Postal Service considering slower delivery to rural areas, Postmaster General says

[LiberalArkie]

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Posted: Aug 23, 2024 / 08:57 AM CDT

NewsNation) — The U.S. Postal Service is considering swapping some resources that would speed up delivery times for most of its customers, but it would come at the expense of those who live in rural and far-flung locations, according to a report in The Washington Post.

“We’re trying to save the Postal Service — not figuratively, not to advocate for something. We’re trying to literally save the Postal Service,” Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told the Post.

The plan is part of a larger proposal that hopes to save about $3 billion a year. It involves letting some mail and packages sit in some post offices and distribution hubs for an extra day instead of processing them immediately. That would allow USPS to devote more energy to serving the vast majority of customers who live within 50 miles of a mail processing center.

USPS says the shift would delay some deliveries by as much as a day but still achieve the goal of delivering everything in five days or fewer from coast to coast.

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https://www.kark.com/news/national-news/postal-service-considering-slower-delivery-to-rural-areas-postmaster-general-says/

EDIT to prevent locking "This is not a rightwing thing. This is from a more or less liberal Little Rock TV station.

[LiberalArkie]

1. I do not believe that the USPS should have to show a profit until the US Army and Navy have to show a profit

As they are also mentioned as government agencies or services.

[bullimiami]

2. Not acceptable. The primary mission of USPS is not to be profitable.

Fucking Dejoyless has to go already.

[MiHale]

3. They already do that...

Does that mean it gets worse?

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Couple of things:

1. Why is DeJoy still running the USPS?

2. I thought Congress repealed the onerous program for the USPS to pre-fund retirements of postal workers yet to be born. That cost the Post Office billions of dollars. And the savings would have replenished the funds.

[LiberalArkie]

8. Election is coming up. The bigger cities will probably go D. The rural probably R hopefully leaning D

SOOO. Get that rural (suburban) voters pissed at what "Biden" is doing to their Amazon deliveries and maybe swing some votes.

Amazon and others Online services are mainly delivering via USPS these days.

[-misanthroptimist]

5. Totally predictable

The entire Republican philosophy is "make life worse for all but the 'deserving'", and to make sure that can never change. The "deserving" being well-connected, situational christians.

[bluedigger]

6. Bring back the Pony Express!

It takes at least a week for correspondence to travel from my mailbox to city government and vice versa. I live seven miles from town, but everything travels four hundred miles to Albuquerque for sorting, and then is returned for delivery.

[OldBaldy1701E]

7. Hmm...

(Does anyone know if this is still the case?)

[Seinan Sensei]

9. Remind me again why Louis DeJoy is still Postmaster General ...?

DeJoy has between $30 million to $75 million invested-in USPS competitors.
DeJoy would profit mightily from USPS destruction.
(USA Today, Aug 13 2020)

I reckon it's a nice gig if you can get it.