The US Postal Service Wastes Your Money

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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

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  • @notmuch_23
    @notmuch_23 6 лет назад +607

    "I don't feel any sort of moral compulsion"
    ALL politicians and bureaucrats summarized in *one* quote!

    • @OdinTheTall
      @OdinTheTall 4 года назад

      How did you bold your text?

    • @Ivan.Wright
      @Ivan.Wright 4 года назад +4

      @@OdinTheTall put a * on either side of a word like *this*

    • @OdinTheTall
      @OdinTheTall 4 года назад +1

      @@Ivan.Wright Thanks, that's cool!

    • @bradss1000
      @bradss1000 4 года назад

      Ivan Wright- Thx from me too! Do you know how to underline text? Also, do you know how to put a line through(cross out) text?

    • @Ivan.Wright
      @Ivan.Wright 4 года назад +4

      @@bradss1000 -this- uses -
      _this_ uses _
      On either side of the word

  • @skavossis5377
    @skavossis5377 4 года назад +702

    "Close'em down, except the one near me" That's the problem.

    • @randomuser5443
      @randomuser5443 4 года назад +4

      I have a separate problem, I have no clue where the federal office is so I can use their other method of putting it in the mail box

    • @beringstraitrailway
      @beringstraitrailway 4 года назад +23

      Some conservatives feel the same way about military bases! Make government smaller...but not in my district! Because people like government spending.

    • @huh7270
      @huh7270 4 года назад +1

      rain Alaska stfu if they’re brown that doesn’t mean they are illegal. Pls do the world a favor and kya.

    • @huh7270
      @huh7270 4 года назад +5

      rain Alaska wtf. That’s still doesn’t make a difference??? American doesn’t mean white. Anyone can be American and that’s what makes America, America whether you like that or not. Unless you’ve seen that they don’t have their papers the you can’t say sh*t.

    • @ericshun2552
      @ericshun2552 4 года назад +1

      The thing is there isn't really a privatize company that makes soldiers so there isn't an alternative compared to the postal service that's privatized.

  • @magicworld3242
    @magicworld3242 4 года назад +342

    He said "we're working on it". That means he's doing absolutely nothing.

    • @kiyosenl.3889
      @kiyosenl.3889 4 года назад +1

      Hes not doing nothing, just very little, at his rate he will make it profitable, uhhhh never, because i have no doubt he's trying to make it profitable but his cost savings wont outpace the speed at which congress cripples them

    • @kingrex1931
      @kingrex1931 3 года назад +6

      As shown in the video, he can't do nothing unless congress allows him to. The only way they can reduce employees is through retirement. They can't close small unneeded post offices.

    • @davidjones3165
      @davidjones3165 3 года назад +1

      He's stalling until he's out of office.

  • @longshotcharley469
    @longshotcharley469 4 года назад +99

    I worked for the post office for 36 years and I’ve seen the waste. What the public doesn’t know is there’s a lot of people in the post office they get paid large amounts of money and never touch a letter or a magazine. They’re called supervisors and there’s way too many of them. They spent so many millions and millions of dollars on scanners just so they can keep track of the letter carriers.The letter carriers are the back bone of the post office.

    • @richardarsenault1471
      @richardarsenault1471 Год назад +4

      This person is 100% correct he forgot to mention excessive postmasters and what they call MPOOs

    • @tugboat6940
      @tugboat6940 Год назад

      Wait so there's supervisors? The mail carriers aren't the boss? Who ever would've thought? lol you're an idiot.

    • @richardcrowe1429
      @richardcrowe1429 11 дней назад

      Sounds like the Post Offuce in Canada. I was a letter carrier in Canada for 5 years. Strangely enough Canada Post actually makes money. Last year I was there 40 million! I have much respect for letter carriers

  • @ValkeersYT
    @ValkeersYT 4 года назад +874

    Interesting to have this in the feed at a time like this. Orange man bad, how?

    • @fucuszullanti7877
      @fucuszullanti7877 4 года назад +35

      Everyone knew the post office was on its way out. Problem is the media and the people choose to focus on issues only when it affects them directly...

    • @mawlinzebra
      @mawlinzebra 4 года назад +3

      Yup, came up in my recommended.

    • @orthex13
      @orthex13 4 года назад +3

      Bobba saw his father get beheaded, by the Jedi, right in front of him. That, normally, would affect people in some way. In Bobbas case, he dont give a shit, in a badass way.
      But since its 2020 Bobbas motivations are now Misogyny.

    • @happycamper4429
      @happycamper4429 4 года назад +1

      Shorter walks to get that government checks!!!

    • @samuelhowie4543
      @samuelhowie4543 4 года назад +1

      @@happycamper4429 goverment checks are direct deposit

  • @sanjaymatsuda4504
    @sanjaymatsuda4504 5 лет назад +407

    Without "universal" mail service, how do you make sure that all homeowners are notified about property taxes?

    • @medic8377
      @medic8377 5 лет назад +9

      That's a hell of a good point! Haha....ha.....😡😡😡

    • @neckarsulme
      @neckarsulme 5 лет назад +10

      internet?

    • @neckarsulme
      @neckarsulme 5 лет назад +9

      @rob1248996 must be why so many people pay their bills on line I guess

    • @BONGHITTAH420
      @BONGHITTAH420 4 года назад +8

      You go down to the local town hall and pay. The last I checked that happens about the same time every year.

    • @Chrisjseattle1
      @Chrisjseattle1 4 года назад +6

      @Blasian Babies The Post Office doesn't use tax money you moron. They have always been self funded through postage.

  • @Justin_Joy
    @Justin_Joy 5 лет назад +264

    Congress in general cares less about financial responsibility and more about maintaining their position in congress.

    • @TheDude-yw4kn
      @TheDude-yw4kn 4 года назад +2

      Justin Joy well said laddie

    • @Gitn2it
      @Gitn2it 4 года назад +5

      There is something way out of whack when getting re-elected becomes more important than being proficient at your job.

    • @shawnbrodrick8673
      @shawnbrodrick8673 4 года назад +2

      @@Gitn2it from the first day they're elected job number 1 is getting reelected.

  • @camerondunstan7158
    @camerondunstan7158 5 лет назад +1015

    I love John stossel, straight to the point with no messin about

    • @captainpunch2671
      @captainpunch2671 5 лет назад +2

      Oh yeah yeah

    • @carlosabram6030
      @carlosabram6030 5 лет назад +8

      I sincerely hope you didn't believe any of this , the lady at the counter could speak to him because it's illegal for him to even be filming inside of a post office without the postmaster General's permission. He's lucky they didn't call the postal inspectors on him bc I would have

    • @Dubngrub
      @Dubngrub 5 лет назад +11

      Other than the fact that the USPS has received zero public money since the 80's. That's kind of a huge omission.

    • @MrJeremiahxlewis
      @MrJeremiahxlewis 5 лет назад +2

      Cameron Dunstan The fact that you think so is proof that we’re doomed. The number of morons incapable of critical thinking has reached a critical point. The fucking ship is going down.

    • @iasongain4497
      @iasongain4497 4 года назад +2

      @@MrJeremiahxlewis oh no one person doesn't agree with you the world is going to end

  • @WHATISUTUBE
    @WHATISUTUBE 4 года назад +333

    lol that representative, "the congo includes universal mail service"
    yes lets emulate the congo

    • @AcesnEights698
      @AcesnEights698 4 года назад +45

      We're working on it.

    • @randomuser5443
      @randomuser5443 4 года назад +1

      We don’t need another imperial wave

    • @neovenom9833
      @neovenom9833 4 года назад +9

      it also includes ebola every few years, but that's not really a service.

    • @PsyclopsIA
      @PsyclopsIA 4 года назад +2

      The Congo emulated the USA. Article 1 Section 8

    • @armadillolover99
      @armadillolover99 4 года назад +6

      @Hex Zimpo As the video points out very clearly: the Constitution doesn’t actually require postal service, it merely says Congress has the power to make post offices if it so chooses

  • @hankcyclone9442
    @hankcyclone9442 4 года назад +129

    Well this is perfectly timed.

    • @thejurassicchicken1445
      @thejurassicchicken1445 3 года назад +1

      This was made 4 years ago.

    • @billd.6847
      @billd.6847 3 года назад

      @@thejurassicchicken1445 It was made in 2013 @ 0:17 sec., and posted on here 4 years ago.

  • @64bitmad42
    @64bitmad42 7 лет назад +532

    0:27 no wonder my box always looks so beat up.

