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Old 04-18-2012, 07:53 PM  
kane
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Originally Posted by Choker View Post
Bingo. Also losing a lot of letter business has helped the Post office not hurt it. They dont make money on delivering 44 cent letters. They make money on packages, which they have kept up good with. Yeah less people send letters but there are many more packages as people buy products online more now. Another huge problem is the bloated government wages they give the workers.
Yeah, they are bloated for sure. I was reading a few months ago that the average letter carrier/mail carrier makes close to $60K per year. That seems like a lot for what is basically a delivery job.
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