The U.S. Postal Service on Thursday said it needs to shave more costs from its operations to get into better financial shape. To do that, the postal agency wants to overhaul its delivery logistics, resulting in some customers likely seeing a slowdown in their mail delivery.

  • Sumocat
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    133 months ago

    The key difference is the USPS is self-funded, so it does need to cover costs and maintain a reserve to cover downturns, which it could do by expanding into basic banking services, like check cashing, if DeJoy was not tasked with grinding the service down.

    • @SkybreakerEngineer
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      223 months ago

      Tasked? DeJoy owns a freight company, breaking and outsourcing USPS is in his financial interest

      • Sumocat
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        03 months ago

        He didn’t appoint himself to the job.

      • Sumocat
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        -23 months ago

        Do you think postal carriers work for free? Salaries, vehicle maintenance, keeping the lights on, etc, these are all real expenses.