    • @Snowmon89
      @Snowmon89 5 лет назад +16

      Um…… No, your box always looks so beat up because people are overwhealmed with all of the packages that are sent out every single day. The average facility takes care of a MININUM of 600,000 packages a shift, an average of 700,000 packages a shift, and durring peak season (aka Christmass) it goes anywhere upwards to 1,200,000 packages a shift.
      Now also try to remember that there are Night Shifts as well as Day shifts, so basically every facility has to process 2x as many packages every single day.
      Btw, I'm not even talking about the Post Office themselves. I'm talking about the people who ACTUALLY Ship all of those packages along with countless letters and crates. A lot actually goes into sending those packages where they need to go and it can get very rough on both packages as well as the individuals handling them.

    • @greentea7930
      @greentea7930 5 лет назад +51

      @@Snowmon89 Take a joke snowflake

    • @bartsimpson3217
      @bartsimpson3217 5 лет назад +1

      MY GLASS BOWL

    • @benwells3841
      @benwells3841 5 лет назад +2

      @@Snowmon89 no u

    • @bendover8927
      @bendover8927 5 лет назад +9

      Snowmon89 geez why don’t you marry them

  • @techguy651
    @techguy651 4 года назад +67

    This board chairman really nails it in the first part of the interview: “congress expects us to act like a business but doesn’t give us the flexibility to do so.”
    That’s the one model that hasn’t been tried: appoint a CEO (someone with non-competing interests), tell them what the goals have to be, then leave them alone and don’t micromanage every decision. If the CEO isn’t doing a good job, fire them and get a new one.

    • @V2RocketScientist
      @V2RocketScientist 3 года назад +4

      It's exactly correct. Congress made USPS a profit earning business back in the 70s or whenever but refused to let them pay the employees like a business. Then in 2006 they enacted price controls and other things to make profiting impossible. It's kind of like they're trying to destroy USPS but without taking away benefits to any of the workers or customers until it does finally capitulate.
      I think it's fine for USPS to not be a "business" trying to make a profit. But they should at least require that the expenses of USPS be covered by the prices they charge. It makes zero sense that what you pay to mail something is priced less than it costs to bring to someone. Even if you average it out to where someone sending mail to an impossible to reach place is the same price as down the road, the overall outcome should be no monetary gains or losses for USPS. Socialism mail is a stupid idea esp when most mail coming to you is junkmail. We're funding garbage!

    • @srdjan455
      @srdjan455 Год назад

      But a public necessity can't be run like a business because business has to run on a profit.

    • @me-myself-i787
      @me-myself-i787 8 месяцев назад

      ​​@@srdjan455Mail is not a necessity.
      Plus, you can run something like a business even if you're not trying to maximise profits, as long as you're trying to maximise something.

    • @srdjan455
      @srdjan455 8 месяцев назад

      @@me-myself-i787 Mail is not a necessity? What horseshit is this

  • @seanster8236
    @seanster8236 7 лет назад +415

    My best friend works for USPS circulation center and tells me that no employee is worried about getting fired so many will take naps on the job and not show up for work quite frequently. But this is the issue with any bureaucracy. They're there for tenure, not to serve the clientele. No professionalism or sense of competition. What a waste of government $$$

    • @IblewuponyourfaceIII
      @IblewuponyourfaceIII 6 лет назад +12

      Seanster82 a lot of assholes work for the USPS, because it’s political ass kissers who kiss the city’s government to get that job.

    • @danielgibson3422
      @danielgibson3422 6 лет назад +19

      Seanster82 I work for USPS and if I don't show up one day with out a very good reason I'd be fierd that day.

    • @jimmydane34
      @jimmydane34 6 лет назад +5

      @@IblewuponyourfaceIII actually no, since u can make 50-100K a year depending on position with just a high school diploma with lil knowledge about anything.
      It attracts and keeps alot of inbreds and alcoholics cause they know one cannot get fired leaving usps would be economic suicide for alot of them.

    • @supbabe7203
      @supbabe7203 6 лет назад +22

      Lack of college degree = inbred? We can see how well the college degree turned out for you lol. What a joke!

    • @jaredlangley6924
      @jaredlangley6924 6 лет назад +2

      Seanster82 I can confirm.

  • @33Donner77
    @33Donner77 4 года назад +82

    The tech people and the comedians were all making jokes once about "snail mail" Now they all weep when there should be changes in the postal service.

    • @Gunman610
      @Gunman610 4 года назад +2

      And British people complain about the NHS, but good luck taking it away from them. Even Tories won't touch that third rail.

  • @Crusader-ct1qv
    @Crusader-ct1qv 4 года назад +169

    Hmmm, I wonder why RUclips is recommending that to me now?

    • @descripto2586
      @descripto2586 4 года назад +2

      Freudian slip

    • @mawlinzebra
      @mawlinzebra 4 года назад +1

      @@descripto2586 bingo, google abhors trump

    • @m4stermind28
      @m4stermind28 4 года назад +3

      Based on people that watch similar content to you looking up videos about the US Postal Service

  • @Ginxwq2645
    @Ginxwq2645 6 лет назад +182

    Someone show this to joe rogan, he claims the Post office is a prime example of government superiority over private business

    • @robm6510
      @robm6510 5 лет назад +8

      To be fair though, private businesses haven't taken up the burden of delivering junk mail and ads. Those go to everyone and take a much larger support service since they aren't just delivering to private individuals who paid for the shipping themselves. Yeah it's prepaid by the company sending the ads out, but they seem to choose USPS exclusively because of the pricing. If you think private companies won't go for those corporate ad guys business over yours and increase your price for service to compensate for the shit they want to send ... You're mistaken. And it's not like you could just make the argument that that company will crash because you all will boycott them or something ... You can't just opt out of these guys dropping packages off to you from a service you aren't even registered with. It's really not any better than a public service ... It's just that the govt offsetting costs for the USPS has naturally attracted all of the ad delivery work, in true capitalist fashion. That part of it is the plague that will not go away. It's one of the businesses, like water, that would actually be worse to have competition in because of the sheer infrastructure that each has to put in place to operate at it's best. It's inefficient to have too many options, and you take a quality hit.

    • @jasonmefford4312
      @jasonmefford4312 5 лет назад +36

      The post offices that are privately run are a million times more efficient than any run by worthless unions.

    • @robertromero8692
      @robertromero8692 5 лет назад +23

      @@robm6510 “If you think private companies won't go for those corporate ad guys business over yours and increase your price for service to compensate for the shit they want to send ... You're mistaken.”
      You’re mistaken if you think there would be no price competition or efficiencies introduced by private carriers which the Postal Service is incapable of.
      “And it's not like you could just make the argument that that company will crash because you all will boycott them or something”
      Sure you can….IF YOU ALLOW COMPETITION, which is ILLEGAL under current law.
      “the govt offsetting costs for the USPS has naturally attracted all of the ad delivery work, in true capitalist fashion.”
      A government subsidy is not capitalism at work.
      “That part of it is the plague that will not go away.”
      The only reason it doesn’t go away is because far too many people (including, apparently, you) swallow the myth that some things “need” to be a monopoly.
      “It's one of the businesses, like water, that would actually be worse to have competition in because of the sheer infrastructure that each has to put in place to operate at it's best. It's inefficient to have too many options, and you take a quality hit.”
      Nonsense. There is no justification for government enforced monopoly.
      mises.org/library/myth-natural-monopoly

    • @iant419
      @iant419 4 года назад +21

      Joe Rogan is a meathead brainlet.

    • @DrDaddy-yg2ki
      @DrDaddy-yg2ki 4 года назад +6

      Joes been hit in the head too many times and thinks weed will compensate for it.

  • @tsw199756
    @tsw199756 4 года назад +130

    And it's all Trumps fault. He reached back in time to make it so.

    • @darknessdevil2657
      @darknessdevil2657 4 года назад +21

      Lemon head, Fredo, and Humpty Dumpty will claim Trump has a time machine and went back 13 years to make the USPS start losing billions.

    • @rocketfamilykml2528
      @rocketfamilykml2528 4 года назад +4

      @@darknessdevil2657 the post office has been loosing money for 13 years

    • @darknessdevil2657
      @darknessdevil2657 4 года назад +5

      @@rocketfamilykml2528 I know fellow patriot. I'm just stating that fake news will somehow spin these facts and try blaming it on our President since they want 'mail in voting'😣😑

    • @dude_tut5800
      @dude_tut5800 4 года назад +2

      *president trump makes time machine*

    • @angelgjr1999
      @angelgjr1999 4 года назад

      Now is not the time to close USPS. Considering we may need mandatory mail in voting this time.

