That depends on what you mean by “meme” and “gone.” I still occasionally hear references to “going postal” so the concept exists.
Are you asking whether there will never actually be another mass shooting in a post office?
No. Just curious. “Going Postal” used to be the first thing that came to mind when someone mentioned the USPS? Haven’t seen mention of it here. Just an observation.
Have them do it online. Have more than one place they can go to register. There are plenty of solutions to this problem that don’t involve the mail. I was just pointing out that my entire state manages to get along just fine without it.
Coincidentally, a few years ago I stopped donating my cars to charity when I was done with them.
Since they nerfed the donation system I haven’t been donating. I’m sure you’re right and they now require a physical form mailed in. However, the old system was working just fine that didn’t require a letter. If the IRS is requiring old fashioned forms to be mailed in they should modernize. That’s not a reason to keep daily mail service across the country.
No.
Congratulations!
We don’t have a “DMV office” in NH. The town hall just does it.
It’s never taken me more than a few minutes to find out how much I owe and write them a check and get my registration.
It’s a much better system than when I lived in MA and you had to wait in line for an hour at the DMV.
I go on Thursday. The town hall is open until 8PM that day.
Of course, I’d prefer it was online, but I don’t really expect that to happen any time soon.
A few things need to be made clear here. The Post Office is not profitable or self sufficient anymore. It lost 5.2 billion in the last quarter, which annualized is over 20 billion.
This is getting worse, not better:
So a 66% increase in loss in one year.
And to be clear, this is not because solely because of a prefunding requirement. The prefunding requirement is $5 billion a year, equivalent to the last quarters loss. The indisputable fact is that the Post Office can not go on as it has been. Either it will become an ongoing significant cost to the tax payers, or it will be radically changed.
I’d prefer it to be radically changed. I don’t have a lot of desire to pay taxes to support an anachronism.
I sell stuff on EBay and send packages to my family around the country. I love the convenience of the Post Office. It’s a two minute drive from my house. The workers are friendly (that wasn’t always the case, but they’ve massively improved the last few years) and my packages always get where they’re going.
I had to send a package via UPS a few months ago. What a pain in the ass. Had to drive a much longer distance, pay a higher price and dealt with a surly teenager. The delivery was fine.
I think the nearest FedEx office is at least a half hour drive away from me, maybe 45 minutes.
If USPS employees are unionized I can see why the Teahadists hate it.
There are also a posting here that Paul Ryan’s wife, a lobbyist for UPS, had worked to have legislation hurtful to the USPS passed. If FedEx and UPS are working to undermine the PO, then I’m with the PO.
See? Just more proof they’re underworked and overpaid.
Small-government advocates must be encouraged to see that disgruntled-worker mass shootings have largely moved to the private sector where they can be performed much more efficiently.
Sure, the IRS should modernize. But until they do, the mail remains necessary. The point is that just because you don’t need it doesn’t mean that everyone can do without it today.
If I can editorialize a little bit here, this is a common thing I see all the time on this message board: People think that their individual situation represents the universal situation.
It sounds an awful lot like no matter what evidence is shown, more excuses will be used.
My dad’s a retired mailman. I’ll tell him yet another conservative thinks his small condo is a really a mansion and his bad back just an illusion.
What cost $.08 in 1971 would cost $0.42 in 2009.
Its profitable and efficient. It needs no changes. That shouldn’t be a problem, right?
The USPS is the public option of postal services. 
I did not get an answer to this, so I will ask again.
How does a private company get into the daily mail biz? Has any company public said it’s a business they want to get into?
The USPS should raise the stamp price to one dollar.
They will take my mail in Los Angeles and deliver it to someone’s door in Maine. If that’s not worth a dollar, I don’t know what is.
The USPS can’t arbitrarily raise postage. Any postage increase must be linear with inflation AND be approved by the Postal Regulatory Commission:
Bolding mine.
Up until a few years ago, USPS would raise their postage rates every three years or so. It was a pretty good model: they’d actually run at a net profit in the first year, break even in the second year, and lose money in the third year (which was offset by the profit from year 1). Now that postal traffic is in a decline, that model doesn’t work any more. The USPS has, in the past couple of years, had several instances in which they’ve proposed a particular rate hike, and the Commission has either reduced the size of the increase, or nixed it entirely.
First of all, you dont pay taxes to support the USPS, or if so, not much.
The budget shortfall is almost entire caused by the bogus pre-funding requirement. Than and Congress wont let them raise their rates.
Treis gave numbers with a source. What’s your source?