It would mean that business related mail being delivered to both homes and businesses will be delivered on the following Monday instead. That's a delay for those who plan to use that mail on that Saturday.
You are the one that said "Think about how much business will be delayed...". So again, what would hurt so badly that could not wait until Monday?
This is why Gov gets so bloated. People complain about taxs, cost, prices, etc... yet when the Gov trys to cut cost and streamline they get bitched at as well.
Most businesses don't operate on saturday anyway, so everything is still processed on Monday.
Saturday delivery is pretty much just a pep for people at home.
For those interested, take a look at their financial statements.
http://www.usps.com/financials/anrpt08/pg47.htm
I personally think eliminating saturdays is a pretty good cost cutting idea.
While Saturday delivery is nice, I don't think it's a necessity. In most parts of the world (I'm in Canada, but have lived in Australia as well), delivery is from Monday to Friday. No one is up in arms about not getting mail on Saturday. Mail that goes through the postal service usually isn't time sensitive and there isn't a guarantee on delivery times through the postal service either.
If you're going to get inconvenienced by not getting mail on Saturday, use a courier service like Fedex or UPS. (which by the way doesn't deliver Saturdays or Sundays either unless you pay extra for the service)
The economy is hurting right now, and businesses are looking at ways to cut costs. This is probably one of the better ideas of cutting costs. Think of it this way - would you want postal rates to go up, or lose Saturday delivery?
If you're going to get inconvenienced by not getting mail on Saturday, use a courier service like Fedex or UPS. (which by the way doesn't deliver Saturdays or Sundays either unless you pay extra for the service)
The economy is hurting right now, and businesses are looking at ways to cut costs. This is probably one of the better ideas of cutting costs. Think of it this way - would you want postal rates to go up, or lose Saturday delivery?
All I am saying is that there will be a loss tied to it and a lot of businesses operate on Saturday especially these days. Those losses are also losses that are normally taxed so the amount of tax dollars you save by cutting out Saturdays may not be very attractive. I can't say for sure without the numbers. If I am wrong then I am wrong, but I think that the only foolish decision would be the one where we automatically assume that it will save us tax money. It may not and if it does then the amount it saves may not justify the inconvenience.
There is little to no lose from losing Sat delivery. Most business that use mail for business are not even open on Sat.
You are the one to put it forward and can't even come up with one way a large number of business's will lose money.
KeithP
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I would mind. In fact, I think they should be going in the opposite direction and offer service on Sunday.
If they want to save money, how about they do an across the board 25% pay cut in workers salaries? I am sure that any of their workers that don't like that would have no trouble finding new jobs with their qualifications and experience.
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If they want to save money, how about they do an across the board 25% pay cut in workers salaries? I am sure that any of their workers that don't like that would have no trouble finding new jobs with their qualifications and experience.
-KeithP
Sure let that happen and see how fast people attack them for hurting Vets. You do know that the Fed Gov (including PO) have a Vets preferance rule. So a large number of them are Vets.
Good luck with that when Congressman and Sentors start hearing from vet groups.
No, I can't prove it without some solid estimates and nor can you prove me wrong without them either.
That doesn't really matter though. I don't care if I am wrong and you are right. I just want to make sure that all of the details are considered. It is dumb to automatically assume that this is a good thing.
We are talking about USPS. Not FedEx/UPS.
Beyond that, I don't see how everything will magically get moved to Monday. There is only so much time in a single day.
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Fayd
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that's not feasible.
i dont have a problem with them doing what is required to become more profitable. however, there are some minimum standards that they need to adhere to.
so if they want to suspend saturday delivery, so be it.
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Pretty much, but that's only because they are not allowed to by law. Perhaps they could do it at a lower cost than the post office... Lysander Spooner did.
a different article i read on this same topic was talking about them stopping tuesday delivery since it is the slowest day and keeping saturday delivery. i would not have a problem with that i think.
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