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1. Mike
   

   The Post office in my area (Miami) is very incompetent. They lost some registered mail TWICE within the last 2 years. The answer was "Too damn bad". I also get neighbor's mail at least once a week in my mailbox. No telling how much of my mail ends up in the wrong place. It would be nice to have a functioning postal service. I would gladly pay twice their current rates IF we had a service that is reliable. I even would accept 3 deliveries a week instead of 6 to save cost. But it has become so unreliable that it is no longer worth having. Shut them down and save the money.

   September 15, 2011 at 3:38 pm | Report abuse |
   • Yosemite
     

     Same problem in So Cal. I get mail from 5 blocks awayat least once a week because they happen to have the same numbers in thier address as I do. Apprently the name of your street is not important. Unionized Civil Servants, what you would you expect?

     September 15, 2011 at 4:11 pm | Report abuse |
2. Learn To Read
   

   I sure do wish people would have half a clue when they post something...the U.S. Government does NOT run the USPS, never has. They also do NOT use any tax dollars. Know what you're talking about befor you open your mouth. Please.

   September 15, 2011 at 3:42 pm | Report abuse |
   • WoW
     

     That's what the Tea Bagging partiers and their Republican clones wants them to think. Less power to the Insentives given to you for a cheap price and more power to the Mega Corps waiting to drain your bank account dry. The choice isn't yours to make.

     September 15, 2011 at 3:49 pm | Report abuse |
   • GBS
     

     wanna bet?

     September 15, 2011 at 3:54 pm | Report abuse |
   • BMG
     

     Before you say never, u should read the history of the USPO:

     The Modern Postal Service: Agency or Business?
     Until adoption of the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970, the U.S. Postal Service functioned as a regular, tax-supported, agency of the federal government.

     According to the laws under which it now operates, the U.S. Postal Service is a semi-independent federal agency, mandated to be revenue-neutral. That is, it is supposed to break even, not make a profit.

     September 15, 2011 at 3:54 pm | Report abuse |
   • Yosemite
     

     They are held hostage by a union.

     September 15, 2011 at 3:56 pm | Report abuse |
   • Myopinionz1
     

     and... they do borrow money from the US Treasury to the tune of 3 billion a year (which is our tax dollars)

     September 15, 2011 at 3:56 pm | Report abuse |
   • Doug
     

     Actually, the USPS IS a government agency that is controlled by the government. The only difference is the USPS is not funded by the tax payers like the other government agencies. Know what you're talking about befor you open your mouth. Please.

     September 15, 2011 at 3:59 pm | Report abuse |
3. Michelle
   

   My town's post office is scheduled to close and its not on the list.
   But I agree that they need to stream line stuff...when I was an office manager and I had to do something new, there was no instructions...I had to wait til I got up to the teller, they would explain it, then I had to step off to the side to do it, then get back in line! Then you bring a box and its 20 questions...I especially like "does it contain any hazardous material"? If I was shady and had a bomb in it, would I answer yes to that question?? C'mon...get real. I can mail a package UPS and get it there in one day...with accurate tracking info....in fact, if its a place I ship to often, I dont even have to write it out...its in the computer and I pay and I'm done.
   BUT, if you compare rate of a letter mailed here in the US to letters mailed in other countries...it is the best bargain!! Go ahead, google postal rates in other countries...you'll be amazed.

   September 15, 2011 at 3:43 pm | Report abuse |
   • Josh
     

     Hey Michelle, next time you go to mail a package just say you're not a mystery shopper and we can avoid all those questions we don't want to ask and you don't want to hear. We think some of them are as stupid as you do but we have to ask them. The liquid part is for us to make sure the liquid wouldn't leak out of the package and to make sure it's properly packaged, the rest is self explanitory.

     September 15, 2011 at 4:39 pm | Report abuse |
4. jr
   

   This must be part of the Obama stragegy to fund his Job Plan. Reduce government spending by getting rid of thousands of Government jobs, then he can afford to give them longer unemployment payouts and retraining like he promised. Who said he doesn't know what he's doing?? lol I think my Dad used to call this the "Rob Peter to Pay Paul principle". lol When money is involved you have to run it like a business not like a government....or you'll end up where we are today.

   September 15, 2011 at 3:50 pm | Report abuse |
   • WoW
     

     I think our new way of thinking is more...rob peter to pay paul then bet against peter that he can't pay paul back. Capitalism...don't you love it?

     September 15, 2011 at 3:53 pm | Report abuse |
5. JW
   

   I agree, close them. They can't keep going with business as usual at least.

