If the Postal Service were to be disbanded, how long before shipping costs would start rising as fast as?

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Excellent question. Not only will costs soar, but remote areas are not serviced by UPS and Fed Ex. As it is, only the post office goes to some areas.

The Republicans are going after the USPS for one reason only: It has one of the biggest unions.

Remember, the USPS doesn鈥檛 cost the taxpayers a dime and it makes about $36Billion per year.

In 2006, the Republican Congress passed, and George W. Bush signed a law saying the Post Office had to cover 75 years worth of pensions in ten years. Nobody else has to do that. Independent firms estimate the Post Office has already overpaid this by $50-80 Billion.

If that law hadn鈥檛 been put in place, right now, according to Ralph Nader, the USPS would have over a $1Billion surplus.

There are two competing pieces of legislature in the House right now.

One is being led by Republican Darrell Issa. It will call for the Post Office to fire about 120,000 employees.

The other is H.R. 1351, by Congressman Stephen Lynch (D-MA). It calls for a rollback of the stupid 2006 law. They鈥檙e collecting sponsors so that it can go directly to the floor for a vote.

You need to call your congressmen/women and ask them to please sponsor this bill if you want to save the post office from destruction.

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Considering private package transport in the US basically comes down to UPS, FedEx and to a much lesser extent DHL, I guess it will end up becoming much like every other oligopoly with huge barriers to entry. Prices will rise, and collusion will almost certainly be a factor. Some other global mail monster like TNT or TOLL might try to squeeze in, but it likely wouldnt change anything.If the Postal Service were to be disbanded, how long before shipping costs would start rising as fast as?
It wouldn't. MORE delivery services would be created in it's wake thereby decreasing the cost.



-Hell! half the time I use fedex and UPS because they are cheaper. I was going to send my golf clubs across the country and guess which service was cheaper? Hint; It wasn't the US postal service.
Competition creates lower prices. We don't want it disbanded. We only want it privatized so taxpayers won't have to pay for a shinking ship.If the Postal Service were to be disbanded, how long before shipping costs would start rising as fast as?
You would need a constitutional amendment to disband it since it's in the constitution.
It's already happening and they haven't been disbanned yet!
They will increase even faster
USPS sucks. Good riddance.