Post office looking to close offices to save money

people, we cant eliminate the postal system just like that.
that is actually unconstitutional, it is actually written into our constitution
to est a federal postal system. congress would have to add an amendment
to do that and the last time that happen Nixon was in Office so tough luck. I love the
post office, its not perfect but works for me just fine.
article 1 Section 8.

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;

To establish Post Offices and post Roads;

Like most of govt the PO is inefficient and wasteful. The govt could close alll offices and people probably would not even care.

I am a retired Letter Carrier and I saw this coming year's ago, to many chief's and not enough indian's, management had to have their way come hell or high water and now we the public will have to pay the price especially people in the rural area's. Even though we have a computer I still send my bill's thru the mail's if you don't use it you'll lose it, simple as that. and when we do it will be another American tradegy for our country, God help us and God help America.

as for as closing post offices,i think that maybe they should review closely to go to five days a week.people still depent on the mail sevice.alot of older people, dont have use of computers,to pay bills online.

Dear Post Office Management

Get rid of dead weight!
Get rid of problem workers!
Reduce salaries and hourly wages by 10%!
NO Bonuses, NONE, not until you start making money!
Get Congress out of your business!
Make employees pay half or more of their retirement package. It’s their package pay up.
Eliminate the Union NOW.

These ideas should be implemented from the top down, skipping no one.

I AM A RETIRED POST MASTER. I NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY WE CHARGED PEOPLE TO COME GET THEIR MAIL(P.O. BOX) AND DELIVERED IT FOR FREE.IF THEY STOPPED SAT. DELIVERY IT WOULD ELIMINATE ONE SIXTH OF THE WORKFORCE AND ONE SIXTH OF FUEL COST.

AS A RETIRED EMPLOYEE FROM THE POST OFFICE I CAN TELL YOU THIS....THE PROBLEM IS WE DID AWAY WITH THE ONE YEAR PROBATION PERIOD AND CHANGED IT TO 90 DAYS. ANYBODY CAN FAKE IT FOR 90 DAYS. THEN WE COULDN'T FIRE THEM BECAUSE THE UNION FORCED US TO KEEP THEM.THE GOOD EMPLOYEE HAD TO CARRY THEM AND THEY GET TIRED OF IT . THUS EVERYBODY IS DISGRUNTLED.

In typical fashion, they will probably only consider cuts at the bottom where the work gets done and not at the top where the problems lie.

We will never take back our country WITHOUT BLOODSHED. We are no different than our fellowmen of other countries. Our legal system is broken and sooner than later you will see America go the same way as middle East. Chaos, termoil all over the place. IT WILL HAPPEN HERE...WE NEED TO KEEP OUR GUNS FOR OUR OWN SELF-PRESERVATION. GOVERNMENTS ARE IN-EFFECTIVE......AS PROVEN IN OUR TIME. OF COURSE, IT WILL BE DENIED BY SOME, BUT THE EVIDENCE OF WHAT YOU SEE HAPPENING AROUND YOU IS THE PROOF YOU CANNOT DENY.

as a postal employee for 13 years i can say that the post office is top heavy in management. also if we could get rid of all the employees who wont do their job or those who are too incompetant and stupid to do the job we would be in much better shape. unfortunately this will never happen because our beloved unions will do everything possible to save their jobs. and i say this as a union member

I am a retired postal worker and I can save the post office millions of dollars by STOPPING the unnecessary bonuses post management gets for doing nothing.

I am an ex postal worker. (Philadelphill suburbs) The problems are nepotism and hugh bonuses. I have seen inept mid level supervisors get up to $50,000 bonuses every year, Each distribution center give out about a million in bonuses every year, If it was run like a normal fortune 500 company, 90% of the 'bosses' would be history. I knew of one supervisor who couldn't even read. So check out the internal workings before blaming everything else

I was a Letter Carrier from 1985 to 1996. I quit because I was treated like garbage and would not allow the Post Office to take all of my youth. I saw so much waste. The Post Office could have had a monopoly on package delivery and Express Mail but because Management was cocky and full of themselves, they blew it and UPS devoured the Post Service in package delivery service and FedEX kicked a**. The Postal Service has been a train wreck for decades and if any of the employees lose in any way, it's because of mismanagement from government oriented fools! Their losses were brought on by top brass management where there is no accountability and no one to answer to.

When you get junk mail with "prepaid envelopes" - help the post office - SEND THEM BACK EMPTY WITH NO RETURN ADDRESS - The junk mail company now pays for the return postage!!!!

Quit giving discounts for junk mail.

Retired Letter Carrier of 34 years.
Simplest answers in the world, eliminate 95 percent of Management, their high salaries and up to three hour lunches and breaks to do a GS-3 level clerical job. They can become a "supervisor" after a whole 180 day experience if they brown nose enough, not if they know enough.
Remove 9 of 10 supervisors above floor supervisor level -- they haven't moved or sorted a piece of mail nor delivered since they became a supervisor. That is written into their contract.
Their "productivity" is making up paperwork- period (mostly fictional statistics to support higher level administrator's fantasy projections.
Nothing new here, "Management" has been creating this debacle for 40 plus years, fire all of them and keep the clerks and carriers who actually do the work!!!

Stop giving money to other countries. Thay all hate the USA anyway.

Make junk mail pay its own way, same as first class, and there will be plenty of revenue. Ninety-five percent of all the mail we receive goes to the landfill and we have to pay to get it there. Enough, already.

Why is it that the privatized UPS and FEDEX can make a pantload of cash..pay their workers a decent wage....and do well for their shareholders...YET...the good old United States post office runs a HUGE deficit???? Any guesses

I am a rural substitute mail carrier. We deliver a good number of parcels for both UPS and Fed-x everyday. We do not get paid by the hour but by the evaluated route time. The post office will not pay the regular carriers overtime because the postmaster will not get their bonus. At Christmas, the subs are used and abused because the regulars cannot get paid overtime. Subs can earn overtime but they try their best not to pay it by manipulating the numbers. Subs have no benefits and earn half as much as the regulars.

Yea, lets close down post offices and put even more people out of work!