PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: EppyGA - White Christian Domestic Terrorist on March 15, 2025, 07:04:05 AM
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One of my suggestions has been to cut delivery back to three days thus allowing a cut in manpower and vehicles needed. Grok tells me six day a week delivery is mandated by Congress. Fucking Government always stands in the way...
Yes, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is mandated to deliver mail six days a week. This requirement stems from federal law, specifically from funding legislation passed by Congress. Since 1983, various appropriations bills have included provisions requiring the USPS to provide six-day delivery service. For example, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (and similar prior acts) explicitly states that the USPS must maintain six-day delivery as part of its universal service obligation, unless explicitly altered by Congress.
This mandate reflects the USPS's role as a public service ensuring consistent mail access across the country, though there have been debates and proposals over the years to reduce it to five days to cut costs—none of which have been enacted as of March 15, 2025. So, barring any new legislation I’m not aware of up to this point, the six-day delivery remains in place.
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Does it say that they have to deliver to EVERYBODY 6 days a week? Couldn't they deliver to half the people 3 days a week and deliver to the other half the other three days?
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Elon would be able to reform it to deliver 100% of people mail 7 days a week and twice on Sunday while reducing cost.
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Being a congressional law vs. constitutional provision, it should just take another congressional law to reduce it to 3 days a week. Lots of stupid things are mandated by congress. And they can be un-mandated as well.
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The issue isn't 6 day a week delivery. I have had packages delivered every day of the week from UPS, USPS, Fedex, and Amazon (their own delivery system.) They all compete and presumably make money on package delivery - even USPS.
The issue is that USPS postal rates are capped for its "market-dominant products – those the Postal Service has a monopoly on, such as letters, periodicals, and postcards, or otherwise has a lot of market power over (meaning it could raise prices or lower service without a risk of losing business to competitors)." And that particular market is shrinking - from a peak of 213 billion pieces of mail in 2006 to 116 billion in 2023.
So who is capping the USPS postal rates, and why? Start here:
https://www.prc.gov/who-sets-postal-rates (https://www.prc.gov/who-sets-postal-rates)
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There is also this (from MicroSoft CoPilot):
Unlike USPS, private shippers like FedEx and UPS are not legally required to deliver to every address in the U.S. They have more flexibility in choosing where and how they deliver packages. For example:
FedEx: Delivery is typically based on service agreements and customer demand. They may not deliver to remote or rural areas directly but often partner with USPS for last-mile delivery through programs like SmartPost.
UPS: Similar to FedEx, UPS focuses on areas with higher package volumes and may use USPS for final delivery in less accessible locations through their SurePost service.
These companies operate based on business considerations rather than a universal service obligation like USPS. Let me know if you'd like more details!