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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't see the point of privatizing it.  All of the profitable shipping has been picked of by UPS and FedEx.

The only point would be...   to mess with mail in ballots.[/quote]

It's about getting rid of the non-cost effective stuff, like rural delivery.  UPS, FedEx, and Amazon subcontract to USPS to deliver to those areas because otherwise it would be prohibitively expensive.  Let the free market work!  Why should the federal government subsidize those very successful companies?[/quote]

It isn't subsidizing UPS, it is subsidizing poor rural people.  Just like the rural access to utilities like electricity, phone, internet.

Rural delivery of mail should be once a week and only if you didn't pick up your mail in town.
Going down a rural route to deliver junk mail is dumb as fk[/quote]

In many small towns mail delivery on rural routes does only happen once every 3 days or every other day. My aunt lives on a farm in a rural location and only receives mail on Saturday and Wednesday.

Years ago when I lived in more 'rural' area of Loudoun county before it was developed, we were every-other-day mail delivery unless we wanted to sign up for a PO Box to get mail daily.

IMO, the crackdown needs to come with junk mail. The bulk mailing rates are far too low for that crap. I lived in an apartment building for a short time between selling my house and moving into our current house and the lobby of the building was littered with junk mail people threw on the floor after checking their mail. I never understood why the building didn't add a trashcan there. Paying $2800/month to be greeted by junk mail was so trashy.   [/quote]

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