  • @Junius24
    @Junius24 4 года назад +7

    Postal Service is not a business. It is ... wait for it ... a service. And, all Americans deserve to be connected by this vital communication link.

    • @me-myself-i787
      @me-myself-i787 8 месяцев назад +1

      As if they can't communicate over the Internet.

    • @bobsteve4812
      @bobsteve4812 4 месяца назад

      @@me-myself-i787Not always, no

  • @JS-ob4oh
    @JS-ob4oh 4 года назад +39

    My neighbor moved away, but kept ownership of his old house. He notified the USPS to forward his mail and NOT deliver mail to the old house. But they kept delivering mail to the old house even after I informed the postman twice that no one lives there. They stuffed the mailbox so full there was literary no empty space in the mailbox and you could not close the door/hatch. This was AFTER the mailbox post toppled over and the mailbox was lying on the ground, they kept stuffing it. Finally, I got tired of this BS and got permission from the owner to junk the mailbox and all. From my window I can see where the old mailbox once stood and months afterwards I would see the postman looking to find the mailbox to stuff more mail into a mailbox that was lying on the ground for a house with no one living in it. That's how ridiculous the USPS is. I've lived in 4 countries and traveled to another 4 and I can tell you the USPS is by far the absolute worst. In other countries like Japan their postal service is so reliable and efficient they even offer banking. You read that right; you can do all your banking at a Japanese postal office. Imagine trying that at a USPS.

    • @PoesRaven73
      @PoesRaven73 Год назад +1

      Third class mail doesn’t get forwarded. So even if a change of address is filled out, only first and second class mail will be forwarded. Junk mail will still be delivered to the old address. Also, a change of address is only good for a year and can’t be renewed indefinitely. The post office is legally required to deliver mail to the address on the envelope.

    • @trixiemcfly8584
      @trixiemcfly8584 Год назад

      ​@@PoesRaven73I think the overall point of the comment is beyond that. I work for USPS currently. You are correct about mail forwarding and the classes of mail but that's not the point. The regular carrier can mark the house as "vacant" in the case and the substitute carriers should respond accordingly. Removing the mail receptacle shouldn't be the only solution to stopping the mail service. I wouldn't be surprised if some carriers just drop the mail on the ground where a missing box should be, I know carriers like that unfortunately. Furthermore, vacant houses are often used to conduct nefarious and illegal activities. The post office shouldn't be putting carriers in danger by aiding those activities.

  • @onnosavage2632
    @onnosavage2632 4 года назад +142

    News Flash: everything the government does loses money!

    • @michaelweber4705
      @michaelweber4705 4 года назад +16

      News flash: The government isn't meant to turn a profit.

    • @ronjones2266
      @ronjones2266 4 года назад +6

      Not the IRS.

    • @hitthegoat
      @hitthegoat 4 года назад +19

      News flash: the USPS turned a profit until 2006 when congress passed a law that severely hindered its ability to do so. You fucking loser.

    • @nigeladams8321
      @nigeladams8321 4 года назад +2

      @@hitthegoat conservative is love facts until they don't

    • @bluesman97
      @bluesman97 4 года назад

      Loses money until us fools keep paying our taxes that could be used better otherwise.

  • @phillhuddleston9445
    @phillhuddleston9445 6 лет назад +66

    Look into E-packet from China. We are subsidizing the delivery of chinese goods that are competing with American businesses and those American businesses are paying extra for their competition to get cheaper rates. Must have been one of those bills that nobody read until it was too late.

  • @samhudson8836
    @samhudson8836 7 лет назад +119

    Fire congress

  • @sik59rt
    @sik59rt 5 лет назад +16

    Whoops, you seem to have forgotten congress forcing the usps to prepay pensions and retirement for decades at the cost of billions

  • @NIAMProductions
    @NIAMProductions 4 года назад +106

    well this aged like fine wine, didn't it?

    • @danieldaniels7571
      @danieldaniels7571 4 года назад +11

      Yep, yet the points here are completely being ignored now in favor of allegations of election interference. SMH

    • @leesanction2068
      @leesanction2068 4 года назад +1

      The video still has one thing wrong. USPS does not use tax payer money.

    • @danieldaniels7571
      @danieldaniels7571 4 года назад +2

      Lee Sanction Wrong.

    • @leesanction2068
      @leesanction2068 4 года назад

      @@danieldaniels7571 Prove it.

    • @jukebox_heroperson3994
      @jukebox_heroperson3994 4 года назад

      @@leesanction2068 It's a government agency. Come on.

  • @dillonlarson1923
    @dillonlarson1923 4 года назад +70

    This is why the post office doesn't make money any more
    "In 2006, Congress passed a law to require the USPS to prefund 75 years worth of retiree health benefits in the span of ten years-a cost of approximately $110 billion. Although the money is intended to be set aside for future Post Office retirees, the funds are instead being diverted to help pay down the national debt"
    Why no mention of this, John?

    • @john-michaelfranco4694
      @john-michaelfranco4694 4 года назад +11

      Ohhh you were so close. If you just pasted the following paragraph from DeFazio's site, you would kinda make sense.
      The money, that they're supposed to set aside, being diverted to pay other national debts has nothing to do with losing money. That money isn't to be used by the USPS for yearly expenses. They're just losing money outright.
      Now let us not forget that over 48 billion dollars that the USPS was supposed to pay for retirement since 2010, hasn't been paid. So even though they aren't paying the money they're supposed to be paying, they still are losing money.
      The US Government Accountability Office's report on the USPS even mentions that the service's expenses are growing faster than its revenue. Due to competition, benefits costs, and decline of the volume of mail, its losing money.

    • @larrywimberly4930
      @larrywimberly4930 4 года назад +2

      @@john-michaelfranco4694 you are a assclown you don't know what you are talking about

    • @ammonchristiansen4518
      @ammonchristiansen4518 4 года назад +2

      It's my understanding the USPS doesn't receive literally any of our taxes either?

    • @john-michaelfranco4694
      @john-michaelfranco4694 4 года назад +5

      @@ammonchristiansen4518 it receives tax breaks of $2.18B a year and borrows from the treasury at the legal limit of $15.2B at 1.2% saving almost half a billion a year in interest. Its also estimated that they make $14B a year solely from being legally the only service that can deliver directly to mailboxes.
      While taxes might not directly go to them in a check, they are absolutely getting money off the backs of taxpayers.

    • @bobbeckhart1707
      @bobbeckhart1707 4 года назад +1

      @@john-michaelfranco4694 while you're on the subject how much money has the government stolen from the P.O. to pay off debt. Also name me one government institution that actually MAKES money. The P.O.

  • @NoName-cp4ct
    @NoName-cp4ct 7 лет назад +151

    I live in Russia, and here State Postal service is just ridiculous. It works bad, it works slow, just a one big joke.

    • @jordendurden8881
      @jordendurden8881 7 лет назад +10

      hahaha and think about it when it was in the 80s the whole market was government owned

    • @zmmood5111
      @zmmood5111 7 лет назад +21

      Seán O'Nilbud someone's having a bad day :(

    • @jackmalloy4229
      @jackmalloy4229 7 лет назад +3

      Seán O'Nilbud Spoken in the words of a tries intellectual.

    • @Jeff-S
      @Jeff-S 7 лет назад +1

      Virgin Wizzardo. I'm a letter carrier. There are two Russian letter Carriers that I work with. LOL you just shit on your own nationality.

    • @waterheaterservices
      @waterheaterservices 6 лет назад +1

      You have gorgeous Russian women so don't be unhappy about anything.

  • @mrclassicrock61
    @mrclassicrock61 6 лет назад +209

    I worked for the Post Office for 32 years.And rarely had an easy day.It's a physically demanding job.It takes a toll on your body.The biggest problem is when someone is hired and can't do the work,they get into management and then demand the people who do the work to do more than what time allows.It's the Peter Principle defined.There is a lot of waste.And generally it's in management.They don't do much at all.And they pressure carriers,who are out in the elements and out in the public to do more and more.And some carriers will skip their lunch and breaks so they won't get disciplined.The Post Office promotes people who show a history of disciplining carriers and clerks.It's a good paying job,with good benefits.But a miserable company to work for.I always said when I worked there.Check your smile at the door.They don't want any happy employees.they will discipline you with a letter of warning for being 5 minutes late on your route.And yet they claim to preach safety.

