USPS to cut Saturday mail beginning in August

Another failed government jobs program dying on the vine:

The Postal Service will announced today an end to Saturday delivery for first class mail, numerous media outlets are reporting.

Package delivery, which has seen growth in recent years as online purchasing booms, will continue under the plan.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/06/us-postal-service-delivery-mail-saturdays/1895277/?sf9295901=1

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The USPS loses $25 million per day.

It is also a function that is actually supposed to be done under the Constitution. Of course having failed at that, big government lovers want tens of thousands of other government programs, including national health care, which will go just swell.

While conceptially it may be a "dinosaur" it isn't dead yet:

167.9 billion — number of mail pieces processed in 2011

80% of the USPS budget goes to salaries and benefits

that is the definition of failure in business

that's fine by me. Then lets call it a quasi-govt agency abject failure. No-layoff clauses for union workers, no branches can be closed soley because they lose money, and on and on. If it's not going to be about profit (and i agree about costs being higher if it were for profit) then let's cut the fat off the pig. But that's not going to happen so  

That is exactly right. The USPS has simply become a government service for businesses, especially corporations, at the expense of government. Those who use the USPS for personal mail has continued to dwindle while businesses, especially the larger ones, have taken advantage of the bulk rates at minimal costs. I don't have a problem with providing a service to businesses at great rates, but the problem is, as this thread points out, it does so at the expense of its ability to succeed.

First thing, just because some of you dont want or use the postal service, that doesnt mean the other 300 million plus people in the country dont want or use it.

Next thing, the post office doesnt cost tax payers one dime, so stop your crying. 

Next thing, if the post office would have been charging more the last 30 plus years, they wouldnt be in the mess they are in now.

You can blame the workers all you want, but the thing is management screwed this up bigtime.

It really is funny how some of you guys on this site complain and cry about other occupations wages and benefits as being overpaid, but not once do any of you say your overpaid. I guess you all are deserving of what you get paid.

Go send a letter thru ups or fed ex and you will see its not gonna cost you 46 cents, your gonna pay at least 5 bucks. Pretty big difference from 46 cents. None of you cant see the mismangement in that?  wake up and take the blinders off.

Now if the postal service does go out of business, you can bet your assssssssss ups and fed ex, will be pumping the cost of just mailing letters to God only knows what. I personally mail out a bunch of letters each month and i sure as hell dont want to get raped paying probably over 10 bucks a letter by these corporate chumps. On top of that fed ex and ups's businesses arent setup like the post office, so they would have to change a ton of things, which the costs would be passed down to the customers.

Honestly some of you should actually read and educate yourselevs on a subject before just running your mouths and crying about peoples jobs non stop.

There are millions and millions of people who still actually send their bills out thru the mail and dont want to pay online, especially with all the cyber crooks out there, trying to steal peoples info.

am sure none of these millions and millions people want to pay big bucks each month to mail letters.

They have said if the post office just raised stamps right now by 25 cents, it would solve all of their problems.

But you know what guys, keep wishing for the postal service, which isnt costing you anything to go out of business and hundreds of thousands of people to lose their jobs.  That would be great for the economy

Long as its not your jobs, right guys

Also some of you might want to read your Constitution and what it says about the post office or do you guys just want to pick and choose what parts of the Constitution suit your needs?  Cant have it both ways

Next thing, the post office doesnt cost tax payers one dime, so stop your crying

Um, yes it does. See, when they lose $16 billion per year, where do you think that money to cover their operations comes from?

I would rather pay $1.25

use online banking and it shouldnt cost you anything

I tend to agree. I think the whole flat rate pricing for 1st class mail should be examined.

Why don't they cost it out by regions or something? I see no reason why they shouldn't charge you $1 to mail a letter from NYC to LA, for example.

Dont girl about taxes or tax increases if you liked the good "bargain"

No such thing as a free lunch

What are you referring too?

Do you disagree, that the price I paid ( 0.45 ) to send a letter over 5,000 miles is not a good bargain ?

I am saying that through taxation you pay a much higher price than the .45 cents you spent for that one letter....you know that Slim....you are too smart not to my man.

We basically have universal mail care where  we all pay the same subsidized amount for a letter.