Reform the US Postal Service

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The current US Postal Service is a waste of money. They are trying to operate under old out dated service policies. Due to electronic mail and other means of sharing information and corporate competition, the USPS is/has become obsolete.

I propose the following revamping of the USPS:

  1. Stop all daily deliveries of all postage mail.
  2. Implement a staggered delivery of postage mail.
    A) Set deliveries by zip codes. So, the Postal Carriers will double up in zip codes to ensure faster deliveries and help with carrier shortage.
    B) Example: if a county has 4 zip codes then Mon, Wed, Fri all the Postal Carriers in the county would work judt teo zip codes. Then Tue, Thu, Sat they would eork thr other teo zip codes.
    C) By doing the above the USPS would be able to compete with UPS & FedEx by using some of the Postal Carriers to do more express deliveries daily.
    D) Move to a performance base incentive to encourage on time deliveries, productivity and accountability.
    E) Trim the fat at the top. Eliminate positions that are obsolete and consolidate others.
    F) Eliminate all unions within the USPS. Unions do not belong in government services and do nothing to help the service compete.

The USPS most under go a reforming of some kind. Without some reforming and out of the box thinking, the US Taxpayers will continue to bail them out of financial issues.

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I would add reduce the number of brick and mortar locations. When I lived in Houston, there were 5 post offices within 6 miles of my affluent neighborhood. These buildings do not need to be fancy or remodeled frequently. Maybe they could be in strip Centers with truck parking offsite, that is, separate the lobby from the back room work. Back room work can be done in a more basic building from the much smaller lobby. Obviously the cost/benefit would need analysis.

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Check and Balances. I think theft in the postal service needs to be addressed in your proposal. The system in place now the thieves have learned a “co-around.” They cannot compete without lowering their theft rate. The system is set up so the thieves have control. The ones stealing are the ones conducting the investigation! There is no Checks and Balances.