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    Postmeister warnt vor „Ende des Postdienstes, wie wir ihn kennen“

    https://www.newsweek.com/postmaster-warns-of-end-of-postal-service-as-we-know-it-11686357?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=reddit_influencers

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    2. Newsweek_CarloV on

      From the article:

      The head of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is expected to tell Congress on Tuesday that the agency needs to increase its borrowing capacity or face „the end of the Postal Service ​as we know it now.“

      „In order to ensure our survival beyond next year, we need ⁠to increase our borrowing capacity so that we don’t run out of cash,“ Postmaster General David Steiner’s written testimony ​obtained by Reuters said. „The failure to do this could lead to the end of the Postal Service ​as we know it now.“

      USPS, which delivers to more than 170 million U.S. addresses ​six days a week, has a borrowing cap of $15 billion and has already hit ​that limit.

      Read more: [https://www.newsweek.com/postmaster-warns-of-end-of-postal-service-as-we-know-it-11686357?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=reddit_influencers](https://www.newsweek.com/postmaster-warns-of-end-of-postal-service-as-we-know-it-11686357?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=reddit_influencers)

    3. craniumcanyon on

      >The head of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is expected to tell Congress on Tuesday that the agency needs to increase its borrowing capacity or face „the end of the Postal Service ​as we know it now.“

      >Steiner’s testimony identified potential options to cut costs, including ending six-day-a-week deliveries, closing post offices or raising first-class mail stamp prices to $1 or more, ​up from the current $0.78.

      >Steiner said USPS would save about $3 billion a year by only delivering five days a week, and $840 million by closing small post offices in remote areas. He said these ideas „may not be palatable to Congress or the American public.“

    5. dubphonics on

      Amazon will do it for a song and a dance. Just ask Jeff “the humanitarian” Bezos. Man has every American’s well-being at heart. Such a sweetheart.

    7. ianrl337 on

      Don’t they still have to keep an insane amount of cash on hand for pensions out to 30 years? More than any company normally and can do.

    8. JFJinCO on

      DeJoy knew they were sabotaging it, and got out before it could be blamed on him.

    9. biscuitarse on

      Taking the ‚public service‘ out of the American Postal Service. Ain’t unfettered capitalism grand?

    10. Grantagonist on

      I can’t figure out why Democrats can’t make an issue out of this in messaging to rural areas where the Post Office is probably an important institution/utility in towns. I’m sure most people will realize that they’re not going to get a better deal from FedEx and UPS.

    14. 0nlyhalfjewish on

      Another FAFO moment for rural trump voters. That last leg of deliveries to rural areas is usually done by USPS. Why? Not profitable.

      From AI: The USPS „final leg“ or last-mile delivery network connects over 170 million addresses, providing the crucial final step of shipping from local postal units to homes or businesses.

    15. w4rma on

      Billionaires stopped building things a while ago. Now they just destroy, pillage, and abuse children.

    16. intentionalfrowning on

      This postmaster general was on the board of directors for FedEx in case you’re wondering what direction this is going

    17. FluidFisherman6843 on

      Just a reminder that there is more constitutional basis for the post office than there is for a standing military.

    18. IvanTortuga on

      We need to balkanize already. I’m sick of 1/3rd of this country absolutely fucking it up for the rest of us.

    19. SuperstitiousPigeon5 on

      It’s a service, it’s guaranteed by the constitution. Go fuck yourself.

    20. JDogg126 on

      A long time ago Ronald Reagan joked about the problem with government is government. Republicans have spent 46 years doing everything they can to make those words true. Decades of defunding, deficit spending, deregulation, privatization, etc all to pillage and make profit from things that should never have a profit motive. Be it water, electricity, security, healthcare, education, etc none of that should have a profit motive. It should all be run by the people for the people to make a better, more stable, and more prosperous society for all — not just the few.

    21. oxdeaddeed on

      If we can afford to go to war with a country every other week, we can afford to fund the damn mailman

    23. MiloGoesToTheFatFarm on

      Buying stamps and sending stuff via usps is fundamentally American.

    24. Zappavishnu on

      We used to have a postal system that was the envy of the world.
      Now, like everything else, it’s being destroyed by the GOP because they think everything should be private.

    26. Unique-Coffee5087 on

      One thing that people don’t realize is that the United States has some of the cheapest first-class mail in the world. A domestic letter in the Netherlands costs about 1.2 euros, which is about $1.30. a domestic letter within the United States, which is a huge area, costs about $0.80. A first class domestic letter in the UK would cost the equivalent of a $2.25.

      I do not understand why people complain about the US postal service as though it were inefficient. Especially considering that it has to provide service to far-flung rural addresses without a surcharge.

    27. RoutineCowMan on

      It’s a service, fucking fund it instead of blowing up innocent girls in Iran.

      The Republicans wanted this forever, and they are evil for destroying a great institution.

    29. takesjuantogrowone on

      Don’t forget the underlying racist motivations:

      >Postal jobs have long been a road to the middle-class for Black Americans. The Postal Service began employing Black workers shortly after the Civil War and became a major source of good, middle-class jobs for this share of the workforce in the early 20th century.

      >In 2022, Black workers made up 29.0 percent of the Postal Service workforce — more than double their 12.6 percent share of the total U.S. labor force. According to Institute for Policy Studies analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data, postal workers have by far the highest median annual wage ($51,730) and the highest median hourly wage ($24.87) among the 10 occupations with the heaviest representation of Black workers.

      https://inequality.org/article/postal-service-jobs-black-workers/

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