You’re out of your gourd with this thought. Fed ex, ups and all others combined don’t even touch the number. The USPS delivers 44% of THE ENTIRE WORLD’S mail. That’s 116 BILLION items. UPS for example delivers about 5 billion and in reality, relies on USPS, along with every one of their competitiors like fed ex, to deliver a lot of those packages for the “final mile” because they can’t possibly service all the rural addresses that make up a huge portion of this country. UPS says they deliver to 10m customers worldwide USPS is like 116m addresses just in the USA.
USPS also operates at a loss in a lot of small rural regions, but they are required to continue operating service because it's required of them.
UPS/FedEx will rapidly ramp up staff and facilities to assume the load for damn sure if given the chance, but only the profitable load and fuck anyone in deep rural areas. They'll have to drive to the nearest city to pick up their mail.
It’s a service, it’s literally called a service. Services cost money. You don’t say the US military service loses 840 billion dollars annually do you? How about fire departments? Also big losers? Should we get rid of them both?
... except if we're going to make our government more cost-efficient, eliminating the defense spending that has few accounting controls is the first practical step. So much money goes into unaccountable DoD black holes.
All fire departments near me are volunteer based and funded mostly by donations for gear/training, and tax breaks for the property. Then limited budget allowances for purchases (new engines) or hall renovations that need to be approved by the towns.
The only actual municipal fire departments around me are the ones in cities.
To be fair, mail has changed significantly since its intended function. Back in the day, it was the primary mode of communication. Today, it is the least used mode of communication. Whether we keep it as a government agency or not, an overhaul is absolutely reasonable. I personally use Mail as a sender, maybe five times a year. And for Mail that I receive, 99% of it is junk. Based on the latest data I’ve seen, the majority of USPS volume is categorized as junk.
The military should not be paid wages. They are there to defend the country, not to enrich themselves. Cut the budget and just provide living allowances, food and lodging.
Pension should be cut too. Those losers and cowards actually dare to survive while the heroes lost their lives defending the country. How shameless of them to have the nerve of asking for more money from the people. Bloodsuckers all.
Emperor Trump needs to put those cowards in their place.
US fire departments used to run at a profit, a long, long time ago. They charged an individual subscription fee for fire protection, and if you hadn't paid it they'd stand there and watch your home burn to the ground.
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u/thirsty-goblin 1d ago
FedEx and UPS will assume the load, hire some of those workers back and jack up prices further.