National League of Postmasters President Mark Strong Tells Commission that Closing Thousands of Rural Post Offices Will harm Economy of Rural America and Not Help Postal Service.
Closing 3700 Rural Post Offices Would Save Less Than 3/10s Of One Percent Of USPS Operating Budget.
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA – In Testimony submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, earlier this week, National League of Postmasters Mark Strong said that the Postal Service’s small rural post office closing initiative will harm “the level of services presently provided to small and rural communities, will hurt their economies and social structure, and does not even provide a corresponding benefit to the Postal Service.”
“The Postal Service is considering closing thousands of rural post offices throughout the country.If they close all that they are proposing to close, they will save less than three-tenths of one percent of their operating budget,” said Strong.
Closing small rural post offices because they lose money is against the law,” Strong added, and the “Postal Service is required to provide rural America with the Maximum degree of effective and regular Postal Service under the law.”
“I know that the Postal Service has said that they will be able to serve rural America just as well if not better once all these post offices are closed, but that is truly nonsense,” he testified. Strong added that “The real proposition here is that the Postal Service is under financial stress and its urban-based leadership wants to back off from providing rural America the type of service it provides today, in order to concentrate its focus on providing service to large urban and suburban areas.”
“Why else would it be doing all this and infuriating tens of thousands of rural Americans and their Congressmen and Senators for only three-tenths of one percent of its budget,” he concluded. “This initiative is the first step in the Postal Service’s retreat from his mission of providing Universal Service,” he told the Commission, and the most important issue before this Commission is “what is best for America and all is citizens, especially those most vulnerable and dependant on their Post Offices.”
The National League of Postmasters has been representing active and retired postmasters throughout the country since the later part of the 19th Century.
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USPS Saying Rural America Will Be Served Better After Post Office Closings Is Truly Nonsense
Randy some of the employees are asking if its the 70’s vintage spinyata wine?
Some want mad dog 20/20 and a side food platter.
I’ll take that cheese and whine…got any crackers.
Layoff’s? why are they hiring PSE employees and why do we still have 240Bs?
So up and back is 10 miles? F-me.
You bon bon eatting Donahues are really starting to get on my last nerve.
there are so many little rural post offices within 5 miles of each other, operated by one employee the POSTMASTER! Who makes around 40,000 + a year for practically doing nothing but socializing with the residents and putting up box mail.
Usually out of their house which has been converted into post offices. These post offices have no mail delivery at all to any residence within their communities!
And futher more, majority of these POSTMASTERS have seniority of 30-40 years hanging on to these well paid government positions. They make more money than anyone else in their community, for doing diddly squat…..Most only have high school education too!.So what if they become letter carriers or clerks! At least they will be working doing their share, instead of socializing!
Hey Mark, Do you want any ” CHEESE with that WHINE”!
“I know that the Postal Service has said that they will be able to serve rural America just as well if not better once all these post offices are closed, but that is truly nonsense,”
LOL…Yea right Donahue, and when it doesn’t you throw in your get out of jail card “Management has the right to missmanage” Like you clowns always do. Donahue you and managment need to be held accountable along with Issa/Ross and step down to whatever it was you were?
What part of service dont you guys understand? Americans wants their single stamp machines back to.
Dont use the B word, use the S word (SERVICE) can you say that?