Letters can be send as packages instead. They already are, because the letters are more expensive. This is the main reason for why the postal service is no longer financially viable. It was privatized and outcompeted.
I believe the price for shipments is artificially low. It’s not reasonable that I can order boxes from China cheaper and faster than delivering a letter across town.
It WAS a service, then people stopped needing the service so it was privatized to see if the remaining users would pay for it. It seems the answer was no, so its smart to cut it.
When I lived in Korea, it was cheaper for me to ship something in from the US than it was to ship something from the US to just across the border in Canada.
Letters can be send as packages instead. They already are, because the letters are more expensive. This is the main reason for why the postal service is no longer financially viable. It was privatized and outcompeted.
I believe the price for shipments is artificially low. It’s not reasonable that I can order boxes from China cheaper and faster than delivering a letter across town.
The postal service is a SERVICE the goal was never profit.
Besides, it was profitable until Bush made utterly absurd changes to their pension fund.
It WAS a service, then people stopped needing the service so it was privatized to see if the remaining users would pay for it. It seems the answer was no, so its smart to cut it.
When I lived in Korea, it was cheaper for me to ship something in from the US than it was to ship something from the US to just across the border in Canada.
It’s cheaper to mail a package or letter from US to Canada than it is to mail that same package within Canada (taxes notwithstanding).