It is no secret email has cut into the mail...or in another word...snail mail! As the Internet grows so does the use of email. Nearly any company of any size now uses email to communicate amongst it's employees and with clients. When you consider email can arrive in minutes versus days it seems pointless except for critical documents to be mailed. Even then the Electronic Communications Act has impacted important documents.
Real Estate has gone nearly all email except where the rare client does not have email...then snail mail is still used.
USPS the Postal Service hit a new milestone...7 billion dollar budget shortfall for this fiscal year. We have three branches slated to close in the Metropolitan area, two in Wyoming Michigan and one in Kentwood.
Right now the Post Office has some 3200 stations and branches across the United States. Approximately 1000 will be considered as possible closing options to reduce costs.
USPS is also considering not delivering mail on Saturday as another cost cutting measure. Many of the antiquated methods being utilized by USPS are no longer viable in today's world.
Just like we see laws in the judicial system that should have been purged years ago the Postal Service has remained an elephant when it should have been training to be a gazelle.
Our tax dollars at work and now many more could be out of work for the lack of forward thinking. The old saying "If it ain't broke don't fix it" may need updating too. "If it ain't broke adjust to conditions before it is Broke!"
We have chaos in the our governmental budgets. We have lack of leadership in each category of the house and senate, it is no wonder were are in the recession of a lifetime. The cost is going to be more than any of us can imagine. All we can do is collectively vote for change and the major spending is no lose change issue.
Hope this gave you a heads up on the USPS budgetary issues.
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