    • @lawr5764
      @lawr5764 6 лет назад +14

      mrclassicrock61 sooo glad I was able to endure long enough to retire from that HELLHOLE. I still can't believe the change in my attitude and personality since I'm not under that stress anymore.

    • @c.l.1820
      @c.l.1820 6 лет назад +12

      I had a family member that was a postman. He had a medical issue and blacked out on someones porch. He's ok, and lucky the person who lives there saw. but the post office was such a Nazi, they contacted the home owner wanting to know the exact time when he blacked out on his porch. They wanted to get his time clock correct.

    • @MailHandlerInThe505
      @MailHandlerInThe505 5 лет назад +10

      You are exactly right. The pay we get at the post office is because of the bullshit we have to deal with working at the post office. Short handed and expected to do 3 peoples work all while management acting like Saddam

    • @hardlyb
      @hardlyb 5 лет назад +8

      My dad worked for the post office as a kid and could do two routes in the time allotted to doing one, and got yelled at for that. Sounds like the managers haven't changed.

    • @Canadianvoice
      @Canadianvoice 5 лет назад +6

      You could have done something different if it was so hard. Why does everyone have to think their job is the hardest.

  • @pillznarRy
    @pillznarRy 4 года назад +53

    more prevalent today in 2020 than ever.

  • @bdbailey
    @bdbailey 4 года назад +61

    How about how the military loses 700 billion a year next?

    • @toosweet6046
      @toosweet6046 4 года назад +2

      They don’t

    • @bdbailey
      @bdbailey 4 года назад +35

      @@toosweet6046 You're right! They actually lose 738 billion per year. Thank you for fact checking me there

    • @nonmagicmike723
      @nonmagicmike723 4 года назад +14

      I'm a Republican, but this is one of the things I don't like about the Right in America, this assumption that we need to constantly jack up defense spending year after year just because, including in peacetime.
      And the unfortunate thing is that the base is largely for it. So, you can blame the military industrial complex all you want, but ultimately, the GOP is simply representing its voters on this one. And I wish they'd come around on that.

    • @JRLSprague3
      @JRLSprague3 4 года назад +1

      None of that money leaves the country.

    • @nonmagicmike723
      @nonmagicmike723 4 года назад +5

      @@JRLSprague3 None of the money spent on welfare or NPR leaves the country either.

  • @cinereyes
    @cinereyes 4 года назад +55

    this is misinformed, the usps got screwed by the 2006 pension act, forcing them to pay full lenth pensions on the date of hirement

    • @leechowning2712
      @leechowning2712 4 года назад +6

      That's what you get when the union has full control over the contracts. They were concerned that the USPS might go broke, so they make it happen.

    • @Gunman610
      @Gunman610 4 года назад +3

      @@leechowning2712 The GOP has wanted USPS privatized for a very long time and no other government agency has to do this.

    • @leechowning2712
      @leechowning2712 4 года назад +6

      Honestly, the error in both the USPS and Amtrak is that these should be run as government services, not businesses. As another commenter said, running at a deficit is normal when you are talking about a governmental agency. Most agencies have no income or little income. But the "it is a business being run by the government" is sheer foolishness because a business is set to make decisions based on income, but especially when dealing with congress the decision making is based on "supporting my base". In business, this will cause failure. Either make it a federal agency... With the full support of the government, or a state agency... Or let them operate as a business.

    • @cinereyes
      @cinereyes 4 года назад +6

      Lee Chowning agree one the usps, I don’t know too much on Amtrak, but a basic centralized postal service should be 100% government funded even if at a loss.

    • @neovenom9833
      @neovenom9833 4 года назад

      @@leechowning2712 the main issue with government business is, that hey have a terrible service record.
      If UPS or Fedex had the same level of service as USPS they would have been out of business long time ago.

  • @MCSilver
    @MCSilver 7 лет назад +103

    'Every citizen must get mail service'? NOT! I am in court right now with the post office for a psychotic post master that has stopped my mail. Someone pointed me to the US postal service Administrative Court. It is run just like a court with an administrative judge and everything. Im having to go against a hired east coast lawyer and i don't get representation except for my humble non-lawyer self.
    Mr Stossel, the Lowell postmaster Don Knotts (yes, that is his name), told me on camera that HE does NOT have to prove the existence of a law LIMITING mail to only one location, but that I have to prove that i DO have that right to get mail at more than one location. I have put in complaints to the USPS and they have not responded. The postal service is another out of control agency, that is now taking control of my mail. That's not service! The administrative hearing is set for Jan 13, 2017 in Virginia. Mr Stossel you are invited to attend if you have time.

    • @gear1100
      @gear1100 7 лет назад +13

      What was the outcome?

    • @Jeff-S
      @Jeff-S 7 лет назад +4

      Why did they stop your mail? I'm sure that had a reason. They just don't decide to randomly stop someones mail.

    •  7 лет назад +2

      MCSilverNinja lost his case because he's a fucking idiot and a lunatic like most of the subnormals who worship Stossel's demonic moustache.

    • @jeffw1267
      @jeffw1267 7 лет назад +11

      +MCSilverNinja The USPS only has to PROVIDE your mail; they don't necessarily have to bring it to your door or even to your neighborhood in some circumstances. I've cut off customers for being abusive or for having an unrestrained dog in the yard.

    • @zmmood5111
      @zmmood5111 7 лет назад +1

      Seán O'Nilbud :(

  • @CalvinHikes
    @CalvinHikes 7 лет назад +11

    Part of my soul dies every time I have to pick up a package from our local post office. It's like they try to do everything wrong, discourteous, and slow.

  • @benstark4578
    @benstark4578 5 лет назад +49

    That Al Franken cameo hasn’t aged well

  • @zackglisan6400
    @zackglisan6400 3 года назад +1

    This channel should be a major news network...

  • @dattack1970
    @dattack1970 4 года назад +41

    Trump telling the truth again.

    • @chryssoraidy9838
      @chryssoraidy9838 4 года назад +2

      you missed the part where he manipulated an existing situation to cover an illegal action - something a real hustler knows how to do. It's no coincidence that the shutting down is perfectly timed to interfere with the election. He repeatedly complained that voting by mail results in fraud (not a historical fact), and out the other side of his mouth he was sending GOP voters notices to hurry up and do their vote by mail. Pretty sad when you have to pull blatant criminal behavior to get your votes. Not a surprise, considering how much protesting he did about fraud. He was right - there IS fraud going on. And he's the one pulling it. So sorry you aren't seeing the whole picture.

    • @heyoa7714
      @heyoa7714 4 года назад +1

      He’s president for 3 years only act now when people are expecting more than ever to vote by mail! He want to cheat to win he know Biden voters are more likely to not vote in person because of the pandemic

    • @mastermnd22
      @mastermnd22 4 года назад

      @@chryssoraidy9838 it must be easy to live life deaf/blind. Reality is a bitch

    • @14austyboi
      @14austyboi 4 года назад

      LOL

    • @chryssoraidy9838
      @chryssoraidy9838 4 года назад

      @@mastermnd22 Reality definitely is a bitch. The rest is more your department than mine. I don't let politicians tell me how to think. You should try it.

  • @mattymessner9185
    @mattymessner9185 5 лет назад +8

    I actually like the post office. For my business it works, their prices are so much cheaper then UPS and FeDex, though those ones are open later, the difference for me when I mail paintings is, USPS $4 - $15 a painting (size pending). The other 2 charge $24- $125 for those same sizes. It just works for me, and the people at my post office are super sweet.

    • @me-myself-i787
      @me-myself-i787 8 месяцев назад

      USPS is cheaper because taxpayers pay.

    • @terrigoodsell9596
      @terrigoodsell9596 5 месяцев назад

      So the rest of us have to subsidize your business?

    • @mattymessner9185
      @mattymessner9185 5 месяцев назад

      @@terrigoodsell9596 might as well get some benefits for all these taxes I’m paying. Like, 24 - 33% I pay. 33% is based on receiving tips for working festivals and bar jobs for the last 30 years.

  • @tysonwebber7082
    @tysonwebber7082 4 года назад +49

    "THE POST OFFICE ISNT MAKING ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE GOVERMENT"
    Spends 934 billion a year to drone strike kids

    • @lucasbendit7564
      @lucasbendit7564 4 года назад +6

      Tyson Webber
      B/c it’s patriotic to support the military no matter the price tag. If you support downsizing the military obviously you are a treehugger communist who hates the armed services so much they should leave the country duh.

