Originally Posted by Sly

Disagree.

The Postal Service is broke currently because of benefit issues and spending issues that they are not allowed to curb. Congress forces the post office to operate in a certain manner that makes it not profitable. The post office is not allowed to operate as a true business, yet at the same time, Congress wants them to act as a business.

The post office is screwed and it's because Congress has its hands involved. If the post office could make proper business decisions, like they want to, they would be in much better shape.

They could cut one day a week of delivery. Congress will not let this happen.

They could make benefits more comparable to private businesses. They're trying to make strides on this, but again, it's not going to happen because they still have a very strong public aspect.

They could close down unprofitable post offices. They are doing some of this, but not near as many post offices as they want because Congress will not let them.

E-mail and online bill pay is only one small aspect. UPS and FedEx are doing well. The post office needs to make changes so that they can operate better based on the current needs of our nation, not based on 100 years of law and politics.