Mail distribution would be more efficiently ran privately. There is no rush in the post offices today. It doesn't matter. If they process 100 packages or 1 package, they still get paid. They still have their lunch/coffee breaks at the busiest time of the day. They will still leave at 5pm.
This is not all the Postal Service's fault. Congress has limited their efforts to raise revenue idespite record deficits of America's oldest entity. The USPS will have to be "phased out" however. They can not just be gone.
Here is a list of ideas on how to phase out the USPS:
-- No new hires and early-retirement incentives.
-- Only deliver on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
-- Halt large-package delivery. Sell-off (spin-off) that division to the highest bidder. (This division will never be able to compete with UPS, FedEx, etc., so why compete?)
-- Close smaller branches where large branches are reasonably close. Sell this land.
-- Establish regional stamps. The idea that sending identical letters next door and 3000 miles away cost the same is preposterous. It's anti-business. It's anti-profit.
-- Create employee bonus incentives for busy days.
-- Relocate Passport Services to local DMVs (in final phase).
-- Phase-out junk mail. Contract with private industry to carry this load.
-- Work with industry to promote and further progress of e-payments for bills. (Majority of personal mail sent.)
-- Establish new service solely for military mail.
-- Halt all advertising, marketing, and sponsorships.
The fact is that small businesses, 100s of them, will start up as a result of the USPS closing. You will not have one choice for that letter you need to send, you will have ten. A few this way down the street, a couple more that way. They will optimize the business better than any government entity - therefore speedier service with less headache. Where there is demand for services, small businesses will supply that service. Thousands of private jobs will be created, a plus for our economy, and a plus for federal payroll.
Maybe in a small country a state-run postal system could adequately service the people, but not in a vast nation as this one. Phasing out the USPS in a matter-of-fact manner will better serve the people. The government will be better off, the industry will be better off, and our tax-pockets will be better off.