    • @davidlee1770
      @davidlee1770 4 года назад +1

      @@lucasbendit7564 but inefficiency needs to be resolved tho

    • @xodima
      @xodima 4 года назад +2

      @@zarnaku6467 I think Lucas Bendit was being sarcastic, but yeah lol. It's ridiculous how the Post Office is supposed to make the government money unlike EVERY OTHER GOVERNMENT PROGRAM THAT EXISTS. Military waste is gigantic

    • @bdbailey
      @bdbailey 4 года назад

      @@zarnaku6467 It's a joke

    • @zarnaku6467
      @zarnaku6467 4 года назад

      @@bdbailey really? I couldn't tell

  • @durantetest
    @durantetest 4 года назад +33

    I would support Stossel as one of Trump's advisers in a heart beat.

    • @furydeath
      @furydeath 4 года назад

      oh god just what we need more fox new people

    • @Exileonbackroad
      @Exileonbackroad 4 года назад

      Yeah they're perfect together - two douchebags.

    • @melonieashway4189
      @melonieashway4189 4 года назад +1

      @@Exileonbackroad Who hurt you?

  • @gg-ni9xe
    @gg-ni9xe 2 года назад +2

    The private sector should be allowed to operate in postal services

  • @AidenRKrone
    @AidenRKrone 4 года назад +3

    As someone who orders from eBay almost everyday and has packages, parcels, and boxes delivered to his address, I must say that the USPS is the most reliable. FedEx, Amazon Logistics, and UPS _always_ deliver my packages to the wrong address. I'm not defending the financial wastefulness of the USPS, but I do have to give credit where it's due.

    • @MisterE80
      @MisterE80 11 месяцев назад

      I've had FedEx deliver to the wrong address once which pissed me off, (he obviously didn't look at the door number since there wasn't one on THE LAUNDRY ROOM door at my apartment building for crying out loud) but I've also gotten pissed off at the post office for delivering to the wrong address (he delivered it to a different house number on my street). Although my current mailman is rather excellent I will say. I still want the postal service privatized 100% but I want the privatized service to hire him.

  • @spanky4847
    @spanky4847 5 лет назад +9

    The Postal Service does not receive government tax money to operate. The loss is caused by Congress mandate to pre-fund our retirement health. The Postal Service has over 55 billions dollars in the U.S. Treasury

    • @nigeladams8321
      @nigeladams8321 4 года назад

      It's almost like this video isn't about the facts but it's instead about pushing an agenda

  • @zachb1706
    @zachb1706 4 года назад +37

    The postal service is there because it’s not profitable. Many rural towns may be completely cut off from the mail as it would be too costly

    • @kiyosenl.3889
      @kiyosenl.3889 4 года назад

      As someone who has lived in extremely rural areas i gotta say thats jusy not the case, although tbh you could deliber mail to everyone in the country while still being profitable, personally id be happy if they just broke even

    • @dez8946
      @dez8946 4 года назад

      kiyosen L. Ups and fed ex came ?

    • @kiyosenl.3889
      @kiyosenl.3889 4 года назад

      @@dez8946 yeah, looked into it though and there are some rural areas where they really wont

    • @Pablo-bo2ru
      @Pablo-bo2ru 4 года назад

      ... it’s 2020 though, we got other services, e-mails, dms, literally so much now.

    •  4 года назад +1

      Like he said, nobody is forcing them to live there

  • @corruptfaith6674
    @corruptfaith6674 4 года назад +8

    I literally get maybe 2-3 bills a month and about 40 pieces of junk mail.

  • @MrCarlGW
    @MrCarlGW Год назад +2

    90% of my recycle bin is junk mail. Then I have to pay the city to haul it off.

  • @rn2cro03
    @rn2cro03 4 года назад +34

    All this time, I thought Pres Trump was responsible for failing post offices.

    • @leechowning2712
      @leechowning2712 4 года назад +1

      Guessing from the dozens of ads?

    • @buddyjenkins7188
      @buddyjenkins7188 4 года назад +7

      Have you seen the uproar from the Democrats over his attempts to reform the Post Office?

    • @johnlazar1818
      @johnlazar1818 4 года назад +1

      @@buddyjenkins7188 how is not funding the post office "reform"?

    • @buddyjenkins7188
      @buddyjenkins7188 4 года назад +2

      @@johnlazar1818 Since when did not increasing funding become "not funding?"

    • @reggie69.
      @reggie69. 4 года назад +1

      @@buddyjenkins7188 I haven't heard about his attempts to reform the post office please enlighten me

  • @kamala2111
    @kamala2111 4 года назад +51

    Not one word about pre funding bill, UPS and Fed Ex don’t deliver every address in America. No taxpayer money Stossel.

    • @joyceb8407
      @joyceb8407 4 года назад +17

      Correct, UPS and FedEx both will hand over mail/packages to the USPS to finsh the delivery where the 2 don't deliver. I sent a package to my brother using UPS and had to pay an extra charge for the last leg of the delivery. I was told because it will actually be delivered by USPS because UPS does not go that far out in his rural area in Virginia, to much added cost. They said they drop it at nearest town.

    • @dez8946
      @dez8946 4 года назад +3

      Joyce B I called ups and fed ex and they said if you pay extra they will do the last leg

    • @jamadir
      @jamadir 4 года назад +1

      Haha the us is such a shithole😂

    • @justaway_of_the_samurai
      @justaway_of_the_samurai 4 года назад +4

      @@joyceb8407 UPS and Fedex won't deliver there because it is cheaper to outsource to the USPS. And the reason the USPS is cheaper is because they are not allowed to charge what the delivery is worth.

    • @MisterE80
      @MisterE80 5 месяцев назад

      No one forces any of these individuals to live there, so stop whining!

  • @ByronTabor
    @ByronTabor 5 лет назад +10

    UPS, FedEx make some money by using the cheaper services of the USPS, ShurePost as one example. They also negotiate prices with the USPS. Foreign countries get much better inbound prices, than American's get outbound. It's cheaper to ship a fairly big box of goods from China, than it is to send some small packages to the next closest city here (this is easily verifiable). If it weren't for the USPS, many small businesses would have to shut down, most of eBay would cease to exist, and that $99 a year prime, would most likely be $250 +.
    The base cost (starting cost) for package shipment from UPS & FedEx is about $9.00. Small packages up to one pound can be sent First Class mail, starting around $2.50 and up. Priority mail starting around $6.00, delivery in three days or less, where UPS & FedEx may take 5 or more days.
    Taxpayers are subsidizing large multi-national corporations like UPS & FedEx, retailers like Amazon, and yes, many small businesses. 90% + of my sales are shipped USPS, faster delivery on average, and a cheaper cost. I wouldn't be able to run my business, and compete with the big boys, without them.

    • @rickmaurer8726
      @rickmaurer8726 5 лет назад +2

      Socialism for the rich and corporations but hope, prayers, and bootstraps for everyone else!

  • @_multiverse_
    @_multiverse_ 5 лет назад +76

    Look at that federal employee hiding from a camera..... What a joke.

    • @bfun4615
      @bfun4615 5 лет назад +23

      They need authorization to do that. If you were a rank and file employee (in any business) usually you would have to get permission to speak to media. I had to when a reporter wanted to do a story about me saving an elderly person out of $4000.00 scam. I had to get permission to talk to media. Most companies have spokespeople for media requests.

    • @_multiverse_
      @_multiverse_ 5 лет назад +4

      @@bfun4615 Not her, she's a federal employee in a public building.

    • @bfun4615
      @bfun4615 5 лет назад +12

      @@_multiverse_ Yes her. Just because she's a federal employee that doesn't mean there is no protocol for media requests. And NOT all employees want to be on camera. When my story aired on TV I had to get permission to do so.

    • @a.c.guerra9850
      @a.c.guerra9850 5 лет назад +1

      @@bfun4615 yeah they had a couple guys bust into the p.o. claiming to be media. And they got rights to film all the workers. Problem is that the sign that proves they have a right to film also states they need approval from postmaster or station manager. Which they dont get. Cause they are fake media

    • @a.c.guerra9850
      @a.c.guerra9850 5 лет назад

      @@_multiverse_ got it .

  • @benx6264
    @benx6264 4 года назад +1

    Contrary to what John Stossel tries to imply, the Post Office does not receive tax dollars.
    A huge problem that they do have is the fact that in 2006, Congress passed a law that required the Post Office to create a $72 billion fund to pay all its employee's post-retirement health care costs 75 years into the future. Making payments into this fund is what drove the PO into the red, before that they were breaking even as they were supposed to. FEDEX and UPS don't have to do that.
    You try running a business that has to pre-pay 75 years worth of health costs for its retirees.

