Reply #2: There isn't excess capacity of mail processing centers. That is a lie. [View All]

[matmar]

With the current overnight standard in place, there is not overcapacity of processing centers. First class mail volume has dropped but that is due to the current economic depression we are in. Mail volume will increase as the economy gains strength.

What they don't tell you is just how big a chunk of their money problems are attributed to their boondoggle investment into new Flat Sorter Sequence Machines. There should be an investigation into that "Rube Goldberg". They spent at least $1.4 BILLION dollars for these machines to process an ever dwindling volume of mail (according to the USPS).

I wonder if the USPS is covertly using the huge cost of these machines as part of their presentation and justification for changing the overnight standard and closing mail processing centers. In other words, an accounting trick due to a major f**k-up.

Arguing for changing first class mail delivery from an overnight standard to a 3 day standard giving the USPS the excuse that they have overcapacity in mail processing centers is sort of like being at a High School track meet and one sprinter is complaining that the race is too short and wants to run slower and longer while the other sprinters run the original race. How do you come out the winner in that scenario?