FedEx is slower than the Pony Express

Mar 15, 2021 Last reply: 5 years ago 30 Replies

That gets back to that union that coerced a pension plan that congress approved but never properly funded. It was the classic DC "Kick the can down the road". I agree the biggest single problem for the post office is their unfunded pension plan but that is true of virtually all government pension plans. It is why our big cities are broke.

Government unions are in the unique position of being able to negotiate from both sides of the table. They have the political power to choose the politicians they have to negotiate with and on things like pensions, that politician will not be around when the time bomb they create, goes off.

More FUD There is zero evidence that mail problems did anything to affect the election. I was not aware people ever "mailed" their kids but I assume that is even less that putting them on Allegiant and probably safer.

They don't make them like him anymore. I don't want some useless prettyboy. I want a guy who can build, shoot, cook, and make me laugh.

Cindy Hamilton

On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:53:42 -0500, Jim Joyce posted for all of us to digest...

No s*it! They 'moved' it fast because they didn't like the smell. 8)

On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:39:07 -0400, snipped-for-privacy@aol.com posted for all of us to digest...

I have always mused on the postage rates. It costs more to start the car to take it to PO than that. They lose a little on each one but make it up in volume...

On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:10:01 -0400, Retirednoguilt posted for all of us to digest...

I agree

On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:19:22 -0400, Ed Pawlowski posted for all of us to digest...

I thought I saw this on the Andy Griffith Show, glued stamps to the forehead, maybe Leave It to Beaver. IDK

It is declining but still very important. Rather than slow things down, pay a fair price. Not just first class but the junk stuff too.

I use one or two stamps a week. What I send often travels 1200 to 1500 miles. Double the price and it is still a decent price for what you get.

Another factor is packages. Trump is jealous of Jeff Bezos because he is worth more than Trump. Therefore he went after him by making false claims. Another reason he brought it DeJoy to ruins the Postal Service

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Package delivery, however, was one of the few bright spots in its latest financial statement. In 2017, parcels brought in $19.5 billion, or 28 percent of USPS? annual revenue. At $2.1 billion, packages contributed the largest revenue increase.

While we don?t know the deal USPS crafted with Amazon, we know it?s not losing money. A 2006 law codified profitability into law, and an independent regulatory commission that reviews their deals annually gave it a green light on March 29.

When you have a 15GB / month data cap... I do stream some Amazon stuff but I have to be careful.

I agree package service is a money maker for the USPS but they are not artificially constrained from raising package rates to reflect actual cost. hat os only 1st class. I agree if it takes another dime a letter to put 1st class back in the black, do it but they still have that unfunded pension liability problem.

Fed X does not have that issue. PBGC assures that Fed X funded their pension plan and now they really don't have one for anyone hired in about a dozen years so that is not really a drain on their budget.

UPS is tied to the Teamsters fund that has been robbed and the Democrats just threw $8B at it in this last spending bill.

Please cite the Constitutional reference that forbids a standing army. I see,"To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years". All that says is that Congress can't provide for funds for an Army that are paid in perpetuity. It doesn't preclude raising a standing army. If I missed it elsewhere in the Constitution, please provide it.

Do not confuse the authority of what is written in certain Acts of Congress (laws) that can or have been interpreted by some to ban a standing Army with the authority of what is written in a Constitutional prohibition. Besides, there's no legal definition I know of that defines how long a "standing army" must exist.

George Washington wanted a provision that we wouldn't have a standing army but there is no evidence that he had much input to the constitution.

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