  • @crookedinapot8980
    @crookedinapot8980 3 года назад +1

    It's called being mandated by congress to pregund retiree health benefits

  • @musclee-mac8768
    @musclee-mac8768 7 лет назад +55

    The post office is so cheap. I tried sending a package internationally and FedEx wanted $300. I went to a post office and spent $75. Why would i use FedEx when i can get the same service for lesser cost?

    • @2013branth
      @2013branth 6 лет назад +40

      Because FedEx has a higher probability of delivering it on time and intact?

    • @bluestarrevenue7598
      @bluestarrevenue7598 6 лет назад +32

      If you want something expensive thrown on a porch and stolen, then use the US postal service

    • @doctorlarry2273
      @doctorlarry2273 6 лет назад +12

      First, the business carriers have varying rate for varying services. If you really want to get something somewhere, and get it there by a certain time - DO NOT USE USPS! If you don't care if it is lost, crushed, weeks, late.....use USPS.

    • @niyablake
      @niyablake 6 лет назад +6

      I use USP over fedex because fedex has a habit of just not delivering on time. I lived in Californian and for the most part the USPS was good. Had a few lazy mail carriers but most were good. Moved to Alabama and they use private contractors. The mail gets here when it gets here. Some days the mail person does not show up.

    • @circusboy90210
      @circusboy90210 6 лет назад +8

      Anthony you've obviously never been in a FedEx terminal. Boxes are tossed and thrown multiple times and dropped on your porch.

  • @_..--
    @_..-- 4 года назад +4

    Amazing this has been brought back by the algorithm. Keep up the quality work John.

  • @yeathatsright1034
    @yeathatsright1034 4 года назад +12

    Was turning a profit until 06 , forcing yhe postal service to prefund billions. Those are about 80 percent of the loses

    • @m.someone6792
      @m.someone6792 4 года назад

      The USPS was required to wean itself off of taxpayer dollars in *1971* (there is an exception to compensate for congress requiring the USPS to give free mailing service to overseas voters and the blind which accounts for less than 1% of their annual budget). It hasn't relied on taxpayer money since *1971* due to how profitable it was before the *Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act* intentionally gutted it in 2006.

  • @rickliao7259
    @rickliao7259 4 года назад +1

    The military buys advertisements, doesn’t pay for parking tickets or property taxes, and also hemorrhages money. Should we abolish the Department of Defense?

  • @Borsia
    @Borsia Год назад +1

    My question is why does the USPS buy commercials when they are a monopoly with no competition.
    Also why don't they raise rates on junk mail? I throw away 90% of what comes in the mail without even looking at it.

  • @2-old-Forthischet
    @2-old-Forthischet 7 лет назад +70

    They're actually a monopoly. I've been battling my post office for better efficiency for the last 27 years. I complained so much I just gave up. I expect to lose mail anymore so I simply went to paperless mailing as much as possible. I live in a 200 plus condo association and once a post office delivery person asked me what to do when the box is too small. Isn't there a common sense test before they hire these people?

    • @MK-ex4pb
      @MK-ex4pb 7 лет назад +7

      Abunai One nope my friend worked for them for a few months and he said half the people in orientation were complete morons

    • @Rehdman6444
      @Rehdman6444 7 лет назад +15

      As a 36-year veteran of the USPS (now retired), I understand your frustration. Now I do business transactions and personal communications via phone or email. I have been "on the inside" and I know how the sausage is made.

    • @2-old-Forthischet
      @2-old-Forthischet 7 лет назад +9

      I worked for a "giant" telecommunications company before I retired. One of my supervisors retired earlier than me ( I remained as a tech because I saw what management had to go through) and decided to work for the USPS to try a draw a second pension. He quit the USPS after the first day on the job.

    • @2-old-Forthischet
      @2-old-Forthischet 7 лет назад +3

      I can say the same for that "giant" telecom company I retired from. At one time they considered getting rid of the middle three layers of five layers of management but you know they patted each other on the back so well it didn't happen.

    • @bherber
      @bherber 7 лет назад +7

      @Abunai - It sounds like you may need to battle your condo a little more. If a mail box is too small and too full, then there's nothing the postal carrier can do. Maybe the management of your condo can hold the mail for you. You don't have to shit on the post office for the weaknesses of your condo.

  • @belowaverageluke1369
    @belowaverageluke1369 4 года назад +31

    I can see why trump is doing what he's doing. This timing seems a bit fishy but it's ok.
    This video was recommended at an important time.

    • @mawlinzebra
      @mawlinzebra 4 года назад +5

      @oO0 Aegis 0Oo it's by RUclips themselves, but it doesn't make sense. RUclips by proxy of google hates Trump and recommending this video defending Trump's actions is something they'd never do.

    • @youdontknowwhoiam4349
      @youdontknowwhoiam4349 4 года назад +1

      oO0 Aegis 0Oo it’s an algorithm that does it, not somebody on the inside that pushed buttons and does it manually. This video was likely recommended simply because everyone is talking about the USPS right now.

    • @cookmeadrinkshow4814
      @cookmeadrinkshow4814 4 года назад

      us post mail officials decided to aid dems, period
      they need a lot money to defraud

  • @edwardgreenjr167
    @edwardgreenjr167 4 года назад +44

    "I don't represent John Stossel"
    Yup. You don't represent most of Americans.
    THAT'S THE POINT.

    • @stanwolenski9541
      @stanwolenski9541 4 года назад +4

      Edward Green, Jr ctually he is correct, he represents the people in the congressional district he was elected to. Notice both he and Frankan are gone.

    • @georgeyrrboy
      @georgeyrrboy 4 года назад +1

      that's how congress works dumbass

  • @richardgillette5759
    @richardgillette5759 4 года назад +2

    I am sick and tired of only paying cents for stamps! We need to privatize the post office and let big business come in and start charging me DOLLARS not cents. That makes no sense. Thank god Stossel is here to gut an entity older than USA itself and fight for big business.

  • @michaelfrisby6998
    @michaelfrisby6998 4 года назад +2

    The USPS doesn't get money from taxes. It is totally funded by the money it collects from stamp and package rates. And it's only losing billions every year because Congress in the 90s made it start prefunding all employee retirement benefits, which no business in the world does. And no business does that because no business could afford to. Having said that it's important to remember that the USPS is not a business but a service. It's not supposed to make profits.

    • @michaelfrisby6998
      @michaelfrisby6998 4 года назад

      Hey Ken, I am postal worker. And you can easily Google if the USPS gets tax money. The answer is no it does not. Now you would be correct if we are given a bailout from the government. Then that would obviously come from taxes. The main reason for people not wanting it to become privatized is that it would keep it from being a service that is affordable and accessible for every citizen.

  • @palaceofwisdom9448
    @palaceofwisdom9448 4 года назад +7

    Occasionally the algorithm really works.

  • @gregrohs6688
    @gregrohs6688 6 лет назад +13

    Largest employer of veterans within the united states.

    • @johnpuckett4888
      @johnpuckett4888 4 года назад +1

      LongShot you’re so tough

    • @angelsalinas31as
      @angelsalinas31as 4 года назад +1

      @LongShot chill you fucking pog

    • @mr.kilpatrick2991
      @mr.kilpatrick2991 4 года назад +1

      Largest employer of slackers within the united states. fixed it for free.

  • @JasonFiske
    @JasonFiske 4 года назад +10

    With the pandemic and mail in ballots, we are now seeing this all over again in 2020.

  • @towelietowel4513
    @towelietowel4513 4 года назад +4

    I worked at the post office for a while and we have had the same vehicles for 30 years, we rarely get 40 hours (meaning we mainly work 10 hour days), and the leadership refuses to increase prices. Like seriously, the prices for stamps is a joke. Most of our money is made from junk mail, and most people want us open lol.

  • @BZman7
    @BZman7 4 года назад +5

    Thank the unions, they have too much power in USPS

    • @reggie69.
      @reggie69. 4 года назад +1

      And Congress

    • @BZman7
      @BZman7 4 года назад

      @Xeh Zinpo that's only part of the story. There several factors that have caused USPS to perform poorly.

  • @mgreg8134
    @mgreg8134 5 лет назад +13

    What this whole story never touches on is that the postal service has to fully fund it's pension plan 75 years out. That is why it loses money.

