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Doug, ye overlooked something.

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    Jolly
    wrote on 22 Feb 2022, 19:35 last edited by
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    FedEx and UPS will not deliver anywhere. The USPS does.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/close-the-usps-cut-600-000-people-and-31-000-offices/ar-AAUaEoX?ocid=msedgntp

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      Mik
      wrote on 22 Feb 2022, 20:09 last edited by
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      That would have to be carefully planned and regulated. Given the current state of the USPS I have my doubts about whether that could be done effectively without turning the carriers into a de facto federal agency.

      Other problems I can imagine is what if the carriers, one or all, decide that business is not profitable enough and they discontinue it?

      The USPS is going through the same sea change as so many industries in ever changing technology. Let them wade through it and see what comes out the other side. The alternative is killing 600,000 good jobs and replacing them with Walmart-level ones.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        Jolly
        wrote on 22 Feb 2022, 20:40 last edited by
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        People think USPS guys start at $60k/yr. They don't. Those contracts changed years ago.

        A starting letter carrier makes about $3/ he more than Walmart.

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          Mik
          wrote on 22 Feb 2022, 21:06 last edited by
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          No, they don't have the same level job. But they have good benefits.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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