USPS Issues

[GMDino]

(08-14-2020, 01:47 AM)Benton Wrote: I think the GOP has abandoned the need for fabrications. By and large, they've been able to gerrymander and manipulate enough to have a pretty steady "majority" despite being in the minority.  At this point, as Trump is demonstrating and as Cheney and McConnell have done in the past, there's not really any reason to keep up some sham. They can crap on procedure and tradition and laws all they want, as long as those checks keep cashing.

Dismantling the USPS has been a long-term goal of the GOP. Despite it employing a huge number of veterans, being 100% solvent if not for GOP pension requirements and providing a necessary service, the 'let's outsource everything!' group of Reagan-era Republicans are still cashing those checks and trying to do away with it.

Unfortunately, for many small businesses, the USPS makes a huge difference in profitability. Personally, for my small business, using one of the other options out there would more than triple my mailing cost, which is the second biggest issue behind printing. Which means, to the consumer, my product price would have to more than double. Which likely means fewer customers and people able to afford it.

Interestingly (to me) one of my friends of college who is a full blown conspiracy nut (but a wonderful person otherwise) and proudly wears all her Trump gear just posted all the items that she is taking to the post office to send out for her business after getting a huge sales month.

I want to explain the disconnect to her but would it matter?