When it comes to smartpost, they are a very small percentage of FedEx's business. Most packages are delivered by FedEx Ground and some are also delivered by FedEx Home Delivery.idamtnboy wrote:
I agree. The cost of shipping a package is similar between UPS, Fedex, and USPS. What I'm saying is UPS does not stop anywhere to make any kind of a delivery for less than about $5, while the postal carrier makes many, many, stops for an income to the PO of only pennies per stop. That is a big difference.
I dare say you forget. Assuring free and open communication among citizens was a primary concern of the founding fathers. That's why they established a government operated postal system. The only people who really, really, want to see the Post Office done away with, because it costs money to keep it alive, are the plutocrats who want to control the communications shared among all citizens. Do away with a system of free (or near-free in terms of cost) communications and you can control the population!
My point is the packages are larger, heavier and farther to travel between stops to make that $5.00. The post office makes that same $5.00 with any priority mail package and to a lesser degree smartpost package, plus it picks up all of those little .17 cent pops between packages. Most stops for the carrier usually includes more than a single piece of mail, which will usually bring it up to around .50 cents a stop. Money that Fedex and UPS don't have the opportunity to make between stops. Still, UPS and FedEx manages to make billions a year in profits, so why can't the postal service operate on a smaller budget? Because they are not as efficient and pay ridiculous union wages and benefits for work that any 18 year old could do! Even UPS pays union wages and still makes billions in profits!
I know the reason behind the postal service enactment. There are not a lot of people calling for the postal service to be done away with. They are saying that their usefulness is not as great as it used to be, that they need to scale down and cut back on their deliveries. The one's throwing a fit about that is the Union's and the postal workers of course. They might lose some of their ridiculous pay and benefits! And of course the Union's would lose even more power, something they can't stand the idea of! The unions in this country are a dying breed, lord knows they have helped bankrupt enough companies in this country. When was the last time you actually sent or received a letter from a friend, other than the occasional birthday or Christmas card? I believe that the internet is taking the place of the post office in terms of communications. Your absolutely right, do away with communications and you can control the population! That is why I believe the government wants to take control of the internet. Wanting the FCC to have control, so that they can control what can be shared over the net. People better wake up and pay attention to this "One World Government" talk, if the US signs on, the US will not be a good place to live! You guys want to bicker about the left or right, it's both sides! They are starting to sound so much alike, it is just a matter of one getting you to socialism faster than the other!