    • @HermannTheGreat
      @HermannTheGreat 5 лет назад +4

      That's what I was told by Postal workers whom I asked about the whole "not being profitable." I was told they have to fund things so far out it always looks like a loss.

  • @NickYourHomeLoanFriendKrehnke
    @NickYourHomeLoanFriendKrehnke 6 лет назад +8

    In my experience, the USPS is a by cheaper than Fed Ex and UPS. EDDM, priority mail, and next day air are by far the best deal in their catagory

    • @hint0122
      @hint0122 4 года назад

      Last year they lost $8.8 billion. That's unsustainable for a for profit business.

    • @NickYourHomeLoanFriendKrehnke
      @NickYourHomeLoanFriendKrehnke 4 года назад +1

      they've sustained for 150 years or so....

    • @hint0122
      @hint0122 4 года назад +2

      @@NickYourHomeLoanFriendKrehnke and that's supposed to be an incentive? If they were a private business, they would have either changed or shut down. They have lost $69 billion in 11 years

    • @hint0122
      @hint0122 4 года назад +3

      It's cheaper because it's subsidized by the government

    • @NickYourHomeLoanFriendKrehnke
      @NickYourHomeLoanFriendKrehnke 4 года назад

      @@hint0122As do all major businesses in this country. USPS has had a major decline in 1st class mail for many years and they have to adjust to that, just like any other company in a similar situation. They have sold and are selling lots of buildings and assets as a result. They are half the price of Fed Ex, and if my tax money goes toward actually lowering the price to me, all I can say is "finally!" We are gonna pay one way or another, either by taxes or higher prices.

  • @cristianmunoz2480
    @cristianmunoz2480 5 лет назад +18

    " Alright it's true, nobody needs mail. You think you're so clever for figuring that out? "

    • @woodyburns
      @woodyburns 4 года назад +7

      Cristian Munoz Is there a problem here, Postal Employee Newman?

  • @itshammertime4297
    @itshammertime4297 4 года назад +41

    "The USPS dosent make the government any money"
    It's a service how much money has the military made?

    • @oxey_
      @oxey_ 4 года назад +7

      The technology that is developed for the military probably makes some money back but not the 600B it costs every year lmao. I totally agree, basic services like mail, healthcare, water / electricity shouldn't be super expensive, the argument of 'you chose to live in the middle of nowhere' is the same as 'this is 'Murica and if you don't like it then go back to your own country' which is just inconsiderate

    • @deepakraisotang
      @deepakraisotang 4 года назад +2

      If you want to put value to world’s and our security , how much do you think it is worth?

    • @itshammertime4297
      @itshammertime4297 4 года назад +5

      rai delfinalty less the 600 billion dollars

    • @CommaGaming
      @CommaGaming 4 года назад

      @@itshammertime4297 you do realise you would value a person at less than $1.700 then right.

    • @itshammertime4297
      @itshammertime4297 4 года назад

      @@CommaGaming I dont how did you get to that conclusion?

  • @monikas2941
    @monikas2941 4 года назад

    So happy to found you again John Stossel. Thank you for making news great again

  • @jasongagnon8571
    @jasongagnon8571 7 лет назад +25

    No tax dollars goes to the post office. Know your facts

    • @doctorlarry2273
      @doctorlarry2273 6 лет назад +5

      True - not directly. But they have a government-mandated monopoly that is worth billions, they pay absolutely no state and local property and real estate taxes, along with other burdens like tolls, vehicle registration fees, and parking tickets (more billions). They can "borrow" money at highly subsidized interest rates (free money!) estimated to save them about 1/2 billion a year. And yet, they still lose billions a year. Those are facts.

    • @barryestell6324
      @barryestell6324 6 лет назад +1

      When the get paid is it a Federal check ?

    • @fsirjyy147
      @fsirjyy147 5 лет назад

      Jason Gagnon People pay taxes which funds the government, any money that is used in the government to help or aid the Post Office is our tax dollars just like everything else in the government.

    • @richardsoto6957
      @richardsoto6957 5 лет назад

      @@doctorlarry2273 I heard they could borrow money but it had to be paid back by the end of the year. That's like taking a loan out from a bank.

    • @phukit5456
      @phukit5456 5 лет назад

      Yeah I guess those buildings were paid by donations.

  • @bsm6776
    @bsm6776 6 лет назад +16

    I don’t know who else is willing to send an envelope to Alaska and Hawaii for 47 cents

  • @JamesSmith-tz3rf
    @JamesSmith-tz3rf 5 лет назад +6

    A congress man saying I don’t represent you... Get him the hell out

    • @jamesbancroft2467
      @jamesbancroft2467 5 лет назад +1

      tbh most of the electorate is greedy (thinking we “need” handouts and a “social safety net”-we don’t) , unprincipled, emotionalist and unintelligent

  • @yazeed3881
    @yazeed3881 4 года назад +2

    If the usps need to turn a profit then every branch of the government needs to , including the military .

    • @kertas1991111
      @kertas1991111 4 года назад

      Soo you want to set plunder quotas for the military? great idea

    • @yazeed3881
      @yazeed3881 4 года назад

      Kertas well you can set it for USPS why not for military ?

  • @patveldon6843
    @patveldon6843 4 года назад +1

    The Post Office cannot raises prices without the approval of Congress, Republicans made them prefund their pension plan something no other business has to and Republicans voted to keep mail delivery on Saturdays...why doesn’t Stossel talk about that? Meanwhile we are giving billions to billionaires through the Cares Act.

  • @ronbreton296
    @ronbreton296 7 лет назад +17

    The US post office delivers at least 40% of all packages from UPS, FedEx and DHL. The reason the Post office has trouble making money is the laws of the US. Not only is there universal delivery the Post Office CANNOT own there own airline. They have to use the overprice service of national carriers. Also there is one Admin person for every three production workers. A study was done on how to make the USPS more profitable. One of the main suggestions was to eliminate 30% of supervisory personnel. They increased the amount of supervisors instead. However, even with the top heavy business model, the post office has done an incredible job in controlling inflation of the cost of postage. Around 1950 the cost of a gallon of gas, a gallon of milk and a first class postage stamp were all about the same price. Now a gallon of milk and a gallon of gas are both about 500 - 1000% more than a first class stamp. Also UPS and FedEx prices are a lot more depending on the region. Both FedEx and UPS both use the USPS to deliver a large amount of their packages. They charge so much more they can afford to take customers money then send the package to the USPS for delivery and still make money.

    • @danielgibson3422
      @danielgibson3422 6 лет назад +9

      Ron Breton I always have to laugh when people say I only use UPS or FedEx, because they care about my package. Truth is they just dump it on USPS and pocket your extra postage lol

    • @jaypuck6912
      @jaypuck6912 6 лет назад +2

      I work for the USPS, and I can tell ya there were several days we didn't have a supervisor come in. When the supervisor finally did show up hours late, we had everything in perfect order. Imagine that, people with work ethic who don't need half a million dollars of supervisors standing over their shoulders. (I work in an office with roughly 90 employees on the clock during main operating times. We have a minimum of three supervisors and a station manager overseeing us. About 90% of us know our jobs to a point we could operate all year efficiently without ever seeing a supervisor. That's just local supervision. We also have a Postmaster that overseas ONLY two stations. Then we have about 5 layers of management above him.)

    • @jaypuck6912
      @jaypuck6912 6 лет назад +2

      In reality, the biggest problem with the USPS is that it's an impossible business model. Due to growth, every year the USPS has to deliver to more homes, businesses, and shopping centers than it did the previous year. Due to modern tech (like email), they deliver to a larger infrastructure with less money.
      The USPS does provide centralized service that might be a disaster if left to the local governments. They name roads, maintain the grid system that dictates your address. They ensure apartment numbers and suite numbers are fairly uniform. I've seen what happens when we allow the developer or county planner do this. I've seen apartment complexes numbered 101,104,109,110,113, 202, etc. What? What happened to apt 102 and 103? Why skip those? Recently I started delivering a building that had been gutted and remodeled. Suites were set to follow a fairly predictable pattern -- 200,210,215,220, etc. Suddenly, months after people started moving in, Suite 279 showed up. WHAT? Why did that happen?

    • @barryestell6324
      @barryestell6324 6 лет назад

      Hey if it BROKE fix the dam thing or shut the doors !

