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Originally posted by Wonderboy View PostI think part of the problem is that it's the rural post offices that are least profitable and should be shut down. I don't see why Bumflock, South Dakota needs a post office. But maybe some sort of kiosk could provide some service to rural areas without a full time office? Like a big pick up twice a week instead of daily and also sell postage?
I dunno, but it sure seems like there are some easy answers here. For one, I can get by without Saturday delivery to save 2 billion dollars a year."When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master - that's all."
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Originally posted by Wonderboy View PostI think part of the problem is that it's the rural post offices that are least profitable and should be shut down. I don't see why Bumflock, South Dakota needs a post office.
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Originally posted by B-Fly View PostShould the government be essentially ensuring that every American access to affordable communication with every other American?
If snail mail is inefficient and unwieldy, should government be subsidizing internet and/or telecommunications access for all? for the poor?
Or is communications a service appropriately turned over to the private market with the understanding that the cost of communications may ultimately rise to the level where the poor can't really afford to do much of it?
Because if you take away the USPS as a low-cost competitor to the likes of FedEx and UPS, you can't expect FedEx and UPS to offer any delivery, be it a personal letter, a magazine, a bill payment or otherwise, at less than a few bucks a pop. No?"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master - that's all."
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Originally posted by Wonderboy View PostI think part of the problem is that it's the rural post offices that are least profitable and should be shut down. I don't see why Bumflock, South Dakota needs a post office. But maybe some sort of kiosk could provide some service to rural areas without a full time office? Like a big pick up twice a week instead of daily and also sell postage?
I dunno, but it sure seems like there are some easy answers here. For one, I can get by without Saturday delivery to save 2 billion dollars a year.
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Originally posted by B-Fly View PostThere's no profit motive for serving Bumflock, SD, but isn't there a societal value to ensuring that the rural poor have access to send and receive mail, even if there's no way to make a profit off of it?
Originally posted by Steve View PostI think doing away with Saturday delivery is the best idea I've heard in a while. But why not just to to MWF delivery?
it would suck if my mother couldn't correspond with her distant friends & relatives (she's 81, she ain't getting on the net).It certainly feels that way. But I'm distrustful of that feeling and am curious about evidence.
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Originally posted by Steve View PostBut why not just to to MWF delivery?"Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.'"
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Originally posted by Kevin Seitzer View PostAnd while we're at, if we all left out one word from each of our sentences, the mail would be lighter to carry, and the Postal Service would save millions on fuel costs.It certainly feels that way. But I'm distrustful of that feeling and am curious about evidence.
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Originally posted by Kevin Seitzer View PostAnd while we're at, if we all left out one word from each of our sentences, the mail would be lighter to carry, and the Postal Service would save millions on fuel costs.“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Originally posted by Kevin Seitzer View PostAnd while we're at, if we all left out one word from each of our sentences, the mail would be lighter to carry, and the Postal Service would save millions on fuel costs.
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Originally posted by Kevin Seitzer View PostAnd while we're at, if we all left out one word from each of our sentences, the mail would be lighter to carry, and the Postal Service would save millions on fuel costs."I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."
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Originally posted by Mithrandir View Postwould the mail really be lighter leaving out one word? how much weight does lead or ink add to the weight of the paper?
edit: oh, graphite, as in pencil lead ... took me a minute there ...It certainly feels that way. But I'm distrustful of that feeling and am curious about evidence.
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