Reply #10: USPS "Corporate" management? The govt runs the USPS. [View All]

[akvo]

Raise the price of stamps.

There is no "corporate" boogy-man or right wing conspiracy behind the USPS finances. Its strictly numbers - the USPS is spending more than it takes in. The problem with USPS is that it was designed for a day when there was nothing but snail mail. The volume of mail is way down and with good reason.

People are using email and texting and messaging, smart phones and computers allow video conferencing over the internet - why would I use snail mail when I can have real time communication?

I can see and talk to my son in Afghanistan right now and see he is safe. He can hold up his phone camera and show me his buddies and how they are living, what he is eating, even show me what kind of socks they need.

Much of the function of the USPS has been overtaken by electronic media. Its like the horse at the start of the automobile age, there will always be some demand and need for the horse but its day is over.