Re: The Oldest Not-for-Profit Monopoly Is in Trouble
March 2, 2010
David, consumers have already found a way around rate hikes in first class mail: cheap cell phones and cheaper email! This is of course part of the reason the USPS is in trouble — demand for snail mail is decreasing.
As for canceling Saturday USPS service (an oxymoron), I’ll see it when I believe it. People older than me say they’ve been talking about this for a long time, but the labor union always blocks it.
Kathryn Muratore [send her mail] is a full-time mom and a former Chemistry professor. She holds a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley. Visit her blog protesting the TSA's naked scanners.
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