“UPS and FedEx are doing just fine.
It’s the Post Office that’s always having problems.”
Barack Obama
He didn’t explain why maybe you can.
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4 thoughts on “September 6, 2010 Maxim”
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The Post Office uses private contractors, FedEx and UPS has its own employees. Contractors have a guaranteed job for the length of the congtract. Employees can be fired. Big difference in the “care” factor at work.
Kollin
Actually the post office is one of the largest employers in the country. It has 700,000 plus employees. They use contractors to move interstate mail but all of the local delivery and sorting is done by unionized employees. The employees are now fighting ending Saturday deliveries and other change necessary for the Post Office to remain viable as their volume goes down by five to ten percent per year.
One More thing:
The post office is the Amtrak of your generation you will have to subsidize it for your entire life. http://swcamborne.com/archives/free-postcards/free-cards-with-postage
I would much rather subsidize social security. that way I can retire. The way it is looking now I won’t be able to retire until I am 83.