Postal Service on the verge of default

[moonbladem]

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[moonbladem]

To be honest, and I'm sure not everyone will agree with me on this, I wouldn't mind, say, a 20 cent hike on postal rates. Factoring gas prices, the fact that your postage includes the cost of return postage, operating costs, staff salary, mail vehicle maintenance etc, it's still cheaper than sending mail via commercial mail carriers.

The Postal Service is still a vital service. People and businesses still depend on it daily to send stuff cheaply, efficiently and reliably. All this privatization nonsense will result in one thing: increased prices. That should never be allowed to happen.

[romp]

I agree re privatization. This seems to match the pattern of starving a public service so that it *has* to be saved with privatization. >:/

Wasn't there talk of the USPS dropping Saturday delivery? Canada doesn't have it and I don't miss it.

[bellonia]

USPS does not deliver on Sundays, so.

[romp]

I know the USPS doesn't deliver on Sundays. Canada Post doesn't deliver on Saturdays or Sundays and I believe I saw a proposal for the USPS to cut Saturdays to save money.

[bellonia]

Sorry! I realllly misread that.

[romp]

:)

[sihaya09]

Yes, my mail carrier tells me Saturday delivery will likely be phased out.