The United States Post Office in CRISIS.
USA SOCIALIST WELFARE POLICY BLOWING UP
Six Days of "War" Spending = TWO Years of USPS Expenses
Postal Collapse = Millions of Jobs Lost
TIME TO PRIVATIZE THE POST OFFICE–GET IT OUT OF CONGRESSIONAL CONTROL
Washington — After finishing its busiest mailing and shipping season of the year in December, the United States Post Office posted its fourth quarterly loss in a row ($1.3 billion), partly due to increases in workers' compensation, retiree health benefits, and operating expenses.
That's why the Post Office is broke: Socialist welfare policies that make for great recruiting tools, but are hell to pay. Add to that our penchant for dropping lots of bombs, and Uncle Sam is broke.
The Postmaster General told Congress the Postal Service could run out of money as soon as this October if it keeps paying retirement and other obligations at current levels.
Let's put the USPS Crisis in perspective: The Department of Defense informed Congress that it spent $11.3 billion in the first six days of the undeclared war with Iran.
Stop.
Six days of Pentagon "war" spending of $11.3 billion would pay for the USPS for two entire years. To date, the "war" has cost nearly $20 billion.
The question for Congress and especially the people who elected them is this: “Is the ‘war’ with Iran worth deep-sixing the United States Post Office that has served ordinary Americans, Non-Profits, Candidates, and businesses for 250 years?”
Bigger than the bombs being dropped for Endless Wars are the socialist and unrealistic health benefits, workers' comp, and retirement benefits promised to postal employees. So who will pay for this fiasco? Of course, you and I will. Either higher postage costs or no post office at all.
Here is what the future of the USA looks like with no Post Office:
Millions of businesses, print shops, mail houses, data firms, and mail processors go out of business. . .
600,000 current postal employees out of work. . .
Thousands of non-profits will go out of business. . .
Three-hundred fifty million Americans no longer receive mail...
The USA joins the esteemed list of countries that do not deliver mail at all: Eritrea, Nauru, and Tuvalu. Never heard of them before now? Maybe no mail delivery is one reason why. And, finally. . .
The 700,000 retired postal workers receiving the “heaven on earth” benefits that no other private sector firm offers employees. . .they lose all of their benefits and have the pleasure of knowing their now lost benefits are what brought the whole system down.
What happens when the US Postal Service is finally shuttered? First there is a Constitutional question.
The United States Constitution grants Congress the power to establish the postal system in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7. This clause, known as the Postal Clause, explicitly empowers Congress: “To establish Post Offices and post Roads.”
Yet nowhere does it say that Congress must maintain postal service, and given the nature of Congress–to do absolutely nothing about anything–I bet that Congress does what it always does: nothing.
Under that scenario, questions abound. Can states take over delivery services? Can the private sector take it–Amazon, X, or a foreign government? Not only possible, but likely.
Consider the toll roads in Texas that make New Jersey blush with envy. Australia’s Macquarie Group “manages” the tolls in Texas, and, as a private company, it is impossible to dig into how much it makes on the deal. But, consider this: Texas tolls are raking Texans over the coals for $2.65 Billion annually–or $7.5 Million every single day. Ray Charles can see that Macquarie is doing just fine–even better than fine-they are rolling in barrels of cash. This arrangement also forces the successionists in Texas to succeed not only from the USA, but also from Australia!
Only under the watchcare of the US Government does the Postal Service die. No surprise there. But, in the private sector, where common sense generally prevails, the Post Office can have and will have a significant future life. I guess that it becomes a far better service, thousands more new jobs are created, taking the stress off of the current overworked employees, service is better, and guess what–the cost of a first-class stamp might actually be reduced.