[Vision2020] "USPS vs. FedEx/UPS" Concerns

[Wayne Price]

Wrapping it  in a flag doesn't change the FACT that the US Postal  
Service, for one reason or another, LOST  over 5 BILLION dollars last  
year.
How do YOU propose to change that, or should the tax payers  cover the  
losses?












On Nov 21, 2011, at 11:20 AM, Moscow Cares wrote:

> A couple things to consider if the USPS were to close shop . . .
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> - If Mary Jones were to send a 15-pound Christmas package from  
> Moscow, Idaho to her son, CPL Jerry Smith, serving with Company D,  
> 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry at Harvey Barracks (Kitzingen,  
> Germany), it would cost her
>
> $45.50 by USPS
> http://ircalc.usps.gov/MailServices.aspx?country=10137&m=6&p=5&o=0
>
> $222.68 by UPS
> https://wwwapps.ups.com/ctc/request
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> - How many packages, on a monthly basis, are mailed by government  
> agencies in the state of Idaho?
>
> Another "savings" to be passed on to the tax-payer!
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> Thoughts, V-peeps?
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "If not us, who?
> If not now, when?"
>
> - Unknown
>
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