    • @billybobjoe198
      @billybobjoe198 5 лет назад

      USPS probably delivers remote packages for the big carriers, but I have only ever once had a FedEx package be fulfilled by the USPS and I was extremely angry. I don't use USPS for a reason, they lose tons of packages and make no effort to deal with "lost" packages.

  • @Lilbunnialice404
    @Lilbunnialice404 5 лет назад +29

    You're a badass keep giving em hell

  • @AdvancedUSA
    @AdvancedUSA 4 года назад +4

    The FIRST thing a newly elected congressman or senator thinks the first time he sits at his desk is, “ aah, this is good”. The second is “how do I get re-elected”. And that’s how our tax dollars “crumble”.

    • @paris466
      @paris466 4 года назад

      You're correct, but that doesn't apply to the Post Office. They receive ZERO (0) tax dollars.

  • @Radar120155
    @Radar120155 3 года назад +2

    Democratic funds for the post office Union .

  • @shubhamvats6920
    @shubhamvats6920 3 года назад

    Never seen such a truthful guy ever .

  • @masterbulgokov
    @masterbulgokov 4 года назад +15

    Thanks for throwing in the real obstacle at the end - selfish, short-sighted people.

  • @pathagan3011
    @pathagan3011 4 года назад +3

    How can you do a report and not mention the postal retirement Act of 2006 I couldn't help but notice your dates start at 2007. I used to respect John Stossel--no more

    • @yvonneye3889
      @yvonneye3889 4 года назад

      So what's your argument then? Complaining this video not having enough context but we still don't know why you were triggered.

  • @jamesbenedict7206
    @jamesbenedict7206 5 лет назад +21

    You forgot to mention how much money they pissed on Lance Armstrong !

  • @TheMaulam12345
    @TheMaulam12345 Год назад +1

    close them, close them all but dont close mine.

  • @PureInsanity
    @PureInsanity 2 года назад +1

    Stossel again takes a very complicated topic and makes it seems like it is easy to explain.
    If the people use the service, and it is losing money, it really doesn't because those people that use it pay for it through taxes. So who gives a crap if they are still open if they lose money.

  • @davidp.7620
    @davidp.7620 4 года назад +11

    "We should run Socialism like we run the post office"
    Vladimir Lenin
    If that was their goal, imagine reality...

    • @robertm.9515
      @robertm.9515 4 года назад +2

      I remember when I was in a town in Southern France and rode by a doctors office... it looked worse than my local USPS.

  • @dissturbbed
    @dissturbbed 5 лет назад +6

    “I can’t talk to you” smart woman

  • @jayfaisa6016
    @jayfaisa6016 5 лет назад +5

    I think it’s tough for me to get past the universal aspect of the mail service. I get that it’s at a loss, but I live in a rural area and I like having a post office near me where I can receive my mail and packages on time without the excess expanses. Sometimes, these delivered services are a necessity to me. So, though I love the free market, I’m not sure if not having the government postal service is the right way to go.

    • @asillynertasillynert2204
      @asillynertasillynert2204 5 лет назад

      Problem right now is your paying for it with interest and then some. And it wouldn't have to be eliminated they could centralize boxes at that post office drop off pick up less often run shorter hours. So instead of 5 full time employees to deliver all over county they have one part time employee who does the pick ups and sorts drop offs into appropriate mail box.
      There is a million solutions and most "rural" ones are not losers by themselves its when you have 3-4 post offices in on very small town.
      But right now we are operating at a deficit meaning every dollar spent is 2 dollars taken from tomorrows and 5 from next and 20 then 1000. Because we are paying compounding interest on it.
      Taxes are not theft because we argue "greater" good ineffective or selfish squandering of tax dollars does turn it into theft. Which is why the sentiment of taxes are theft if growing. And nobody wants to pay taxes the left wants "other people" to pay and the right wants to avoid paying themselves.
      And its only natural ineffective use of tax dollars is like getting less than you paid for with any service. If you paid for a ferrari and got 1980s ford fiesta would you want to keep using that company. If you ordered and paid for 12oz steak and got a 6oz would you keep coming back.
      Fact is wasting money in government makes people feel like they are not getting value. Makes them less willing to pay while yes government iron fist can stamp that out.
      People are getting more and more creative in ways to dodge for example keep "bees" on property and some states you are now a bee farmer exempt from property tax. Couple hundred bucks to get started and very little maintenance if your not harvesting honey.
      You also have lobbying and buying themselves loopholes. Fact is the harder you squeeze the more they can offer politicians to buy their exemption.
      Its a sacred trust we promise to make nation better with x money if you spend inordinate amount of money on one group of people then majority never see the benefit. If they don't see the benefit they wont see the value in paying. And it becomes a downward spiral.
      Responsible spending not saying you go without maybe just use creative solutions to minimize cost. And make that dollar do as much as possible while yes it might be inconvenient to have to go to post office to pick up mail or have shorter hours for drop offs ect. Ever dollar spent making things "convenient" is a dollar not spent on a kids education funding cancer treatment for sick people who can't afford it helping addicts overcome addiction or providing tangible benefits for all of society.

  • @scottpelhamsr9500
    @scottpelhamsr9500 6 месяцев назад +1

    It's only a matter of time before the USPS becomes obsolete. Going the way of payphones and VHS. I've had the same book of stamps for 5 years. Checks too. I never write a check anymore.

  • @jaybee3165
    @jaybee3165 3 года назад +1

    they claim no tax is used for the post office... only stamp fees pay the bills. I call Bs.

  • @klonoa450
    @klonoa450 4 года назад +17

    This aged well

  • @uppercut70
    @uppercut70 4 года назад +5

    But, but, but it's Trumps fault! Reeeeeee

  • @ubon11
    @ubon11 5 лет назад +10

    I worked at the USPS as a postal clerk for nearly 2 years, and I absolutely loved it. It was incredibly hard work, standing the entire shift, sorting and scanning packages, stooping to put letters in boxes, and then the counter mailing packages, selling stamps, money orders.
    You better bring your “A” game every day or you will fall behind with the tasks. Also, you need to focus hard or you will make mistakes with money and sorting. For some people, the job was just too demanding.
    If anybody out there is considering a career at the post office, and as long as your body can withstand the punishment, I highly recommend it. It is so fun, and I also considered it a good work out too, no need to exercise in your free time, lol!
    I also want to say that I seen some incredible workers who bring it non-stop everyday. I’ll never forget this one much older Hispanic lady. I’m a strong, healthy guy, but this lady made me look foolish at work. She had thousands of addresses memorized, which meant that she could sort about a hundred times faster than I could. That’s the key to working at the post office as a clerk. If you can memorize all the addresses/streets for each route, the job becomes infinitely easier.
    Anyway, I hope we always keep the post offices.

  • @jobckts682
    @jobckts682 4 года назад +2

    Look at your mailbox. Junk mail is 5-1. It's a Racket.

    • @VCanisMajorisY
      @VCanisMajorisY 4 года назад

      The Greens sent me junk mail regarding climate change.
      I burnt it

  • @trevorreznik3908
    @trevorreznik3908 3 года назад +2

    Whether this was years ago, decades ago, or today, it is the same theme.
    Government work is not efficient, not effective and doesn’t care about how your money is spent.

  • @matthewrammig
    @matthewrammig 4 года назад +18

    There’s only one person to blame for all of this...
    Newman!

    • @Mytagz
      @Mytagz 4 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @saxon6
    @saxon6 4 года назад +3

    My mail is mutilated, ruined and I have to have valuable documents (my wife's Doctoral degree) resent. I get no satisfaction from the Postmaster. They fold my mail even though my rural-sized mail box can fit large packages. They even document delivery attempts that they never made.

  • @robertcompere5725
    @robertcompere5725 5 лет назад +5

    Who remembers when Kramer said he was quitting the mail?

  • @richardhutchinson651
    @richardhutchinson651 2 года назад +1

    The USPS also steals from people. My 79 year old mother mailed two packages through the Postal Service that had very valuable items in them. She did everything the Postal Service expected her to, insured the packages, sent them signature required etc... The packages made it to the Jacksonville FL hub and disappeared. One package was mailed one day and these second the day after. BOTH ended up missing. My mother sent in a claim and she was denied because she couldn't prove what was in the packages. The Postal Service didn't even open an investigation into the theft of my mothers packages. The USPS is a scam and should be abolished because UPS and FED EX does it far cheaper and far better. "LETS GO USPS"

  • @therealtijuanaman
    @therealtijuanaman 4 года назад +1

    "these politicians aren't dumb"
    🤣🤣🤣😭 Good one John