tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post6044786048050981773..comments2024-03-28T21:28:13.555-10:00Comments on Dead Tree Edition: How USPS Is Like an Airline, and Why That MattersD. Eadward Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-83232855813504819702013-12-24T17:48:36.138-10:002013-12-24T17:48:36.138-10:00Just read the actual legislation mentioned above. ...Just read the actual legislation mentioned above. The USPS is required to pay between 5.4 and 5.8 billion dollars a year from 2007 to 2016 in the Retirement and Health Benefits Fund to fully fund that account through 2056.<br /><br />This pre-funding method is unique to the USPS. No corporation, if corporations still offered actual pensions, would be required to do this. This cash suck is killingPeter Drewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-3529813588791321272013-12-19T08:17:46.039-10:002013-12-19T08:17:46.039-10:00The USPS s more like a utility than an airline. It...The USPS s more like a utility than an airline. It delivers its relatively consistent product flow with established transmission lines. <br /><br />The difference is pricing. We pay for utilities at the point of delivery and it is metered service. The supplier pays a price to put the product on the grid, whether phone, electricity, water etc. <br /><br />Allow customers to choose a range of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-43284217649885104942013-12-19T07:53:03.559-10:002013-12-19T07:53:03.559-10:00The irony is that the Post Office would be running...The irony is that the Post Office would be running a surplus of $600 million this year if it weren't for Congress. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of '06 was passed in a lame duck session by the Republican congress in 2006. It forces the Post Office to pre-pay, in first dollars, 75 years worth of healthcare for retirees in 10 years. They are being forced to put $5 billion Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-65604569518970845782013-12-18T07:50:08.463-10:002013-12-18T07:50:08.463-10:00The USPS has a tremendous unique but underutilized...The USPS has a tremendous unique but underutilized asset: It has hundreds of thousands of workers who every day go to every signgle mailbox for every single resident and business.<br /><br />The network could be used not only for delivery of the mail, but as eyes and ears for other branches of government. Think of the power of all these postmen & postwomen looking for missing children, lost Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479825141086754493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-32649751626827856782013-12-18T06:40:13.499-10:002013-12-18T06:40:13.499-10:00Double down on what Jamison saidDouble down on what Jamison saidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-47273222242143354842013-12-18T05:54:51.578-10:002013-12-18T05:54:51.578-10:00The problem with this analysis is that it fails to...The problem with this analysis is that it fails to recognize that rates are some of the lowest in the world and the elasticity studies just don't support the contentions of the vast majority of the mailing industry (yes some products are more susceptible to increases).<br />Mail is still a unique media and still works better than e-mail and some other alternatives. Keeping rates low while M. Jamisonhttp://www.savethepostoffice.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-88560337018390288082013-12-18T04:08:47.271-10:002013-12-18T04:08:47.271-10:00If the USPS was like an airline would there have b...If the USPS was like an airline would there have been a wage increase spread out over 2 and half years with 7 cost of living increases equalling about 8% completed by 2015? The rest of the Federal government has not seen anything like this. If it did taxes would be going up to provide service. Airlines on the other hand would go belly up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com