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    Washington post wrote “ The Postal Service experienced a 13 percent drop in mail”. Cullen, Kevin of commercial news points out how the postal service (USPS) is losing money. Also McDevitt, Caitlin of Newsweek mentions it’s a waste of due to junk mail. Throughout the years of the USPS not being restructured to save money for other needs. Furthermore, source E McDevitt Caitlyn supports that USPS should not be restructured. According in the article it states “The postal service lost $1.1 billion in its

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    United States Postal Service (USPS). The USPS continues to struggle financially and has not shown a profit since the year of 2007. Congress continues to place pressure to privatize the postal service and to run like any other organization. Unlike other for profit organizations and businesses the USPS receives benefits from Congress such as bailouts when they cannot meet payroll, and are exempt for paying federal and state taxes. On the other side of the coin, the Postal Service must go before

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    Abstract Since 1971, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has been a self-supporting government agency that covers its operating costs with revenues generated through the sales of postage and related products and services. The USPS is experiencing significant financial challenges. After running modest profits from FY2003 through FY2006, the USPS lost $41.1 billion between FY2007 and FY2012. Since FY2011, the USPS has defaulted on $11.1 billion in payments to its Retiree Health Benefits Fund (RHBF). The

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    New Postal Service Exam 473-E Study Guide Strategies and Techniques for Scoring High Hello future postal employees, Congratulations! Purchasing this study guide most likely indicates you want to pursue a career with the Postal Service. In my opinion, you’ve made an excellent choice. As a retiree of the Postal Service, I can tell you it’s an honorable and solid career. At the end of your workday, you’ll know you’ve achieved something important. You’ll have that feeling of accomplishment. That

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    The United States Postal Service is a natural monopoly in the delivery of first class mail, as the 1970 Postal Reorganization Act prevents any other firms from delivering letter mail (Jaag, 2014). The reason for this was to allow one firm to specialize in mail delivery; therefore being the most efficient way to ensure the rest of the country received their mail on time. After all, receiving mail in a timely manner is critical for society to function. Imagine if everyone received their bills and letters

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    1792 the Post Office Department was created and later elevated to a cabinet level department in 1872. In 1971, it was transformed into the U.S. Postal Service as an independent business under the Postal Reorganization Act. The Postal Service is not only the largest service organization but is also one of the America’s biggest buyers. The Postal Service delivers 202 billion pieces of mail a year, between 4-5 pieces of mail per day to over 140 million homes, businesses, and PO Boxes. It is also not

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    person who has not ever taken service from the United States Postal Service. United State Postal Service (USPS) has been having an ongoing story of enormous depth and tradition that regardless of the person’s identification, professions and even dwelling address, every single individual has the privilege, to get protected, effectual and reasonably priced mail service. Post office, U.S. Mail or Postal service is the different names to The United States Postal Service, and United States federal government

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    Stephanie Becker Mrs. Galaviz English 12 March 3, 2015 The United States Postal Service “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” These words were scripted on the wall of one of the very first post offices in the United States. And, in the past, those very words rang true, starting with the very first man who inquired to the British about a postal service. The Pony Express was soon to follow. Many brave, young men rode across

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    Most, if not all, Americans are familiar with the US Postal Service. After all, it is a service that has been around since the founding of the United States. It is widely agreed upon that the USPS has shaped the way that people have communicated over the years. Nevertheless, due to today’s ever-changing society, many Americans opt for online methods of communication rather than communicating via the postal service. This decline in the popularity of the USPS has led to a disagreement on what should

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    Over the past decade the United States Postal Services have been losing customers ever since the internet has been getting popular over the years. People around the world think that it should be restructured to keep up with today’s era. I say otherwise, mailing companies such as the USPS and US postal services shouldn’t be restructured to keep up with today’s society. The mailing business have many people that work hard everyday to go deliver mail to people’s homes, there are people who still

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