

While all the political machinations can be interesting (or tedious), those of us in businesses that in some way rely on a functioning post office are, unlike government, forced to deal with the reality of pleasing customers and making a buck.

This makes it less nimble and able to adapt to an ever-changing economy which in a nutshell is why they find themselves grossly in debt and struggling to make the necessary adjustments. There’s a built-in bias against change especially as it relates to staffing levels. Yes, there’s no doubt that the USPS suffers from the same type of bureaucratic/political sclerosis that infects most government-run entities. It’s fashionable to regard the Post Office as some relic of a benighted past before all the wonderful digital machines were invented.

In previous posts I've recapped the ongoing travails of our Postal Service.
