Nov 19 2012: When in the past year have you:
- received something via postal service that could not have been delivered via e-mail
or
- received something that could not have been delivered by a non tax payer subsidised service
For me it is never.
If the USPS cant support itself it should fade away.
Nov 19 2012: We need a new vision of what the postal service is and what it provides.
When postal services were formed they were critical, but with digital communications we need a new vision.
It is currently a government subsidized social service.
90% of what it delivers can probably be served better by private industry.
80 % of what I receive is junk mail and it goes straight into the recycling.
The only people that need this subsidized service are people that live > 20 miles from the nearest population center.
Its a social service that is nice to have but is a relic.
The current waste of tax payers money could be minimized by:
Initially cutting deliveries to three days a week then cut it down to one or two days a week.
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- received something via postal service that could not have been delivered via e-mail
or
- received something that could not have been delivered by a non tax payer subsidised service
For me it is never.
If the USPS cant support itself it should fade away.
A comment on Conversation: Debate: US Postal Service.
When postal services were formed they were critical, but with digital communications we need a new vision.
It is currently a government subsidized social service.
90% of what it delivers can probably be served better by private industry.
80 % of what I receive is junk mail and it goes straight into the recycling.
The only people that need this subsidized service are people that live > 20 miles from the nearest population center.
Its a social service that is nice to have but is a relic.
The current waste of tax payers money could be minimized by:
Initially cutting deliveries to three days a week then cut it down to one or two days a week.