people are liking this a few more points. Aside from the pandemic there are two overlapping issues facing the USPS. One is that about 15 years congress passed a law which forces the PO to prepay pension liabilities like forever into the future.
3/ no private business or government agency has to do that. So that’s put the PO hugely behind the eight ball and created crazy and unsustainable liabilities. Just undo that stupid decision and you fix a lot of the problem. But it’s not the only problem.
4/ As all of us know from a daily lives lots of things we used to use the mail for we now do with email or digital communications. That’s put a maybe dent in the PO’s finances. That’s a real thing and it’s not going to change. As a society we’ve also become hugely ...
5/ more dependent on package delivery. And the PO makes good money on that but not enough to make up for the losses on first class mail. So what to do? Well remember, the PO isn’t a private business. It’s a critical govt service. It’s actually explicitly discussed ...
6/ in the US constitution. There’s no reason it has to run at a profit every year. There are also a number of ideas for new businesses the PO could get into - like simple banking services that could be good for ordinary citizens and help to even out the budget ...
7/ picture. But even if there were no way to fix the budget picture (which probably isn’t true) who cares? You could spend a few billion a year and be certain the mail was delivered on time every day. Voila! Problem solved. The military doesn’t operate at a profit or ...
8/ the CDC or the state department. I would guess that as govt services go getting your mail on time rates very high on people’s lists. But to make the PO “profitable” we’re pushing through draconian service cuts that are leaving people’s packages taking weeks to ...
9/ and more critically making people’s meds not come on time or just not having that fucking letter from your friend not take weeks. Budget a few billion dollars a year out of federal budget of trillions (!!!) and the whole problem goes away.
10/ There’s a decent chance that’s not even necessary with some good faith fixes and new revenue streams. But that’s the worst case scenario. Who wants to get their mail on time? Who wants small businesses not to go under because the PO has endless ...
11/ package delays? Seriously fuck this. These are totally fixable problems. The end.
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