http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/tfn-enews/tfn-enews-08062009-without-the-post-office-how-will-we-get-paid-9718.html Today's Financial News offers an independent and very practical perspective on the U.S. and global investment markets. We filter out exactly what financial news is worth paying attention to... and what it means for your money and portfolio Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:08:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/tfn-enews/tfn-enews-08062009-without-the-post-office-how-will-we-get-paid-9718.html#comment-4203 Donna Whiting Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:40:11 +0000 http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/tfn-enews/tfn-enews-08062009-without-the-post-office-how-will-we-get-paid-9718.html#comment-4203 I find it ironic that as a former Postal Employee, you can off he top of your head make the statements tht you do with absolutely no knowledege of the US Postal system. For a lousy 44 cents you can mail a letter anywhere in the US and have it forwarded for one year at no cost. It is not because of competition, we are far cheaper than they are. It is because of the Laws still enacted by Congress that prevents us from moving ahead. We are mandated to deliver mail 6 days to every household. We pick up millions in deliveries every year and we exist soley on the sale of our products. Yet, you expect to open your front door and reach into your mailbox everyday for free. The American public has long been spoiled by the service they receive and they expect it all at no cost, yet UPS and FED Ex would never do what the USPS does. They would be bankrupt. They take the cream of the crop and what they don't want, they pass off to local Post Offices for delivery at the consumers cost, which is higher and the consumer doesn't even know it. The Postal Service does an amazing job moving the mail every day. Maybe you should take a serious look for yourself and go visit and see how that letter or package you mailed goes about it's destination. It is an effecient and modern system. By the way, the Postal Service never has delivered Social Security checks on Saturday. If the date falls on weekend it is delivered on Friday, always has been. Maybe Jo Ann Emerson should join you on your tour. The US Postal Service is by far the best bang for your dollar, yet the American public for some reason feels that their tax dollars pay for it and everything should be for free. No tax dollars pay for the USPS.They exist soley on the sale of their of products. How much do you even imagine it costs on a daily basis to send a carrier to your home every day? For Free........ Unless you bought some stamps that day. Time to look at the whole picure here. Please do so........... I find it ironic that as a former Postal Employee, you can off he top of your head make the statements tht you do with absolutely no knowledege of the US Postal system. For a lousy 44 cents you can mail a letter anywhere in the US and have it forwarded for one year at no cost. It is not because of competition, we are far cheaper than they are. It is because of the Laws still enacted by Congress that prevents us from moving ahead. We are mandated to deliver mail 6 days to every household. We pick up millions in deliveries every year and we exist soley on the sale of our products. Yet, you expect to open your front door and reach into your mailbox everyday for free. The American public has long been spoiled by the service they receive and they expect it all at no cost, yet UPS and FED Ex would never do what the USPS does. They would be bankrupt. They take the cream of the crop and what they don’t want, they pass off to local Post Offices for delivery at the consumers cost, which is higher and the consumer doesn’t even know it. The Postal Service does an amazing job moving the mail every day. Maybe you should take a serious look for yourself and go visit and see how that letter or package you mailed goes about it’s destination. It is an effecient and modern system. By the way, the Postal Service never has delivered Social Security checks on Saturday. If the date falls on weekend it is delivered on Friday, always has been. Maybe Jo Ann Emerson should join you on your tour. The US Postal Service is by far the best bang for your dollar, yet the American public for some reason feels that their tax dollars pay for it and everything should be for free. No tax dollars pay for the USPS.They exist soley on the sale of their of products. How much do you even imagine it costs on a daily basis to send a carrier to your home every day? For Free…….. Unless you bought some stamps that day. Time to look at the whole picure here. Please do so………..

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