   September 15, 2011 at 3:50 pm | Report abuse |
6. Yosemite
   

   I was recently in Yosemite National Park. There are 4, yes 4 post offices in the park that I saw. Wh on earth would such a small park need so many post offices This doesn't include the 10 I saw driving up the mountain to get there.

   September 15, 2011 at 3:54 pm | Report abuse |
7. Josh
   

   Myopinionz1 It's not me that's doing anything. I dont want you to pay my retirement with treasury laons. I want to just do my five more years of service and find somthing else to do. Actually we do have a surplus and it s our retirement and one of the steps the Postal Service, not me has done has to stop contributing to the retirement fund. People on here are saying how nast your postal workers are but we're not all like that. Daily I help customers with their mailing needs as do my co-workers. We do things the Postal Service says not to do but it helps the customer so we do it. We package items for people, we do everything we can to make things right for our customers. I guess you all need to move to our town!!

   September 15, 2011 at 3:55 pm | Report abuse |
   • Myopinionz1
     

     @Josh – honestly, the though of anyone losing their job is horrible. I'm not wishing that on you or anyone else... BUT, we can;t operate a agency that loses 9 billion a year, borrows 3 billion on top of that, and refuses to right-size, adapt to the changing digital environment. AND the government restrictions on you prevent you from doing that. The best option, is detach from teh government, go private, and compete in an open market. Just don;t use my tax dollars to do it.

     September 15, 2011 at 4:04 pm | Report abuse |
   • arthurrrrr
     

     i guess they see the urgency of quickly sending out all those tourist post cards!!!!

     September 15, 2011 at 4:17 pm | Report abuse |
8. Bigfoot
   

   Thank god! I love the people at the Newport post office especially Alyson. – bigfoot

   September 15, 2011 at 3:59 pm | Report abuse |
   • Yeti
     

     What is a post office?

     September 15, 2011 at 4:13 pm | Report abuse |
9. Chris
   

   We've already closed one PO in my neighborhood – 'made sense. A worker in the one that's left still bemoans that USPS is in the red. He had no operational solutions – simply said, there's too many idiots with six-figure salaries running it who don't have a clue what they're doing and don't care.

   September 15, 2011 at 4:17 pm | Report abuse |
10. Sheila
    

    Here's the postal solution: raise the price of the stamp. It is currently at the 1885 equivalent! Why? I would gladly pay ninety cents to a dollar to mail a letter. Who cares. Also, I don't care if you cut Saturday service, and I don't care if takes an extra day or two for a letter to arrive. We can adjust. Good that you're cutting these offices, but there need to be more. Also, get rid of the postal workers union. They have us all over a barrel. No public services should be allowed to unionize.

    September 15, 2011 at 4:17 pm | Report abuse |
11. Myopinionz1
    

    I'm sure when the founding Fathers established the concept of postal service structure in the US, they didn't picture a Val-Pack coupon or a credit card offer in your mailbox. With the establisment of television, radio and internet... the intent of having a viable method to communicate with the masses and share information is covered. I don't need to loan the USPS any more money from the US Treasury to allow them to operate. Go public, and good luck.

    September 15, 2011 at 4:19 pm | Report abuse |
12. Lean6
    

    It took me far too long to remember where my post office is located...maybe that's not a good sign.

    September 15, 2011 at 4:20 pm | Report abuse |
13. Brad
    

    The idea of outsourcing local PO duties to private enterprises (village po) is not new. I'm only 50, and I can remember several country stores in our area that had post offices inside. I know of one (Perdue Hill, AL) that is still in operation. I think that may be a better idea than rural home delivery. I live way out in the country, but would gladly accept a M-W-F delivery schedule – or a PO Box at my local country store. I also wouldn't oppose a hike to $0.50 for 1st-class mail. That's still cheaper than just about anywhere else in the world.

    September 15, 2011 at 4:22 pm | Report abuse |
14. Keith
    

    Post offices are a mark of a bygone time....I very rarely every go near a post office. Everything I do is via email or the internet....i get some stuff in the mail but otherwise I get everything electronically. Not to mention the employees there are rude and hate their jobs and take it out on the customer....ditch them to the curb

    September 15, 2011 at 4:24 pm | Report abuse |
15. Asiandude
    

    Replying to Michelle:
    I absolutely agreed with you for the statements "does it contain any hazardous material"? "would I answer yes to that question??" It is very good question. Why doesn't USPS put out this kind of statement: "We will not ship any hazardous material, and we may report to law enforcement agency for public safety".

    September 15, 2011 at 4:25 pm | Report abuse |