Perriello and the Post Office
By Brian Kirwin | Friday, July 3rd, 2009 | Policy$2.8 billion in the red. That’s the Post Office, and it’s expected to double this year, according to the Postmaster General.
Rep. Tom Perriello chose to equate this model of inefficiency and red ink to Cap and Trade legislation.
“The reality is that the most people will pay is a postage stamp a day,” said the Congressman (Tertium Quids)
How many billions will it cost us, Tom?
And since the Post Office is proposing rationing delivery by cutting everyday delivery, will the Post Office be your model example for not only Cap and Trade, but Health Care as well?
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2 Responses to "Perriello and the Post Office"
Stay off the back of the Post Office. As our society shifts to doing more things via the internet, the post office is finding the volume of correspondence sent by snail mail decreasing. It is not because the post office is inefficient, but because just like any other industry, the post office benefits from economy of scale. As the volume decreases, the costs for each remaining piece of mail goes up.
Oh, and if you want to hear of one of the new ideas (which you may or may not like) that the Post Office is entertaining listen to this one.
Since the Post Office now has all of those less then filled up trucks going from post office to post office, they are considering getting involved more in the LTL (Less than Truck Load) freight industry. They might start hauling complete pallets of freight to fill up the trucks and make their runs more efficient. Of course UPS, the new YRC and the rest of the LTL industry are squawking about the government competition.
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