USPS acts without congressional approval for delivery change.

• Aubog007 wrote on 2013-02-07 06:30
  http://postalnews.com/postalnewsblog/category/5-day-delivery/
  
  The U.S. Postal Service today continued its tradition, under the leadership of Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, of shooting itself in the foot. The only question that remains is: When will the madness end? By ending Saturday letter delivery in August 2013, as the USPS has proposed, millions of customers who take advantage of its services will be harmed, mail service will be slowed, and the USPS’s current death spiral will deepen.
  It is unclear where Postmaster General Donahoe thinks he has the authority to make this change without congressional approval. In making the move to end Saturday letter delivery, Postmaster General Donahoe has not only shown his complete disregard for the good of the USPS’s consumers, but he has also ignored the will of Congress. For decades, Congress has mandated six-day delivery. Congress must act to protect rural communities, small businesses, the elderly, and the disabled, among others by reasserting its authority over the U.S. Postal Service and stopping it from making such an irresponsible decision.
  
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  Personally, they are nuts, but waiting for congress approval would take years due to how slow they are.
  
  
  And yes i think the USPS is nuts and i work for them.
• Hanna wrote on 2013-02-07 06:38
  this is fucking bullshit
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2013-02-07 06:47
  Is the USPS actually even required for anything ever? I wouldn't mind if it died.
• Hanna wrote on 2013-02-07 06:50

  Quote from RebeccaBlack;1027744:

  Is the USPS actually even required for anything ever? I wouldn't mind if it died.

  
  
  Bills, packages, communication.
  Yeah.
  the USPS sends out 212 billion pieces of mail annually
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2013-02-07 06:54
  Why can't it be done through a private company like it already is for so many things in so many situations? It's not like they're doing it any better anyway.
• Hanna wrote on 2013-02-07 06:56

  Quote from RebeccaBlack;1027751:

  Why can't it be done through a private company like it already is for so many things in so many situations? It's not like they're doing it any better anyway.

  
  
  Not everyone has UPS or FedEx in their area, y'know, like me.
• Ashikoki wrote on 2013-02-07 06:56

  Quote from Aubog007;1027728:

  but waiting for congress approval would take years due to how slow they are.

  
  
  

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• Aubog007 wrote on 2013-02-07 07:14

  Quote from RebeccaBlack;1027744:

  Is the USPS actually even required for anything ever? I wouldn't mind if it died.

  
  
  This is everyone's argument, yet hilarious that so many things are mailed every year.
  
  
  One word
  Christmas.
  
  Also USPS has a "monopoly" over certain mailed goods that UPS and fedex cannot do.
  
  
  
  

  Quote from Ashikoki;1027755:

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  Quite true.
  
  
  
  Now you guys know the customer standpoint of this change, now for the postal service side.
  
  Loss of jobs, (carriers since no more saturday delivery)
  
  Big boost in savings. (Less gas, less wages paid)
  And some other stuff that i am finding out but on phone and shitty keyboard.
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2013-02-07 07:19

  Quote from Hanna;1027754:

  Not everyone has UPS or FedEx in their area, y'know, like me.

  
  You don't? Well damn, I thought they were everywhere.
• Hanna wrote on 2013-02-07 07:24

  Quote from RebeccaBlack;1027787:

  You don't? Well damn, I thought they were everywhere.

  
  
  Most busy towns have them but where I recently moved to, there are clusters of small towns scattered, each one having a small USPS and that's it
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2013-02-07 07:43
  I live in pretty much the middle of nowhere and there are some around here.
  
  Do you live in the west? The population density can get pretty bad out there.
• EndlessDreams wrote on 2013-02-07 07:52
  I think that last year, USPS lost like 15 billion dollars or something? 11 billion dollars was from pensions?
  
  Something has to change in USPS or government should cut funding from somewhere, and give it to them.
• Cannibal wrote on 2013-02-07 08:09
  I spoke to a customer who works for USPS tonight, and he said it won't happen. Apparently they're asking the Postmaster to go ahead and step down.
• Aubog007 wrote on 2013-02-07 09:13

  Quote from Cannibal;1027819:

  I spoke to a customer who works for USPS tonight, and he said it won't happen. Apparently they're asking the Postmaster to go ahead and step down.

  
  
  Well, they just gave everyone videos explaining the new changes.
  
  Keep in mind, i work in a large hub that employs hundreds of people
  A process and distribution center.
• Aubog007 wrote on 2013-02-07 09:13

  Quote from Cannibal;1027819:

  I spoke to a customer who works for USPS tonight, and he said it won't happen. Apparently they're asking the Postmaster to go ahead and step down.

  
  
  Well, they just gave everyone videos explaining the new changes.
  
  Keep in mind, i work in a large hub.